Part 2: Responding to risk of harm occurring inside the services

Scenario 2: You see a situation where another educator; Karen is roughly handling a child by pulling their arm to move them over to the meal area. You start to notice that this staff member is doing it regularly whenever she needs to move the children to different groups or settings such as outside. Often, she is trying to move the children in a hurry and those that are not keeping up are being pulled along by their arms or pushed forward with her hand on their back.

8Is this staff member engaging in behaviour that is putting children at risk and what is the impact on the children?

9You decide to talk to the supervisor about what you have observed. Document the information that you will present to the supervisor, including suggestions for how the situation can be improved.

10List three work practices that would make transitions more child focused and nurturing.