The skills required by a practitioner need to be practised with regard to certain responsibilities:
One of the main objectives when working as an early years practitioner is to work as part of a team to provide high quality care and education for children in accordance with government regulations for example The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and in line with the settings principles, policies and procedures.
Policies in early years settings are there to guide the actions which practitioners need to take to fulfil the vision and aims of the setting and to act as a point of reference against which decisions can be made. Early Years Update…(short extract)