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SCMA Childminders: Let’s Be Friends
This Open Badge is awarded to Childminders who demonstrate their understand of bullying behavior and how they may prevent it. Childminders as a result of achieving this badge, be able to recognise and respond to bullying and ascertain best practice.
Bullying, or the fear of bullying, is a major concern for children and for their parents, and it can happen anywhere that children come together. It is abusive behaviour that damages the lives of those involved – whether they are being bullied, witnessing it or doing it.
Everyone who works with children and young people has a responsibility to keep them safe and promote their welfare.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- have completed the SCMA Let’s Be Friends CPL workshop or completed the Let’s Be Friends eLearning programme
- Tell us the following:
- What is your understanding of bullying behaviour and current best practice?
- Explain how you would recognise and respond to bullying behaviour for children being bullied, witnessing it or doing it.
- Tell us how you will use what you have learnt on the course to improve and develop your practice on this subject area.
Submit your application
The SSSC Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: “In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own.” The SSSC will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge