Scenario: Toni is an educator in the service.She is aware of the sun safety policy.Toni on several occasions has taken the children outside without applying sunscreen to the children or herself.Sometimes she enforces the rule that children wear hats, but is inconsistent in this and she never wears one herself.

Extract from Sun Safety Policy

To ensure all children attending the service are protected from skin damage caused by harmful violet rays of the sun, the following will apply:

1. Children will be required to wear a hat and sunscreen while playing outside.
2. Outside activities will be scheduled before 10am and after 2pm whenever possible during the months from October to March.
3. SPF 30+ sunscreen will be applied to children 20 minutes prior to outside play and reapplied as necessary.
4. All staff will model correct behavior in relation to being sun safe.

Questions:

• According to the sun safety policy, what is the correct procedure that Toni needs to follow?

Imagine that Toni has followed the procedure correctly for sun safety in her service.She notices that there is a gap in the policy relating to children who either forget to bring a hat or who don't wear their hats at the service.

• List three reasons why it is important that she contributes to the development and review of the services policies and procedures and protocols
• List three ways that Toni could contribute to the review of the sun care policy.
• Imagine you are Toni, write 2 suggestions you could put forward to improve work practice.