Physical Safety
Infections
Emotional Safety
Workplace Conditions
Workplace Relationships
100
The following actions that can be hard on a one's back take up 20-30 % of an ECE's typical working day. (Try for 3 of 6)
What is bending, lifting, kneeling, pushing, pulling, standing?
100
The first and best practice for the protection from illness.
What is hand washing?
100
Exercise, hanging out with friends, watching tv, having a long, hot bath are all examples of this practice to ensure well-being.
What is self-care?
100
Employers should support healthy eating habits and the opportunity to re-charge by ensuring, regular, scheduled ___ throughout the day.
What are breaks?
100
ECEs are experts on typical child development, _______ are experts in individual, personal child-rearing practices(this may not ensure these are appropriate to you).
What is parents?
200
ECEs sit for periods of 20-30 minute intervals several times over the course of a day without this.
What is back support?
200
The document that demonstrates evidence of current immunizations.
What is gold card?
200
An ECEs work day never ends once shift is complete, therefore it is important to have balance between these two aspects of life.
What is work and life?
200
This should be provided at the interview level, upon hiring and re-visited regularly to ensure all understand their own and other team members roles.
What is a job description?
200
_________ is key to building positive relationships with families. This includes, written, unwritten, verbal, non-verbal.
What is communication?
300
Bending to make eye contact while speaking or listening to a child happens in ___ - ___ minutes increments frequently throughout the day. (How long does the squat last?)
What is 2-3?
300
An exemption from vaccination requirements can be granted due to the following three reasons.
What is religious, philosophical and medical?
300
One example of each: Job specific stress that arises from the work itself Job-related stress that arises from the work place context.
What is Job-Specific:heavy workload, working hours, pace of the work, off site demands Job-related: poor env't(lighting, ventilation), low wages, workplace relationships, limited opportunity for advancement
300
The first person who should be informed when an issue between an employee and a co-worker or a parent occurs.
What is supervisor?
300
When an issue arises with a co-worker, the first step should always be a direct conversation with_______.
What is the co-worker?
400
Incidents that require an ECE to lift and hold a child for at least 15 minutes due to injury, capacity, upset happen, on average at minimum of ___ times a week.
What is two?
400
Exposure to chicken pox, rubella, mumps, measles, Hepatitis B and C and pertussis is particularly dangerous to _____ women.
What is pregnant?
400
Low energy level, irritability, lack of motivation, drop in productivity are all signs of _______, also called emotional exhaustion.
What is burnout?
400
The supervisor should schedule these regularly for ongoing team building an opportunity for sharing of information/ideas. Ideally a meal or compensation could be provided, however this is not always possible.
What are staff meetings?
400
All members of the team in an early years centre (ECEs, RTs, Cook, SLPs should be treated as ______.
What is equals?
500
The most common physical injury for an ECE.
What is back injury?
500
_________ determines if the centre has an outbreak of an infection.
What is Public Health?
500
The biggest occupational health problem after back pain for ECEs (and other people oriented positions).
What is work-related stress?
500
To ensure accountability, all practices should be documented in a program statement or a _____ and procedure manual that all employees and parents read and sign off on their understanding.
What is policy and procedure?
500
Issues that cannot be resolved with a direct conversation either with a co-worker or a parent should be brought directly to __________.
What is the supervisor?
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