Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Safeguarding and working to protect children has come about in the past 50 years after weakness in the system were highlighted through high profile cases such as Victoria Climbie in 2000. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This is a treaty that sets out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. This
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The general objectives of the Health And Safety Act 1974 are: * To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of employees at work. * To protect people other than employees at work against risks to their health and safety arising from work activities. * The control of release into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises which may also come under the scope of the Environmental Protection Legislation. * To identify hazards in the workplace and carry out risk assessments and
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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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1.1 list legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. * Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * Health And Safety of Work Act 1974 * Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulation 2002 (COSH) * The Management of Health & Safety Work Regulations * Personal Protective equipment regulations * fire Precautions Act 1971 1.2 describe the main points
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Fiona Mather. 302 Outcome 6. 6.2 Explain the roles of schools in national policies relating to children young people and families. As part of the national government incentive to help provide backing and encouragement to practitioners in schools two new funding programmes were introduced by the department for children‚ schools and families now called ‘The Department for Education’. These two programmes; Every Child A Talker (ECAT) and Social and Emotional Aspects of Development (SEAD)
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ID-12528 LEGISLATION AND ETHICS in T&T Icon Collegeof Technology and Management Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Travel and Tourism Unit 8 egislation and Ethics in Travel and Tourism Sector Session February 2014 Submitted to: E. Fomuso Submitted by: ID-12528 Legislation and Ethics in the Travel and Tourism Sector Task 1 (a) Civil law spells out the rights and duties that exist between persons and between persons
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Dr. Man IED 4444 April 10‚ 2012 “Local‚ State‚ and Federal Laws and Policies” One of the most important aspects of teaching is providing a safe environment where student learning can be achieved. The only way this can be achieved is by staying up-to-date on all laws and polices in place to help schools and teachers provide a safe environment. There are many documents provided for teachers and students to help them get familiar with all the local‚ state‚ and federal laws and polices. This
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examine health and safety legislation. The essay will focus on four main points. Three of these points are as follows; Health and safety legislation of the past‚ health and safety legislation currently enforced and possible health and safety legislation of the future. The final point of the essay will be to look at the fact that a high standard of health and safety is currently required and whether the legislation has gone too far. The first example of health and safety legislation came about in the
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Purpose of a Health and Safety Policy A policy is a written statement‚ usually comprising of three elements: a statement section (often a single page) detailing how safety will be managed and that demonstrates the organisation’s commitment to health and safety an organisation section that details where responsibilities are allocated‚ organisation structure‚ and how employees fit into the overall safety management system an arrangements section that contains details of how specific activities
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N.V.Q. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION AND MONITORING ITS EFFECTS. BY ANDREW CARTMELL. Q.1. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974‚ was introduced to place responsibility for health and safety on the employer but also on the employee’s. To ensure Health and Safety was maintained in the workplace. In relation to the administration of medication‚ your employer has a responsibility to ensure policies and procedures are up to date and accessible at all times. Also to provide adequate training to
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