A child’s key person is their most important link between home and setting; the responsibilities in this role are emotional as well as practical. The integrated review is an important event in our communication with parents – it must not stand alone, but build on positive day-to-day interactions with the key person.
The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (DfE, 2014) is clear that: ‘Each child must be assigned a key person. Their role is to help ensure that every child’s care is tailored to meet their individual needs, to help the child become familiar with the setting, offer a settled relationship for the child and build a relationship with their parents’ (p21) and ‘The key person must seek to engage and support parents and/or carers in guiding their child’s development at home. They should also help families engage with more specialist support if appropriate’ (p10).
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