Hi
Just had message from Parent of 2 year old stating child will be late in tomorrow as he has 2 year check with local childrens centre (under the care of local health visitors).
Have just read on info for 2 year checks in downloads that if check is being done by HV then I dont need to do one but I am sure I read somewhere else that I did?
Please could someone clarify?
I do have concerns about the child - health wise & development wise and have discussed this confidentially in the past with the same health worker who is doing the check on the child tomorrow. I have already met with not very helpful responses from the parents (he is just lazy and boys develop slower than girls blah blah) and dont feel I can offer them any more advice for it to be ignored (have already posted how fed up I am of feeling like a glorified babysitter/nosewiper and am upset that my concerns about THEIR child are not being addressed by them).
I have ofsted looming so dont want to do the wrong thing by not doing the check if I should be doing. I am happy that the local childrens worker will recognise the child (and did previously say that she would keep any eye out for him coming up on her session list as they are pretty prompt at getting them in with parents agreement). I think my concerns will be raised with the parents tomorrow discreetly off the back of our conversation and will see the development worker next week as she attends our local playgroup as an advisor. So do I still need to do a 2 year check?
I will be going on maternity leave in the next few months so if I have to do it and upset the parents any further by what I say then so be it - they wont be with me much longer. They have now stopped spending a few minutes to talk about the childs day at collection time as I think they are sick of me "going on"
Thanks in advance for replies xx
Edited to add: that I hope the parents will realise that my concerns are valid, and I am not just being a nag with them, if the health visitor/child worker raises the same concerns x
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