Understanding safeguarding of children and young people ( for those working in the adult sector ) 1:1 Some of the Policies and procedures along with practices include : The Children Act 1989 allocated duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. Its focus is on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances
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Children and young people need to be empowered to keep themselves safe. Children will always push boundaries and take a risk that is how we all learn. Our role is to manage them risks without taking away children’s independence. We should think about how we could help a child to learn a new skill such as crossing the road. We should hold their hand and explain to them how we cross the road we explain to them first we hold hands and look left and right and use our ears to listen to the traffic and
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Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children. Physical activity supports a child’s overall health and well being. It helps with bodily development (i.e. muscle build up and heart and lung function). It helps tackle childhood obesity‚ promotes a positive attitude to sport‚ playing outside and other physical activities in later life. Observe three different physical play activities in your setting. Using the observation reports identify
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“Normative Measure”. This is concerned with studying milestones or stages in a child’s development and show what most children can do at a particular age. In reality there is a wide range of normal development and this will be influenced by genetic‚ social‚ and cultural factors‚ so it is important to be aware that normative measures can only indicate general trends in children s development. Physical development By 6 months a child will: Turn their head toward sounds and movement Watch
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Explain how observations of babies‚ children and young people contribute to planning. “What are observations? An observation is a piece of work in which the child’s words and actions are recorded in great detail. This child’s actions are then analyzed by the practitioner. It is about looking and listening to children. A bit like being a scientist we collect information or data process it and draw up conclusions from it.” (Class Hand out) An important part of a practitioner’s role is recording
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support children and young people to make new relationships. These include: • Being a good role model. Children learn by example and one of the best ways you can teach them is through your own behaviour. You must ensure that the relationships you develop with other adults and children themselves are respectful. You should interact in a kind‚ supportive and caring way. You should be attentive‚ listen to what they have to say and accept their opinions. By doing this the children and young people you
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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inappropriate to the child’s age or physical condition. Many physically abusive parents and caregivers insist that their actions are simply forms of discipline—ways to make children learn to behave. But there is a big difference between using physical punishment to discipline and physical abuse. The point of disciplining children is to teach them right from wrong‚ not to make them live in fear. Mental/emotional abuse – someone severely and persistently ill treats you which can harm your confidence
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i believe it is important that there is effective communication in a work setting with children and young people. We communicate to exchange thoughts‚ express feelings and to learn new things. How we transfer this information can be by speech‚ crying‚ using our body language or/and expressions‚ our main goal is to be understood. We communicate to a variety of people in our work setting‚ not only the children we care for but we speak with their parents and family members on a regular basis to disguss
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1.1 Explain the policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. The 2nd Joint Chief Inspectors Report defined safeguarding children and young people as the act of taking reasonable measures to ensure that the threats of harm to children & young people’s welfare are diminished by all those who work with children. The document expressed that all agencies involve with the provision of services to children and young people should take appropriate actions to raise
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