Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Task 1 Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people‚ including e-safety All staff within a school environment are responsible for the welfare of children‚ and to ensure that they are kept safe from harm. It is the right of every child to have a safe and secure environment to learn in and to develop essential skills for adulthood. Safeguarding which replaced the
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1.All those working with children have a professional responsibility to safeguard and protect children. Child Protection is a highly emotive subject‚ evoking strong feelings in most people. In order to provide the most effective support and help for vulnerable children and their families‚ all staff managing services and involved in working directly with children need to be able to acknowledge their feelings and examine their different values and beliefs. Every child can be hurt‚ put at risk of
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TDA2.2 – 1.1 Task 1A (Legislation) The legislation and guidelines for the following safeguarding practices are: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people under the age of 18 years a set of comprehensive rights. The UK signed to this legally binding act in 1990 and rectified it in 1991‚ this means the UK is required to implement legislation to support each of the 54 articles. These
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Unit 202 – Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People Outcome 1 Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety 1.1– There are legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures which cover the safeguarding and welfare of the young people within the setting I am working in. Examples of these include the Health and Safety policy‚ the Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and the Equal Opportunities
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Portfolio Evidence 10 Safeguarding Describe how legislation‚ policies and procedures regarding safeguarding impact on own role in the workplace As a youth worker I have the obligation in my role to know policies and procedures that are in place for safeguarding. Taking into consideration the five outcomes identified by Every Child Matters 1. Protection from harm and neglect (to stay safe) 2. Physical and mental health and emotional well-being (to be healthy) 3. Education training
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Unit 516 Understand Safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) P5 The UK Government has defined the term ‘safeguarding children’ as: ‘The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect‚ preventing impairment of their health and development‚ and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.’ To be able to safeguard
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organisation that deals with children must have a safeguarding policy in place which should be reviewed and updated regularly. As a teaching assistant it is vital that I know what the policy at my school contains so I am aware of what to do if I ever have any cause for concern. The term “child protection is increasingly being replaced by that of “safeguarding” Child protection is specifically about abuse but it comes under an umbrella term called safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people TDA 2.2 SECTION 1 1.1 In terms of safeguarding the welfare of children can you identify (ie name‚ with a sentence of explanation) the current legislation? • Children’s Act 1989 – This Act tells you the responsibility of parents and professionals to make sure a child is safe. • Education Act 2002 – This Act tells you the responsibility of all people working in educational positions ie. LEA‚ governing bodies‚ head teachers and people
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Lorraine Bale TDA 2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1.1 United Nations convention protection of children’s act- when was the 1st legislation impacted. It was drawn up in 1989‚ but the United Kingdom decided on 16th December 1991 formally agreed to make sure that every child has the same rights listed in the convention. Signed 20th November 1989 Location New York Effective 2nd September 1990 Condition 20 ratifications Signatories 140 Parties 194 Depositary UN secretary general
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