Why Do Children Need To Be Looked After

care assignment 1
In this assignment paper, you will find information as to why children and young people may need to be looked after and away from their families, and how the state are responsible in safe guarding children. Legislative policies and procedures help children and young people, roles and responsibilities of members in the child workforce in relation to looked after children, and young people, and an overall evaluation of the regulation of care provisions in the United Kingdom, which look after young people and children
Why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families by the state
There are a number of reasons why a child may be ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for him/her, have been neglecting him/her or the child has committed an offence (this is usually for teenagers). The local authority has specific responsibilities and duties towards a child who is being looked after or who has been looked after. These reasons can range from a guardian being too old to look after a child or a family brake down and the child may not have anywhere