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Worker Health And Safety Awareness In 4 Steps

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Worker Health And Safety Awareness In 4 Steps

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Worker health and safty awarenes in 4 steps

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Loyalist College faculty, Sarah Hopper, cover letter

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Child Rights Matter_Course certificate - Child Rights and Why They Matter

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Savannah Sheckleton
CYC E-portfolio

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Hello and welcome to my CYC portfolio

My name is Savannah, and I’m on my second-year of Child and Youth Care program. I believe myself to be a caring and hardworking worker with a kind and warm approach that I bring to children and youth. From a young age, I was a foster kid growing up into my adulthood I realized I wanted to help and support kids and youth who went through similar or the same situation as me. I believe there is something special we bring to the young people we work with as CYC's and I have a passion to be a positive part of their journey.

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- Self In CYC Practice

Creating my self-care toolkit was an extremely effective piece of learning as well as the attached assignment. I took so much away from this assignment and taught me so much about myself and the importance of self-care. Since creating this self-care tool kit, I realize it has importance in my everyday life. I tend to utilize my self-care toolkit a lot more and find myself becoming better at taking care of myself. I believe everyone should have the opportunity to learn about self-care. Creating this self-care tool kit and understanding what it is and why it is important.

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- Supporting Change

Triple P Parenting was a great and interactive way for us to learn about parenting styles, help build confidence, and touch on the developmental stages of children and youth and how to interact with them during these different stages. I will now be able to take that learning and use it in a CYC setting, and I also received a triple p certificate!

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Wendy Masters

Hello, My name is Savannah Sheckleton and As you know I’m currently a first-year student in the child and youth care program. Recently we were given a class assignment, and it was to write a thank you letter for a mentor in my life, Although I have had a variety of excellent mentors throughout my life. I am taking this opportunity to thank you for not only being the most supportive mom and best friend But for being the best influence on me as a mentor.

Growing up you have shown me to be strong, not because of how much a person can lift, but of how you have shown me to lift others up when they’re at their lowest. Not because you were capable of withstanding the storm, but because you navigated the storm and then showed me how to do the same. Growing up and not having a mother figure was extremely difficult for a long time I craved the motherly affection I had been missing. I never had someone take responsibility and commit to me as a child until I met Wendy. She was a huge impact on my life and helped me to succeed in life and get to where I am today. After every fall, she always helps me rise. She is strong, and not because she chose to be but because the world demanded her to be. When she saw me struggling she took a stand. We walked through hell and faced battles most will not comprehend, and yet, despite it all, She showed me to be kind to be soft at the hand of the world that tried to break us. Her strength comes from learning how to turn pain into power. She helped me learn those techniques and for that I thank her. She is Strong because she will not back down and will fight for what she believes in. She had a huge impact on me and my life from the time I was in my late childhood up to being in my adolescence.

Wendy had actually helped me choose this lovely career as I spend a good chunk of my teens in the children’s aid society, she said “we need good ones” As she saw what I went through growing up she wanted me to be the change for better and here I am now a student at loyalist as a child and Youth care worker and I continue to follow this career until obtaining my diploma and continuing to work in the field. I want to thank you for all your love and support throughout my life and for pushing me to do amazing things.

Sincerely,

Savannah Sheckleton

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- Child Hood Mental Health & Building Resilience

This activity showed me how toxic stress in the early childhood years can be so crucial for kids to make simple decisions as they don't have a fully developed brain and have not been receiving the proper support through their early stages of life. This could lead to lifelong problems and other various amounts of issues they can potentially face.

It works both ways If children don't have support when they are young they fall into bad habits when they are older.

If children have more support when they are younger they find themselves not struggling as much as a but still do not have options to make a good life or have been provided the right connections for themselves.

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Professionalism describes how you professionally identify yourself to others based on specific settings. This does not mean dressing up fancy, it’s about showing proper behavior, A positive attitude, an appropriate appearance, and being well-mannered. This may include how you speak, Respond to others' actions, or even make decisions. It means conducting yourself with achievements like responsibility, integrity, accountability, and excellence. It means communicating with everyone effectively and appropriately, listening respectfully when others are talking to you and always finding a way to be productive in your work environment. Professionalism is important because we need to achieve high standards for both ourselves and our work. Being professional helps our society to achieve, Impress and inspire others to do the same.

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As a CYC and fellow employee at a restaurant, we may see ourselves working with people who have dealt with discrimination, Shame, bullying, and more. As an employee, it is my job to give everyone the opportunity to develop their talents and skills without behaving or responding to others in a negative, hurtful, or racist way. Culture and diversity help our society and young people recognize and respect their ways of being. So that we can interact with others and build bridges to trust, respect, and further explore our understanding across other cultures.

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Applied Human Development affects everyone no matter how old they may be. As a CYC we encourage and support the development of children, youth, and families no matter the setting and must do our best to understand people and help people develop good well-being. When working with children or youth CYC's can enlarge their learning skills, provide opportunities for improvement and give them the freedom to decide who they want to be, what their goals are in life, and how they want to pursue them.

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Having relationships and communication is a very important part of our lives. As a CYC I have learned the best way to build relationships is to start with trust. If you don’t have trust in a relationship then you can’t be open with each other. The best way to build trust is through communicating with each other and sharing information about each other. An important key to remember when working with kids is to talk in a calm caring tone of voice and have open body language consistent communication will Eventually build trust.

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As a CYC development practice method is used when children and youth are learning about the importance of their different developmental methods which can be social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. We do this with children and youth by creating a genuine relationship with them where they can feel healthy and safe. When practicing with children and youth We should always try to invert a plan and create activities to help the development of their skills. As a CYC engage in group work, daily activities or other resources like counselling to help promote positive developmental methods in children and youth.

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- Building Resilience

The circle of courage is built up of 4 main growths and needs I believe everyone should model a positive development based on universal needs by including a sense of Belonging, Mastery, independence, and generosity. The four listed categories are very important for children and youth to have positive development.

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My current and future goals are to attend my practicum placement with a positive mindset and act in a professional manner with a happy and positive mindset. Do my required tasks and make my goals achievable in a timely manner. I also plan on staying open mind when it comes to learning new skills and meeting new people.

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Self-care is very important for me as a student and employee. I incorporate self-care at work by taking a few minutes to myself if I’m feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Another option for me is talking to my manager or other employees to vent. How I learn to do self-care at home is going to a form and listening to music or even relaxing and having a bath. Self-care for me looks like keeping my mind busy from what the current issue is. If I can’t do anything to change it, I need to distract myself from thinking about it. I try to do this by cleaning / Organizing, writing in a journal or even doing a little bit of art. These techniques help me keep a positive attitude toward my homework and school life.

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My plan for future growth and development I planned to encourage and grow my knowledge and learning as a Child and youth care practitioner and student. I encourage myself to keep setting positive life goals as well as keep making good choices to benefit a positive life development myself. I hope to find a career that best reflects me but and eager to learn about the experiences that lay ahead for me in the future.

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I plan to add to my five competencies throughout my personal and work life to develop a strong understanding of the importance of the five competencies I have provided in my E-portfolio. There is so much knowledge you can learn from the different categories and I have chosen to further explore my knowledge in these five listed criteria. Professionalism, Culture Human And Diversity Applied Human Development, Relationships, Communication, And Developmental Practice Methods.

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Send a Message To My Email - savannahsheckleton@gmail.com

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Loyalist College Faculty ￼- Sarah Hopper 

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Loyalist College Faculty ￼- Sarah Hopper 

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I choose to take the Child and youth care program as my feature career because I want to be able to have a positive impact on children youth and their families. I want to be helpful support for these people who are in need whether it is a child are you an adult or a family struggling. I want to be able to advocate for others who can’t advocate for themselves and be their voice to make a change for them to live their best happy and healthy life provided with, the proper support and give them the right love and care to build relationships and help them achieve a positive life. I relate to children and youth struggling because it happened to me as a child growing up into a young adult it has made me realize why I have chosen this career because it made me want to be one of the good ones we need in society. This career has such an impactful meaning to me and I hope to see young people slowly reach their goals and show progress and push them to reach their full potential and make those goals into a reality.