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Berniece Jordan-Edney ​649.000​11/718277 E1 A practitioner’s main responsibility in a professional relationship is communication, confidentiality, trust, honesty, ensure all children are treated equally and fairly and for most putting the child first. It is important that a practitioner has a good professional relationship with parents for many reasons. It is important to maintain confidentiality as it is a part of the Data Protection Act 1998, it also helps to develop a trusting in the professional relationship with the parent, which will make them have a sense of security, enough that they would be able to confide in the practitioner if they have any problems they or the child may have. Practitioners should make sure they keep a friendly but professional relationship with the parent while being cautious not to get over familiar and keep an impartial relationship with the parent. Parents need to be able to trust you when you are looking after their child/children, you can earn their trust by being open and honest with the parent and answering questions they may have and sharing any information you may have about the child that will not be breaking confidentiality. It is important to remember that the parents know the child the best, so you need to be able to work and communicate with the parent so the child can be cared for in the best way possible. Another reasons are that babies and young children react to their parent’s reactions to people and things that surrounding them. If a child feels safe and happy then they will relax and will settle in more easily, an older child may find it easier to settle in as they can communicate to others through speech and actions.  Even as an older child they need one to one time with their key worker, where they know they can tell the practitioner things and they will not be judged or discriminated agents. It is also vital that practitioners have a profession relationship with other professionals. This ensure you work together as a team and share the work between all the professionals that are best suited to that specific case   making sure everyone is doing their fair share and not leaving the majority of work to one or a few people. As a practitioner you should ensure that all of the professionals communicates with each other and ensure they understand what you are saying and work together to the child’s best interest, Tassoni says “Do not assume that colleagues will always share the same opinions as you” (Tassoni P, 2007 p.223) it is important to respect the views and opinions of other professionals as the may have new or better ways of dealing with something or even have better experience in that impractical area. It is important that your colleagues trust you and feel that you give them the proper and appropriate support and respect. This will allow them to form a better professional relationship with you. E2   Confidentiality is a very important aspect in maintaining professional relationships with children and adults. Information should be shared on a need to know basic, when the information has been recorded     E3   E4   E5   E6   E7 “Start4Life has loads of tips and advice for a healthy pregnancy, and for feeding and getting your new baby active.” (http://www.nhs.uk/start4life/Pages/healthy-pregnancy-baby-advice.aspx/') Start4life is a good website for people who are starting a family or have a family. Start4life helps to build a healthy behaviour for your baby and it also helps parents though pregnancies, looking after a newborn. They also help you move your baby on to solid food, they also give you information about feeding and activity giving you the important bits of information you need, and all of this information they give you is based on the latest infant research. Start4life provides information on life styles and gives you professional information   E8