Nanny Personal Care Workers

The symptoms, characteristics, and treatment of diseases and disorders that often affect children, such as the measles, chickenpox, asthma, the mumps, and head lice.

The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.

Evaluate the different aspects of development needs of children and young people.

Encourage and facilitate the development of children's natural curiosity and social and language abilities through creative and social activities such as storytelling, imaginative play, songs, drawing, and games.

Tend to children by feeding them, dressing them, and, if necessary, regularly changing their diapers in a sanitary manner.

Disinfect surfaces in accordance with sanitary standards.

Use verbal and non-verbal communication and communicate through writing, electronic means, or drawing. Adapt your communication to children and young people`s age, needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, and culture.

Ensure proper handling, storage and disposal of cleaning chemicals in accordance with regulations.

Inform children`s parents of the activities planned, program`s expectations and children`s individual progress.

Promote the prevention, early detection, and management of children`s problems, focusing on developmental delays and disorders, behavioural problems, functional disabilities, social stresses, mental disorders including depression, and anxiety disorders.

Promote and respect human rights and diversity in light of the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of autonomous individuals, taking into account their opinions, beliefs and values, and the …

Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.

Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others.

Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.

Help children with school tasks. Assist the child with the interpretation of the assignment and the solutions. Make sure the child studies for tests and exams.

Engage in activities for enjoyment, tailored to children of a certain age. Be creative and improvise to amuse children with activities such as tinkering, sports or board games.

The specific methods and practices used in providing care to people with physical, intellectual and learning disabilities.

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Promoting the Health and Well-Being of People with Learning Disabilities

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2020

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The procedures required to take care of children up to the age of 1, such as feeding, bathing, soothing, and diapering the baby.

Support and coach students in their work, give learners practical support and encouragement.

Clean rooms by cleaning glasswork and windows, polishing furniture, vacuuming carpets, scrubing hard floors, and removing garbage.

Present to others examples of your experience, skills, and competences that are appropriate to specific learning content to help students in their learning.

Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.

Be able to drive vehicles; have the approapriate type of driving license according to the type of motor vehicle used.

Make sure that pets are given appropriate food and water on time.

Provide founded feedback through both criticism and praise in a respectful, clear, and consistent manner. Highlight achievements as well as mistakes and set up methods of formative assessment to evaluate …

Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.

Make filled and open sandwiches, paninis and kebabs.

Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.

Apply cooking techniques including grilling, frying, boiling, braising, poaching, baking or roasting.

Apply food preparation techniques including the selecting, washing, cooling, peeling, marinating, preparing of dressings and cutting of ingredients.

Use gardening equipment such as clippers, sprayers, mowers, chainsaws, complying to health and safety regulations.

Apply reheating techniques including steaming, boiling or bain marie.

Purchase ingredients, products and tools that are necessary for daily housekeeping activities.

Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.

Prepare savoury and sweet pastry products, combining with other products if necessary.

Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance.

Get ready for serving snacks and sandwiches or heat up ready-made bar products if requested.