CHCDIV002: Early Childhood Education and Care – Healthcare Assignment Wini, aged 4 and her…

CHCDIV002: Early Childhood Education and Care – Healthcare Assignment

Wini, aged 4 and her brother Khodi, aged 18 months just enrolled at your service. Their family has just moved into the area as dad has a new job nearby. Wini and Khodi’s family identify as Aboriginal and there are no other Aboriginal families in your service. On their first day, the children are taken to different rooms according to their ages. Wini was taken to the 3- 5’s room and Khodi to the 0-2 room. The director followed the mother and Khodi to the 0-2’s room and began a conversation about their identity and the possibility of her husband coming into the service to share their culture with the children and staff. She suggested perhaps they could come in and do dot painting with
the children. She then asked across the room to another staff member “Please direct Kodi’s mum to my office when she is leaving so I don’t forget to fill in the Aboriginal fee relief paperwork”.

Questions:

1. Read through the scenario again; list all the important information that the scenario tells you about this family?

2.Identify the ways in which staff did not display respect and/or foster cultural safety in this scenario?

3.Describe two ways you could promote respect and understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language and culture to all families within the service environment

4.Choose at least one appropriate statement from the Code of Ethics which relates to this situation.

5.Explain why you think Wini may have been withdrawn on her first day at the service