An Explanation of Child Protection
Question 1a (Weighting: 0)
To demonstrate that you understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people, compile a folder to include the following documents: an outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Question 1b (Weighting: 0)
An explanation of child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people. Child protection is specifically about abuse but it comes under an umbrella term called safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we do and the policies and procedures we have that help keep children safe. Child protection is part of the wider concept to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are/maybe suffering from any form of abuse or neglect. It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents or carers who fail to protect or care for the children they are looking after could then be taken to court and the child may be then removed from the home and placed into care. Safeguarding a child or young person is ensuring that they have the opportunity to achieve their true potential and have the right to be protected from abuse (physical, emotional or sexual), neglect or exploitation from anyone including family, friends and any professionals working with them.
Question 1c (Weighting: 0)
An analysis of how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people including, but not limited to: childcare practice child protection risk assessment ensuring the voice of the child or young person is
To demonstrate that you understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people, compile a folder to include the following documents: an outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Question 1b (Weighting: 0)
An explanation of child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people. Child protection is specifically about abuse but it comes under an umbrella term called safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we do and the policies and procedures we have that help keep children safe. Child protection is part of the wider concept to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are/maybe suffering from any form of abuse or neglect. It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents or carers who fail to protect or care for the children they are looking after could then be taken to court and the child may be then removed from the home and placed into care. Safeguarding a child or young person is ensuring that they have the opportunity to achieve their true potential and have the right to be protected from abuse (physical, emotional or sexual), neglect or exploitation from anyone including family, friends and any professionals working with them.
Question 1c (Weighting: 0)
An analysis of how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people including, but not limited to: childcare practice child protection risk assessment ensuring the voice of the child or young person is