5.2 Summarise the Policies and Procedures Schools May Have Relating to: • Staff • Pupil Welfare • Teaching and Learning • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion • Parental Engagement.
1. Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
• Working together to safeguard children (2006-2010) • Children act (2004) • Education act(2002) • Disability discrimination act (1995) • Special education needs (SEN) couch practice (2000) • Data protection information handling and sharing
2. Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people.
This is when children are suffering from any form of abuse or neglect. It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents or carers who fail to protect or care for their children could then be taken to court and the child be then removed from the home and placed into care.
Wider forms of safeguarding also include; CRB check, risk assessments, such as providing a safe environment inside and outside a school setting. Adhering to school policies, procedures and legislation i.e. health and safety, fire drills and missing children. also Keeping up to date with training in safeguarding issues.
3. Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people.
The Education Act 2002 poses a duty on education authorities to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people. This affects a day to day work as It must be aware of the child protection procedures at all times, such as how to spot the signs of abuse, how and who to report the concerns, how to maintain a safe school environment, be aware of the health and safety of children and to be able to undertake any training required.
Child Protection policies and procedures for safeguarding it states that all
• Working together to safeguard children (2006-2010) • Children act (2004) • Education act(2002) • Disability discrimination act (1995) • Special education needs (SEN) couch practice (2000) • Data protection information handling and sharing
2. Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people.
This is when children are suffering from any form of abuse or neglect. It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents or carers who fail to protect or care for their children could then be taken to court and the child be then removed from the home and placed into care.
Wider forms of safeguarding also include; CRB check, risk assessments, such as providing a safe environment inside and outside a school setting. Adhering to school policies, procedures and legislation i.e. health and safety, fire drills and missing children. also Keeping up to date with training in safeguarding issues.
3. Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people.
The Education Act 2002 poses a duty on education authorities to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people. This affects a day to day work as It must be aware of the child protection procedures at all times, such as how to spot the signs of abuse, how and who to report the concerns, how to maintain a safe school environment, be aware of the health and safety of children and to be able to undertake any training required.
Child Protection policies and procedures for safeguarding it states that all