305 assignment help what do these professionals do?
 

Is anyone able to help me with this question please? Been going all day and my head is about to turn to complete mush!
Explain the support provided by the following professionals in the early years sector to families:
SALT
SENCO
MIDWIFE
HEALTH VISITOR
KEY WORKER/PERSON

Thank you. Any help appreciated

Hi, a very warm welcome to the site.

Speech and language therapist:
Offers support and advice to families of children with speech, language and communications needs it is part of their role within early years settings.

From page 146 of this level 3 Early Years Practitioner handbook
Speech and language therapists works to maximise and support children's communication, speech and language. May provide information to settings on how to support an individual child's spech or language.

More information on Afasic.org.uk


Midwife
A midwife does not usually work within or with an early years setting or school. Their role is in supporting the mother and family throughout pregnancy and for the first few weeks after the baby is born.

About the role of a midwife on NHS careers

They will work with GPs and Health visitors in order to provide the best care for the child and mother.


Health visitor:
Their role is in supporting the health and welfare of children by visiting families or being available at clinics. They provide information and advice about a range of health topics, such as weaning, sleeping and immunisation. Health visitors monitor children's development as well as health. Many health visitors work closely with family doctors.

It is usually the Health visitor who will conduct children's two year old health and development review as part of the Healthy Child Programme: NCB: Progress check

More information on NSH health careers The role of Health Visitors


SENCO:
The role of the Special Educational Needs COordiinator involves being the named individual, usually P. 165 a member of staff in an early years setting and school with the responsibility of coordinating the support for children with additional needs.

Your setting will have a policy for special or additional educational needs that will outline how they work with the families attending your setting, ask for a copy and see what it says xx


Key Person
The keyperson approach has been adopted in early years setting's via England's EYFS framework:

Page 10: 1.10. Each child must be assigned a key person7 (also a safeguarding and welfare requirement - see paragraph 3.27). Providers must inform parents and/or carersof the name of the key person, and explain their role, when a child starts attending a setting. The key person must help ensure that every child’s learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs. The key person must seek to engage and support parents and/or carers in guiding their child’s development at home. They should also help families engage with more specialist support if appropriate.

and page 22: 3.27. Each child must be assigned a key person. Their role is to help ensure that every child’s care is tailored to meet their individual needs (in accordance with paragraph 1.10), to help the child become familiar with the setting, offer a settled relationship for the child and build a relationship with their parents.

All the best xx