Unit 16 Understand Safeguarding of Children and Young People (for those Working in the Adult Sector) 1. Understand the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people 1.1 Explain the policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people A policy is a statement of what an organisation will do to safeguard a child or young person to keep them safe. A procedure will describe the actions the organisation will take to put the actions
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Task 3 Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information including data protection.  Why it is important to reassure children‚ young people and adults about confidentiality and why it may need to be breached. For the home country England there are many policies and procedures within the legislation that relate to safeguarding human rights‚ data protection and confidentiality
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Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. There are many agencies involved in the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. Agencies such as; 1. Social Services- There to offer support to the child and the setting. Social services have the powers to investigate any suspected improper behaviour from carers‚ children or the setting. They also have to meet and conduct interviews with the child and the family members
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National legislation and Local guidelines play a major role in how school policies and procedures are developed and which are relevant to safeguarding children and young people and how they affect the day to day work with children and young people School safeguarding policies and procedures are drawn up by schools and all schools must ensure that they adhere to them as these are legal obligations according to the law in the UK. School policies constitute a number of agreed statements and beliefs
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We must safeguard children and young people as they are unable to protect themselves alone and are far more vulnerable to things such as abuse and neglect than adults are. It is our duty of care to protect children and young people from physical abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ verbal abuse and neglect. We must be able to identify early on the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect before the child is to get in any serious danger. A child’s sudden change in behaviour could be a huge sign of
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the Wellbeing of Children and Young People. Question 1 We use legislation‚ guidelines 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
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in Children & Young People’s Workforce Unit 030 Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People Title Unit 030 Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People Level 3 Credit Value 3 Learning outcome 1 – Understand how the Social‚ Economical and Cultural environments can impact on the outcomes and life chances of Children and Young People: 1.1 Describe the Social‚ Economic and Cultural factors that will impact on the lives of Children and
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LHS4 Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings Health and safety Legislation is designed to make sure that work places are as safe as they can be so that no one is put in unnecessary risk of harm. As a manager I have a responsibility to ensure that: The work place is safe Procedures in place are safe to follow Ensure that all employees understands the obligations they have to protect themselves
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2.2/1.1 Current Legislation The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This agreement identifies the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. These rights include articles that ensure that children are safe and looked after. Article 19 states a child’s right to be ‘protected from all forms of physical and mental violence‚ injury or abuse‚ neglect or negligent‚ maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse.’ The UK signed up to this treaty in 1991
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Children Act 1989 - this piece of legislation provides a detailed framework for caring and protecting children. It also provides guidelines on parental responsibility and co-operation between parents and local authority services. Children Act 2004 - this Act supplements the Children Act 1989 by reinforcing the message that all organisations that work with children must help safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. One of key points of the legislation is the “Paramountcy Principle” which describes
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