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 the welfare
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Task 4- Discuss the possible value of opportunities you might plan and develop to improve your own practice and knowledge of assessment issues. (400 words) Striving to improve ones teaching practice is an on-going part of the profession. It is imperative to continue to and to acquire new skills to guarantee that learners will always receive a high standard of education. There are a large variety of resources that are available to teachers that can be helpful in improving knowledge and skills
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NGO CODES OF CONDUCT: An Exploration of the Current Debate By Emma Harris-Curtis‚ Information Officer Introduction Central to the wider debate of accountability in civil society lies the issue of NGO accountability itself. The number of registered NGOs in OECD nations alone has increased from 1‚600 in 1980 to 2‚970 in 1993. Similarly‚ between these dates NGO spending in OECD nations increased from US$2.8 billion to US$5.7 billion (in 1994 prices). Yet‚ as the numbers of NGOs have increased so too
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Bi Leaflet to support the course In the adult social care setting there are seven main pieces of legalisation relating to diversity‚ equality and inclusion these are: The Human Rights Act 1998-this right can be used to protect against organisation such as: police‚ counsels and private companies‚ court cases will state the Human rights act. The Disability Discrimination Act 2005-stops people with disability from being treated differently. The Equal Pay Act 1970-protects women from being
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Ethical Issues Quintell Turner Liberty University Ethical Issues Ethics plays a huge role in the counseling profession. The professionals that practice counseling whether group or individual must be very careful not to violate any of the ethics code because it could cause them to lose their career. Counselor and Therapist that work with groups setting have ethical standards that they must adhere to only a daily basis. There are several ethical issues that may present as barriers to counselors
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Charter schools encourage diversity throughout schools. On the “U.S. Department of Education” website written by Margaret Spellings‚ the author discusses how charter schools throughout the United States have grown and become more popular in the education system within the recent years. Since 1991‚ the U.S. has passed charter school legislations in 42 states (Spellings). This statistic shows that charter schools are increasing throughout the U.S. as racial diversity also rapidly increases. Because
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races have special and different characteristics which determine their particular cultures‚ USA. Involving the idea that one’s own race is better than any other race.2 offensive or even violent behaviour to members of any other race arising from such a belief. Bullying means frightening or ordering smaller or even weak people around. Racism can be seen in incidents of racist abuse‚ harassment indifference to cultural diversity‚ and discrimination. It will be good if racism disappears but the true
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The SEN (Special Educational Needs) Code of Practice 2001 is derived from the Disability and Discrimination Act‚ and is built on the principle that‚ as far as is foreseeable‚ pupils with SEN should be educated in mainstream facilities. Schools and local authorities are therefore required to take a ‘graduated’ approach to SEN‚ with attention being on prevention rather than adversity and this Code of Practice provides practical advice in doing this. Key points include: ▪ All Maintained schools
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5. A discussion of equality and diversity issues relevant to the candidates teaching/training situation. Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably than others. Equality is about the rights of the learners to attend and participate regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ gender reassignment‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation‚ marriage/civil partnership and pregnancy /maternity. Diversity is about recognising and being tolerant
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Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people. 1.1 Identify the current legalisation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. Below is a list of the legislations which form the basic government statutory codes of practice and frameworks that school policies and procedures should have in relation to equality and inclusion. United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child. This is set up to make
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