Unit One- an Introduction to Working with Children

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Unit One An introduction to working with children E1.Describe THREE types of settings which provide care and education for children in your area. This must include ONE example from the statutory sector, Voluntary sector and private sector. There are three different types of provision for children within our area. The first is the Statutory Sector; this is where the Government are obliged to provide a service. The main services families used are health education and social services. Statutory settings include the NHS, The Benefits Agency and the pupil referral unit. The second is the Voluntary Sector, where services provided by donations from others such as charities. Voluntary services have become more difficult to understand as traditionally most charities depended on peoples donations to carry out the work and were staffed by volunteers but it is more common now for many local authorities and other government funded organisations will ‘buy’ voluntary organisations services. An example of this is the Pre-school Learning Alliance. The Pre-school Learning Alliance is registered as a charity and receives funds from the members but also receives funds from the local government. Voluntary setting are not profit as any money they do make they use on their further activities. Voluntary settings include The Scout Association, Local Play Schemes and swimming clubs. The third type of provision is Private/Independent Sector. Independent settings have more freedom than statutory and voluntary as they do not rely on the governments funding’s. Private settings aim to make a profit therefore a private setting can be seen as a business. A private sector includes a private day care nursery, educational psychologists and play groups. Voluntary | Statutory | Private/Independent | Play scheme | Primary School | Primary school | Barnardos | Hospital | Play group |

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