Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) Standards

The Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) Standards are the basis for the assessment and accreditation for the award of Early Years Professional Status and were launched in 2007 by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (Department for Education [DFE], 2011).

The Early Years Professional Status Standards set out National expectations for anyone wishing to gain Early Years Professional Status and work as an Early Years Professional. They are the outcome of statements that set out what Early Years Professionals need to know, understand and be able to do. The standards are organized under six related headings that describe the criteria for attaining Early Years Professional Status. a) Knowledge and Understanding, b) Effective Practice,

This is because the parents are partners in their children’s education and care. They have to treat them with respect and courtesy. They are supposed to give parents a regular feedback of their children’s progress. They are expected to have a good knowledge of and adhere to the policies and procedures available at their workplace with respect to interacting and relating with parents.

Childcare givers must be able to collaborate and work well as a team with other colleagues and professionals in the child care setting. This will help them to work efficiently and effectively to support children’s wellbeing. They must understand and adhere to the policies and procedures for staff relationships at the workplace. They must demonstrate good work ethics by being approachable, friendly, cooperating, reliable and hardworking.

Childcare givers are supposed to demonstrate professionalism at all time when working with children. This goes a long way to establish and sustain favourable relationships with them hence providing a stimulating environment where children feel confident and are able to learn and develop. They have to be able to demonstrate and model good behaviours and positive values for children to learn from them. They need to be caring towards the children, have to be fair and consistent, respectful, patient, hardworking, punctual and reliable