and policies and procedures to safeguard children. It is important that we use these guidelines as it does affect the way we treat and protect children in our care. Here are some guidelines‚ legislations and policies and procedures: * The children Act 1989 for England and Wales * The 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
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risk of harm from someone. One does however‚ have both a responsibility and duty‚ as set out in our organisation’s child protection procedures‚ to act in order that the appropriate agencies can investigate and take any necessary action to protect a child. Preventing child abuse is considered a high priority‚ and detailed laws and policies exist to address this issue. The Children Act 1989 ‘the welfare of the child is paramount’ it gave every child the right to protection from abuse and exploitation
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Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don ’t want to do. It can also refer to behaviour that impacts a person ’s ability to control their sexual activity or the circumstances in which sexual activity occurs. Emotional Abuse Emotional abuse includes non-physical behaviour such as threats‚ insults‚ constant monitoring‚ humiliation‚ intimidation and isolation. Psychological Abuse Psychological
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205.1.1/1.2-Identify the main types of state and independent schools and describe the characteristics of different types of schools in relation to educational stages and school governance. The majority of state funded schools are maintained by local authorities and follow the national curriculum‚ national pay and conditions‚ they are overseen by local authority. The differences over state schools are who their staff‚ who owns the land and buildings and who controls admissions for example. Community
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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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Introduction: Safeguarding children is high priority within professional practices to ensure that all children are supported and have the right to reach full potential (Lindon‚ 2008). In order to show and understand how safeguarding is applied‚ a residential setting providing specialist care for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) will be considered. The current legislation including Helping Children Achieve More will be explained to show how the multidisciplinary team around the child
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and learning. Contains table‚ which shows how the principles of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) support pupils’ development and learning” (http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/84344). For practitioners to meet care and learning needs of children they often observe children in different experiences to see what their initial reaction would be this helps them to have a clearer view what the interests and likes of the child(ren) may be also what they may not enjoy and possibly won’t
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Physical Physical injuries can occur where there is no satisfactory explanation‚ definite knowledge‚ or a reasonable suspicion that injury was inflicted with intent‚ caused through lack of care by the person having custody‚ charge or care of that person. POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE The following list may be indicators of many different problems‚ it is important not to jump to the wrong conclusion too quickly‚ some of the indicators could
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child abuse can be physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ neglect or a mixture of these. I must notify Ofsted of any allegations of abuse‚ which are alleged to have taken place while the child is in my care. This includes any person who is living on the premises. I must notify Ofsted of these allegations as soon as is reasonable. I will keep up to date with child protection issues and relevant legislation by taking regular training. This will help my keep aware of the signs of abuse or neglect and what to
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in 8 weeks time meeting planned in four weeks to review Stay Safe Gareth has had one accident this month on 14.05.12 log book ref 46 skin map ref 222 file 2 . Enjoy and Achieve Gareth attends Greenfold Primary School in Farnworth‚ which he appears to enjoy. His class teacher is Anne Marie Walker Make a Positive Contribution Gareth has taken part in the following activities this month: 03.05.12 Walk in local area to the park 05.05.12 Spent time out of his hard rock chair
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