Parents Families and Carers

• Mathematics
• Higher Education (degree)

Element 5: Parents, Families and carers

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T - level in Education & Early Years 

ZE30801

Session 2

Learning Objectives 

By the end of the session all learners will be able to:

Understand the potential barriers to effective partnership working with parents, carers and wider families.

Explore how to overcome potential barriers to potential barriers. 

Discuss a vast range of parenting styles to establish how to effectively work in partnership with them. 

Research where to find a range of resources that are reliable to support parents, families and carers. 

Group Mind map - Collaboration task 

In small groups mind map potential barriers that can occur when working in partnership with colleagues, parents and other professionals. 

Each individual to use a different coloured pen.

Recruitment time  

Job specification. 

The spin wheel will recruit an Teacher. 

They may recruit an assistant.

Responsibilities:

To ask questions to peers. 

Obtain Feedback and note take of the whiteboard.

Strategies to overcome potential barriers?

The key person approach:

A key person is a member of staff work in responsible for their key children.

The key person would work in partnership with parents and professionals to ensure the child is best supported. 

This could range from:

Learning & Development 

Safeguarding and welfare

Individual wellbeing 

An open door policy: This approach to partnership working is to ensure parents feel welcome to talk to staff whenever required. The aim is to accommodate parents varied lifestyles and commitments.

Encouraging home communication: 

Most education settings will ensure they are communicating with parents well using family forms, tapestry (or any app), questionnaires, parents evening, newsletters or phone calls.

How does your Early Years setting work in partnership?

Strategies to overcome potential barriers

Good and effective time management & organisation skills.

Flexability around  parents or professionals.

Ensuring accessibility for all. For example: accessible toilets.

Being understanding and reasonable to all opinions.

Parenting Style	Definition
Authoritarian	This parenting style will emphasise obedience and control, leaving little room for compromise. Reasons for rules are not always explained to the child/ren.
Permissive	A permissive parent will have a few rules or expectations. They may present a relaxed approach to certain behaviour. A parent may be warm and nurturing but will have minimal expectations.
Authoritative	This parenting style will set rule and expectations with boundaries. Parents using this style of parenting will take time to explain these to the child/ren and take onboard their thoughts.
Instinctive	Parents using this style are influenced by their instincts and upbringing. They base this on what they believe is right and wrong.
Uninvolved	May demonstrate a lack of responsiveness, leaving children alone. Can lead to neglect.
Helicopter	This parenting style is when parents are heavily involved which could limit children's independence.

How might different parenting styles affect the way you work in partnership?

Collaborative Google slides task

(Already on GC)

When working in partnership with parents, families and carers there are a vast range of resources that can be provided by services to provide support. 

Research different ways the following resources / organisations provide support as well as where you can find them. 

1. Charities (National childbirth trust / Gingerbread for single parents /  Disability rights UK/ Turn2us financial support)

2. NHS & Health centres

3. Community Centres 

4. Children's services 

5. SENDIASS 

5 minute research task 

In this 5 minute research task I would like you to research:

• What is a Early Health Assessment (EHA)
  
• Why is the EHA beneficial for children and young people?
  
• How will this assessment help professionals to make an assessment together with the child and their family?