Affecting Safeguarding of Children and Young People Unit 025 Outcome 1 1. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in settings for children and young people in England and Wales are the result of legislation passed in parliament‚ including: In England and Wales‚ The Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004/in Northern Ireland‚ Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - These acts were brought in with the aim of simplifying the laws that protect children and young people. They
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How is the health and welfare of children who attend school protected and supported? Draw on Units 2 ( Childhood)‚ 3( Health) and 4 ( Law) for your answer. The welfare of children who attend school are protected by law through acts of parliament and enforced through legislation. Their health is supported through various ideologies implemented throughout their schooling and through the National Curriculum. Health is about being in good physical condition and the knowledge to maintain it. Welfare
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need an environment where children feel ‘safe’‚ they have the right to deal with any circumstances where they feel a child is concerned with a matter towards abuse or neglect. Legislations are put in place along side guidelines and policies to ensure the health‚ safety and security of all children. The legislation for safeguarding says that we need to protect children from maltreatment. Help to prevent impairment of children’s health and development by ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances
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Unit 10: Caring for children and young people in health and social care Introduction: In this task I will be discussing and explaining the term of a “looked after child” and who will be responsible for them. I will be talking about the reasons for which a young person may be looked after” and I will be providing some of the family reasons and reason from the child. P1: The term “looked after children and young people” means those who are usually looked after by the state or local authority‚
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The main current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children and young people. Before a member of staff can start employment with the company there are processes they must go through. A successful application form is followed by a through interview. During the interview an application for a criminal records bureau (crb) check is made once it has been deemed that the applicant has completed the criteria for employment the crb application
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safeguarding of children and young people The main points of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the Children Act 1989‚ Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Act 2006. The Children Act in 1989 set out principles to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significant harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal basis for children’s services set out in the Every Child Matters: Change for Children document.
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policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Child Act 1989 - There has been certain legislation in the United Kingdom along with home policies and procedures that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in England and Wales are the result of the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004 carried more changes that affected the way the child protection system
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1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Any individual who comes into contact with children in their daily line of work “has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”. Safeguarding means protecting and promoting the child’s welfare and putting measure in place to prevent abuse. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reason to believe that the child has
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The Children Act 1989: This Act is an important piece of legislation due to its focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It ensures that the welfare of children is paramount; it also identifies the responsibility of parents and of those who work with children to ensure the safety of the child. The UNCRC: This is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally. Under the treaty there is a list of rights to which every
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There are several pieces of legislation today that play an important role in the safeguarding of children and young people within the care setting. The most well-known of these is the Children’s Act 1989‚ and the revision of it in 2004‚ which includes the Every Child Matter policies. The Children’s Act 1989 came into full force in the latter months of 1991 and introduced several new key principles that included: • The concept of Parental Responsibility; • The ability for unmarried parents to
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