1.1 Describe the social economic and cultural
Describe the social, economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people.
As a practitioner our role is to be aware of any issues that may have a positive or negative affect on a child or young person. Every Child Matters (ECM) helps us to improve the outcomes and life changes for a child or young person, Every Child Matters has five outcomes that we can help children and young people to achieve, we want them to be healthy, to stay safe, enjoy and achieve, to make a positive contribution and achieve economic well being. There are many different factors that can impact on a child or young person’s life, Some families choose to live a certain way and that is down to personal choice but sometimes can be perceived as not the ‘norm’ in society, personal choices could mean they are from a travelling community, this can affect a child and their schooling if their families are moving a lot as the child is not settled in a particular setting. Same gender parents can sometimes have an impact on children, some children or people may not find that the norm in society and child may be bullied by others for not having a mum and a dad. A parent or carer who chooses to smoke may have an effect on a child or young person’s environment, if a child with a medical condition is in an environment that is not suitable for their medical condition this can affect a child or young person’s health. In my placement both parents are smokers and the child has a medical condition, the child does miss out on a lot of schooling due to illness, and that may be down to the environment that their live in and the personal choices that the parents make. A child or young person who is in care can have an impact on their schooling, the child may moved from carer to carer, a child needs stability and to feel happy, content and safe if a child feels alone or unhappy this can affect their education as the child may not be interested to learn and achieve. Living in
As a practitioner our role is to be aware of any issues that may have a positive or negative affect on a child or young person. Every Child Matters (ECM) helps us to improve the outcomes and life changes for a child or young person, Every Child Matters has five outcomes that we can help children and young people to achieve, we want them to be healthy, to stay safe, enjoy and achieve, to make a positive contribution and achieve economic well being. There are many different factors that can impact on a child or young person’s life, Some families choose to live a certain way and that is down to personal choice but sometimes can be perceived as not the ‘norm’ in society, personal choices could mean they are from a travelling community, this can affect a child and their schooling if their families are moving a lot as the child is not settled in a particular setting. Same gender parents can sometimes have an impact on children, some children or people may not find that the norm in society and child may be bullied by others for not having a mum and a dad. A parent or carer who chooses to smoke may have an effect on a child or young person’s environment, if a child with a medical condition is in an environment that is not suitable for their medical condition this can affect a child or young person’s health. In my placement both parents are smokers and the child has a medical condition, the child does miss out on a lot of schooling due to illness, and that may be down to the environment that their live in and the personal choices that the parents make. A child or young person who is in care can have an impact on their schooling, the child may moved from carer to carer, a child needs stability and to feel happy, content and safe if a child feels alone or unhappy this can affect their education as the child may not be interested to learn and achieve. Living in