There are many way in which national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affects the day to day work with the young people I work with. Firstly the Children’s Act 1989 is a piece of legislation that is in place to ensure that the best interest…
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 and child abuse were dealt with and found that vulnerable people in society were not being safeguarded.The Laming report led to the governments Every Child Matters paper and The Children Act 2004. In the last year this has now been renamed Every Child Achieves, but pretty much has the same outcomes of Be healthy, Stay safe, Enjoy and Achieve, Make a positive contribution and Achieve economic wellbeing. There is also The Children’s Plan 2020 Goals which outline guidelines that every child should be achieving by the year 2020.The main points of the 2004 Children act was that every local authority has a director of children's services who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that children are safeguarded. Local safeguarding boards were set up and children's wishes taken into account. Children's services now have a duty to safeguard children and to work together with a multi- agency approach to promote their welfare. The common assessment framework was introduced to identify children's needs.In 2009 the vetting and barring scheme was introduced, anyone working with children and vulnerable adults needs to have their personal information checked to prevent unsuitable people working in these areas. The scheme is now called the disclosure and barring service.…
The education act 2004 aims to improve and integrate children's services. It promotes early intervention, and brings together different professionals in multi- disciplinary teams. Part one of the document gives guidance on the effects of the duty to have arrangements about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Part two gives guidance in working together by setting out infrastructure and arrangement that need to be in place to ensure that people in the education services have the skills, means and…
The Children’s Act (1989) - to investigate cases or allegations of child abuse and to illustrate that a duty of care is to be performed to any child at risk or harm by those within a childcare profession. Authorities had to work with social services to provide any support to all vulnerable children…
The aim of The Children’s Act 1989 is targeted at local organisations, agencies and services such as schools to ensure that children are safeguarded within that setting from harm and abuse and that their health and wellbeing is encouraged/promoted.…
Child protection is the responsibility of all that work with a child and young people. When working with children and young people you will need to be aware of the school’s policy for reporting and recording any sort of suspected…
* Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCB) with powers to make other services work together to protect vulnerable children…
Cases such as Victoria Climbie led to the Lord Lamings enquiry. The enquiry was aimed at "Marking the end of child protection policy built on a hopeless process of child care tragedy, scandal, inquiry, findings, brief media interest and ad hoc political response. There is now a rare chance to take stock and rebuild."…
Teachers must also adhere to the Children Act (2004) that places a statutory duty on them to make arrangements to safeguard the welfare of children. The Act gives responsibility to local authorities to make enquiries when anyone contacts them with concerns about child abuse. The aim is for every child, whatever there background or circumstances, to have the support to:…
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. We will look at the Children Acts later. This document covers the following areas:…
All practitioners working with children has a duty of care to protect children from harm and also the environment that meets the welfare requirements for every child. Inter-agencies should work together to minimise the risk of abuse of children and young adults. Section 17- children in need states that the services must be put into place to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within the area who are in need, and 47- states that the local authority has a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspects that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. (Children Act, 1989). Information may be requested from agencies but agencies can refuse the request without parental consent. (Data Protection Act, 1989,). The children were let down by…
Schools have a massive affect on the pupils achievments in education meaning that the teachers have a massive impact as what they are teaching the student will benefit them when they are taking their test which will prove if the student is benefitting from what they are being taught or if they or not taking nothing in,…
Children Act: The Children’s Act came in to force in 1989 and was drafted complement the Human Rights Act but be specific to children. The act puts into law the rights of children, in particular it makes it clear on the laws concerning looked after children and our duty of care to them. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004- promoting the welfare of children was published in August 2005. In a school setting we have a duty of care to all the children and must ensure that we comply with all the sections of the children act that are relevant to an educational setting.…
The Education Act 2002 poses a duty on education authorities to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people. This affects my day to day work as I must be aware of the child protection procedures at all times, such as how to spot the signs of abuse, how and who to report my concerns, how to maintain a safe school environment, be aware of the health and safety of children and to be able to undertake any training required of me.…
*The Children Act 1989 – This act identifies about the parents and professionals different responsibilities to make sure the safety of the child. It focuses on the child protection that gives the Local authority to investigate if they suspect that the child is suffering. And the services as well to promote the welfare of the children in need within the area.…