According to CQC safeguarding means protecting people’s health‚ wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm‚ abuse and neglect. The safeguarding of children and adults is slightly different in relation to promoting welfare. • Children: protecting them from maltreatment or things that are bad for their health and development; also making sure that they grow up in a safe environment with effective care. Helping to safeguard children means taking part in multi - agency children’s
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Safeguarding Children Policy Statement: My primary responsibility and priority is for the children I care for. As a mother‚ I am acutely aware of how important it is to ensure your child is kept safe‚ especially when in someone else’s care. To become Ofsted registered I have to have an enhanced CRB disclosure (now called a Disclosure and Barring Service - DBS) as well as other members of my family over the age of 16. I am aware of the signs of different kinds of abuse‚ and if I have
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Unit 16 Understand Safeguarding of Children and Young People (for those Working in the Adult Sector) 1. Understand the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people 1.1 Explain the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people A policy is a statement of what an organisation will do to safeguard a child or young person to keep them safe. A procedure will describe the actions the organisation will take to put the actions
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Safeguarding legislations‚ polices and guidelines are put into action so that children and young people are guarded from harm‚ abuse and any forms of mistreatment and so that their welfare is protected. The main current legislations‚ policies and guidelines are United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 is an international agreement that outlines the minimum requirements and standards for protecting the rights of children up to the age of 18 years. It states the basic rights of every
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1.1. An outline of the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Ans. There are many legislative acts that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. These are: • Children Act 1989 (England and Wales)/Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: This act outlined the duties all who worked with children and they should coordinate in the event of allegations of child abuse. • Children Act
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1.Identify 3 current legislations‚guidelines‚policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Every school must develop range of policies‚legislations and guidelines to ensure the safety‚security and well-being of all pupils. This legislation and procedures must be followed by everyone who works with children and young people. The meaning of the term safeguarding is promoting children’s safety and
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children Act 2004 * Children Order 1995 – Northern Ireland * Working together to Safeguard Children 2006 * Keighley Community Nursery Safeguarding policy Question 2 Safeguarding is much more than just protecting children from direct abuse. The staying safe action plan recognises a number of important aspects in the wider view of Safeguarding including: * Keeping children safe from accidents * Crime and bullying * Forced marriages * Missing children * Actively promoting
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Safeguarding is an important aspect of working with children as it ensures that children are looked after appropriately for example keeping children from having accidents and protecting them from any other unwanted behaviour in the nursery. It is also providing a safe environment with no hazards this could be by doing a risk assessment before the children play outside to stop them from being harmed. While playing outside or during an activity that use any equipment that they need to be supervised
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Safeguarding is not a new concept though definition remains contrived. There is no mutually agreed definition‚ this makes the subject emotive and difficult to encompass‚ rather perceives “safeguarding” as a umbrella term that encapsulates key themes including child protection‚ safe conduct‚ duty of care to act and collaborative working. This definition differs greatly from the Oxford Dictionary (2009 p324) definition “to protect (someone or something) from harm or destruction” This definition is
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Physical abuse – is when someone hurts or injuries another person on purpose Signs and symptoms Cuts Bruises Burns Grip marks Black eyes Unusual pattern or location of injury Sexual abuse - refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. Signs and symptoms Pain‚ itching or bruises around breasts or genital area Torn‚ stained or bloody underclothing Sexually transmitted diseases Vaginal/anal bleeding Pregnancy Emotional/psychological abuse-
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