CIETPEETO APN AEIESCSAT IUAINCIDCR II EEC COMMUNICATION CIVIL DEFENCE CARE CASUALTY SIMULATION CAREGIVERS CAMPING ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Child Care Grand Prior’s Award Scheme ANIMAL CARE Caring for others is a fundamental part of our organisation and this badge aims to reinforce this through the practical care of children. Cadets will be exposed to concepts that will develop skills in caring for others while practical skills needed to address the needs of children. This badge also discusses how to create a sense of fun in all areas of play and with links to the four core values of St John (integrity, teamwork, professionalism and empathy).

Specifi c Skills • The various needs and ways of caring for children • Exploring diverse practises • Encouraging child development • Being a responsible caregiver

Cross Curricular Links • Accident Prevention • Caregivers • Hauora (Health) • Leadership

First Aid Integration • Child and BLS, CPR and Choking • Poisons and medicines • Trauma (burns, bruises, fractures..) • Interacting with children (reassurance, signs and symptoms..)

CHILD CARE Safety Considerations • Guidance of an adult is recommended for all practical activities for the purposes of ensuring child safety and providing feedback on skill development • Safety concepts should be emphasised throughout (carrying children, environment..) • Any practical babysitting (whether independant or under guided supervision) should follow safety guidelines from the St John Child and Youth Protection Policy and laws in New Zealand. All cadets participating should be advised of these policies and laws.

Gold Level Assessors • Early childhood teachers • St John Babysitters Course Instructors • Members of child health and related organisations (Plunket, PAFT, Barnardos..) • Experts or people with substantial experience in the care of children

Reviewed by: Polly Brownlee, Bridget Hayes, Karen O’Brien and The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society COMMUNITY AWARENESS

32 PROFICIENCY BADGES A - C CHILD CARE Child Care Badge Objectives

Green Level cadets will be able to...

Children Needs • Assist an adult in providing basic needs of a child (feeding, Providing the basic needs of children bathing, changing, dressing..) with guided participation from an adult • Describe the safety and caring points when providing basic

(feeding, drinking, bathing..) needs for children CAREANIMAL PREVENTION ACCIDENT

Nutrition and Safety • Explain the diff erent dietary needs of children at diff erent Understanding diff erent nutritional ages / stages of development needs and promoting the health of • Inform others of a safety issue that aff ects children (sun safety, children to an audience car seats, poisons, rules around the home..)

Routines • Look at the diff erences in two routines (bedtime, CAMPING Awareness of the role routines play in meals, daily and weekly schedule..) managing a family schedule and the • Create some resources to use during play when looking after importance of play in a routine. a child (songs, stories, games, puzzles..)

Blue Level cadets will be able to...

Physical Development • Identify key stages of development and select appropriate CAREGIVERS Understanding the stages of child toys, games and activities for diff erent levels development and choosing appropriate • Describe how to care for children with special needs (sight, games relevant to their needs hearing, physical impairments..)

Child Illnesses • Identify the diseases that immunisations are provided for Awareness of childhood illnesses, children in New Zealand immunisation, caring for a sick child, and • Inform others of a selected child illness that includes signs, knowing when to get help. symptoms, treatment and prevention (poster, role-play..) CASUALTY SIMULATION CASUALTY Behaviour Challenges • Discuss methods of managing the behaviour of children Tools to assist cadets manage the • Interview at least 3 families to fi nd out how they set routines challenges from looking after children and manage the behaviour of their children (specifi cally behaviour) CHILD CARE CHILD CARE Gold Level cadets will be able to...

Practical Care • Attend and complete the Gold Level Child Care Course Handling babies, responsibilities, safety, • Undertake 10 hours of voluntary babysitting (if under 14yrs: caring for and young children, this objective can be achieved by assisting during 10 hours of fi rst aid and resuscitation babysitting)

Issues in Children’s Health • Select and research a current child health issue (meningitus, CIVIL DEFENCE Learning about various issues that aff ect obesity, epilepsy, cancer, glue ear, diabetes..) a child’s health, safety and well-being • Present fi ndings that includes an outline, cause, symptoms, (illnesses, conditions, special needs..) statistics and prevention if possible (display, speech, video..)

Community Organisations • Identify 2 community organisations and describe the ways in Awareness of the various community which they assist parenting and child welfare (Plunket, PAFT, Barnardos, Centre..)

organisations that assist families in COMMUNICATION everyday life and in times of need

CHILD CARE PROFICIENCY BADGES A - C 33 AWARENESS COMMUNITY CIETPEETO APN AEIESCSAT IUAINCIDCR II EEC COMMUNICATION CIVIL DEFENCE CHILD CARE CASUALTY SIMULATION CAREGIVERS CAMPING ACCIDENT PREVENTION Individual at division Group tasks GOLD tasks Set At division BLUE tasks Set At division GREEN Suggested Delivery (guest speaker: Police)(guest speaker: babysitting jobs, what ANIMAL CARE “What I hope to learn “What for children, personal Identfi with (grandparents..) child and helping an Caring for Children adult care for a child toys an adult played The basic needs of a of the fi Safety when caring Explore the kind of Explore the kind Appropriate Toys you need to know safety, how to get Children’s Needs Factsheet Task Setting Goals Setting from .. and achieve..” of childhood EKOEWE W EKTREWE ORWE IEWE I EKSVNWEEK EIGHT WEEK SEVEN WEEK SIX WEEK FIVE WEEK EIGHT WEEK FOUR WEEK SEVEN WEEK THREE WEEK SIX WEEK TWO WEEK FIVE WEEK ONE WEEK FOUR WEEK THREE WEEK TWO WEEK ONE y toys for each rst fi ve years Complete at least 10 hours of volunteer babysitting (or assisted baby sitting if under 14 years of age). Present their factsheet “What I hope to learn “What and role play ways to and play some of the Discuss safety issues Working on their display, speech, informative brochure, project.. games together Factsheet Task Setting Goals Setting and achieve..” manage risks Child Safety and present fi Select and researchSelect a current child related health issue statistics and prevention if possible ndings including the cause, signs, symptoms, IIINLTSSLAIGU OTEGL EE HL AECUS FORMAL COURSE DIVISIONAL TASKS LEADING UP TO CHILD CARE COURSE THE GOLD LEVEL testing, blindfolding..) Creating resources to Child Development use during playtime Activities that focusActivities resources that were Prepare a range of started at division started questions for the the senses (taste Finishing off Research Task Research Task guest speaker with children Preparation Resources Playtime any Exploring clothing for diff is and why we have it Choose a childhood illness to inform others What immunisation Draw clothes on an outline of children on. This will include signs and symptoms, erent seasons and for each season (doctor, nurse..) Guest Speaker Dressing Task environments Clothing treatment and prevention Child Illness Task that outlines the various ways they assist parenting and child welfare Identifying two community organisationsIdentifying two community and creating a commercial role play, discussion..) Various needs dietary How children express their feelings (poster, Prepare a nutritious menu for a / allergies, dislikes..) of children (ages, Healthy Eating child for 1 week Dietary Needs Dietary Working on their informative commercial (video, role play..) Feelings (Plunket, PAFT, Barnardos, Parent Centre..) CHILD CARE Community Organisations Community Organisations Discussing the routines routines in their family in the division (games, Divisional Routines the rest of the group (meals, family time..) manage behaviour Interview 3 people Interview Note: they researched to Taking note of the Child Illness Task Present the illness lessons, parade..) Family Routine about how they This is simply an example of how this badge could be run Behaviour this can be achieved individually or in pairs in a Youth Division - not a prescribed method. Challenging Children for the divisional party Prepare the menu and Prepare the resources, of their family routine Positive and negative games and activities games and activities appropriate food for Create a comic strip (, bed, food..) the divisional party Party PreparationParty Party PreparationParty ways of managing (won’t go to bed..) Family Routines “What I have achieved“What Entertaining children Entertaining Entertaining children Entertaining and where to next..” and where to next..” and where to next..” Attending the Gold “What I have learnt “What “What I have learnt “What Child Care Course through a range of through a range of Child Care Course (outside division) Divisional Party Divisional Party Self EvaluationSelf Self EvaluationSelf Self Refl Self ideal activities ideal activities ection COMMUNITY AWARENESS

34 PROFICIENCY BADGES A - C CHILD CARE Ideas Bank Possible Activities St John Resources Available

Note: These activities can be used for any level so long as diffi culty • St John Youth Website is modifi ed to ensure it is both achievable and challenging. • Badge information cards and book inserts • Resource packs and assessment sheets Children’s Toy Shop

• Regional and District Assessors Lists CAREANIMAL PREVENTION ACCIDENT Cadets collaboratively plan and create a toy • St John Youth Games Manual or game for a selected age group. The toy must help the development of the child Outside Sources (motor skills, cognitive, values..). The groups then market their creation to a panel of People / Organisations parents, outling the benefi ts to their children. • Injury prevention promoters (ACC, PHUS, CAMPING Road Safety, Safe Kids, Water Safety NZ..) Baby-Sitting 101 • Child Youth and Family Role play “what to do” and “what not to do” • Plunket, barnardos, PAFT.. in a provided situation (bedtime, behaviour, • teachers, play centre leaders, play..). Groups provide examples and reasons agencies.. for their actions and create a simple guide Potential Resources related to their scenario for carers. CAREGIVERS Websites Timeline Diagram • www.huggies.com.au Create a detailed timeline of a child that • www.plunket.org.nz includes vital information for carers (safety • www.barnardos.org.nz considerations, development stages, possible • www.fi rst-school.ws activities with the age group..) • www.littlies.co.nz • www.sparc.org.nz CASUALTY SIMULATION CASUALTY Child Care Challenge • www.immune.org.nz A challenge where teams compete through • www.ecd.govt.nz/paft.html stations of diff erent tasks (dressing manakins, • www.skylight.org.nz assembling a baby gym, spotting hazards in • www.parentsinc.org.nz an area, organising toys in box for diff erent • www.healthed.govt.nz CHILD CARE ages, taking a pulse, temperature, 2 minutes • www.nzhis.govt.nz CHILD CARE eff ective CPR, oral quesions on material..) • www.ana.org.nz

Prepared for any Situation Books Create fact sheets of the risks and what to Plunket’s “Thriving Under Five” is released assess when taking children of various ages every year and provides valuable information. to diff erent places (parks, beaches, shopping Hard copies are available or this can be CIVIL DEFENCE malls, , bike rides..) downloaded from their website.

Care for an Egg Magazines and articles from other child care Green and Blue could customise an egg (hair, related organisations (Barnardos, Parenting..). face, name..) and look after it for a period of time. After, they could share a journal of the Note: all ‘Idea Banks’ are updated regularly on the St John Youth events or make a presentation on their egg. Website. Please assist other leaders by sharing your great ideas! COMMUNICATION

CHILD CARE PROFICIENCY BADGES A - C 35 AWARENESS COMMUNITY