Ensuring children and young people’s safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school‚ practitioners act in ‘loco parentis’ while their parents are away. As part of their legal and professional obligations‚ practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school‚ and therefore should always act in their best interests and ensure their safety – the welfare of the child is paramount (Children Act 1989). The Children
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Child Abuse Child abuse is an abominable problem in America. The reprehensible truth is that before today is over‚ more than four children will have died from abuse (11 facts about Child Abuse). Child Abuse kills more children in america than accidental falls‚ choking on food‚ suffocation or fires in the home. Once a child is abused it leaves a negative impact on that child‚ it doesn’t just affect them physically. There are other forms of abuse such as verbal abuse‚ psychological abuse‚ sexual
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Fatima Cabrera Discipline is not Child Abuse Child abuse is define as a physical‚ mental‚ or sexual mistreatment. Therefore‚ I do not believe discipline is child abuse. Discipline is simply a method of teaching children right from wrong. This method also teaches children to respect adults‚ and be responsible. The outcome of the discipline just depends on the approach a person takes. When I say the outcome depends approach a person takes‚ I am stating that there are different
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parents instinctive desire to protect is unrealized and children are thereby exposed to the risk of child abuse. Thus begins the cycle of abuse‚ which‚ once started‚ cannot be stopped. Determining and moderating the causes of child abuse have been central objectives in all research‚ theory and methods of intervention in this complex area (Gelles and Loseke 1993). A recurrent theme in the child abuse literature for some time has been the notion that it is maltreated children who become abusive parents
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Effects of Child Abuse Growing up is an essential time for children because they look to their parents for safety‚ love‚ security‚ support‚ understanding‚ and nurturance. In addition‚ children learn a lot about relationships‚ life‚ models of good behavior‚ and early attachments are formed. When child abuse occurs in the home‚ it has a major impact on the child that drastically changes the family dynamic and trust is violated within the child. The impact the abuse on the child may be present for
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Bruised. Broken. Everyday a child suffers from these‚ physically‚ verbally and sexually. You might be wondering how anyone could have a heart so weak and bitter to do perform these tasks on an innocent child. Everyday a child gets abused either physically‚ verbally or sexually by their so called caring parents who are supposed to love them and keep them in a safe and secure environment ironically in their home. Physical abuse is when you use actions instead of communicating verbally
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contribute to the child abuse in Malaysia. The number of reported child abuse cases in Malaysia has been increasing in the last few years. This trend is alarming‚ especially as it may represent only the "tip of the iceberg". While statistics of reported abuse cases are published annually‚ these alone may not reflect the extent of abuse in a population‚ the severity of abuse over time or why abuse is occurring. While various factors are commonly associated with the incidence of child abuse‚ little is known
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children and young people |CYP3.4 1.1 Outline current legislation guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Legislation covering child protection can be divided into two main types‚ criminal law‚ dealing with people who have offended or are at risk of offending against children‚ and civil law‚ which is divided into public law and private law. Public law puts in place systems and processes in order to minimise the risk of children coming to harm and lays
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Child Abuse and its Preventions By: Debbie Clements Florida University of Technology OUTLINE I. Child abuse defined a. Where children end up b. National Prevention Month II. Forms of child abuse a. Physical abuse i. How to prevent b. Child sexual abuse i. How to prevent c. Psychological abuse i. How to prevent d. Neglect i. How to prevent III. Risks and results of child abuse a. Sociofactors i. Characteristics ii. PTSD IV. Prevention a. Education b. Parenting
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Title of Unit: Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Learning Outcome: 1.1 Title of outcome: Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Legislation is the term used to describe the laws or Acts and Statutes enacted by the UK Parliament. The UK government provides guidelines to organisations and individuals in England and Wales to inform them about how legislation
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