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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1.1 Current Legislation‚ Guidelines‚ Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding Children & Young People. Child protection legislation can be separated into two main categories Criminal Law and Civil Law. Criminal Law covers people that have offended or may be at risk of offending in the future. Civil Law is split into Public Law and Private Law. Public Law implements systems and processes to minimise the risks to children being in harm and lays out what actions should be taken if they become at
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and have an abundance of groceries in our pantry‚ we often never think of those in the United States that are below the poverty line and struggling to put food on the table. The battle for the single mother to make it in this tough economy is the policy issue I will be focusing on. The poverty rate for single mothers and their children is only rising: from 32.5% in 2009 to 34.2% in 2010 (Albelda‚ Jan/Feb 2012). Poverty has always been a concern‚ however now with the growing population and the
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them to participate in activities and have the same opportunity as every other child within the setting. All staff must follow any policies and procedures that link to equality that the setting will have in order not to discriminate against children and young people. Staff will also have to follow the disability policy and the safeguarding and health and safety policy in order to know how to safeguard and keep safe disabled children and young people as extra steps may need to be taken in order to
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Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people. 1.1. Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing diversity. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Disability Discrimination Act 2005 Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 Race Relations Act 2000 Human Rights Act 1998 Children Act 1989 Children
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Identify and outline the opportunities of current government policy on promoting child and family health. This essay is going to refer to government policies that promote health in children and families. The essay briefly focuses on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme age 0-19 (HCP DOH 2009) and the "Giving all children a healthy start" policy by the Department of Health 2013 (DOH 2013). The government brought the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 years old‚ out in October 2009 (HCP
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Current legislation‚ guidelines ‚ Policies and procedures The following is an outline of current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 was approved by the UK on the 16th December 1991. This includes: • Children’s rights to protection from abuse • The right to express their views and be listened to • The right to care • Services for disabled children • Services
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like you to provide you with the following up-to-date legislation impacting on home-based childcare to ensure that your children are provided with the best care possible whilst with me. The two most important pieces of legislation covering home-based childcare are the Children Act (2004) and the Childcare Act (2006(. Children Act (2004) This influential piece of legislation arose from the Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’ and identifies five outcomes for all children: * Be healthy *
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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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In all work settings‚ staff are made aware of the confidentiality policy which complies with the Data Protection Act 1998. This policy ensures that all practitioners working in a setting can do so with confidence‚ they will respect confidentiality in many ways such as‚ information about children will be shared with parents but only about their child. Parents should not have access to any other child’s books‚ marks and progress at any time‚ especially at parents’ evening. However‚ parents should be
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