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AO1– Values and rights of service users

Introduction:

My age group that I have chosen is 0-5 year olds who are attending one of the many different educational institutions such as playgroup or crèche but my specific group are in a nursery named Little Acorns Nursery. This name of the nursery has been changed for confidentiality reasons. Children even at this age need constant care because they’re part of the vulnerable groups. They’re vulnerable because physically, they can’t provide food or shelter for themselves in order to survive and they also can’t take care of themselves such as bathing themselves etc, hence needing supervision and protection. Intellectually, they don’t understand ethics so don’t understand right from wrong, they can’t think abstractly and so won’t be able to understand many situations. Emotionally, they are unstable such as throwing tantrums to get what they want and being rebellious to authority. Socially, children are very welcoming and so they are vulnerable to society because they can easily trust strangers who may take advantage and abuse them. So it’s extremely essential to ensure everything in a health and social care setting for children is secure and safeguards children from harm which is why when parents go out to work, they often send their children to these intuitions because they provide this positive care environment.

Positive care can be promoted in many ways, for instance, in a school, children can be praised often. Teachers can tell the children their achievements and goals and give them something good to work towards. Motivation in care environments is also another way of promoting positivity in a health care setting. Giving rewards frequently won't always promote positive care because it'll make the service users used to the idea that they are receiving rewards all the time. Allowing the service users to understand the consequences of their behaviour could ultimately give them some responsibility for it. Giving...