Cyp 3.3 Childcare Level 3 Guidelines
LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PEOPLE’S WORKFORCE (QCF)
GUIDANCE FOR
UNDERSTAND HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE
WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
UNIT CODE: CYP CORE 3.3
Unit content
1. Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
Current legislation, guidelines and policies regarding the safeguarding of children and young people relevant to own home country:
Legislation: Children Act 1989; Children Act 2004; Every Child Matters (England); Education Act 2002; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Guidelines: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010, What to do if you’re worried that a child is being abused 2006, Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education 2007, Safeguarding Disabled Children 2009; Common Assessment Framework (CAF); Local Authority
Guidelines
Organisational and Local Policies and procedures: safeguarding, protecting, reporting and recording; e-safety, bullying and cyber bullying, Care Orders, local authority guidelines; areas of child protection applicable to own home country, early intervention, improving accountability and coordination of children’s services, improving support for parents and carers, a childcare workforce strategy
Child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young children: definition of terms, child protection, safeguarding, looked after children, children in need; role of local Children’s Safeguarding Boards
National and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affecting day-to-day work with children and young people: applicable town home country and applicable to day-to-day practice; childcare practice, policies and procedures regarding propriety and behaviour, intimate personal care, physical contact; Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks (CRB); organisational policies for recording and reporting suspected abuse; whistle-blowing policies;
PEOPLE’S WORKFORCE (QCF)
GUIDANCE FOR
UNDERSTAND HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE
WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
UNIT CODE: CYP CORE 3.3
Unit content
1. Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
Current legislation, guidelines and policies regarding the safeguarding of children and young people relevant to own home country:
Legislation: Children Act 1989; Children Act 2004; Every Child Matters (England); Education Act 2002; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Guidelines: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010, What to do if you’re worried that a child is being abused 2006, Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education 2007, Safeguarding Disabled Children 2009; Common Assessment Framework (CAF); Local Authority
Guidelines
Organisational and Local Policies and procedures: safeguarding, protecting, reporting and recording; e-safety, bullying and cyber bullying, Care Orders, local authority guidelines; areas of child protection applicable to own home country, early intervention, improving accountability and coordination of children’s services, improving support for parents and carers, a childcare workforce strategy
Child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young children: definition of terms, child protection, safeguarding, looked after children, children in need; role of local Children’s Safeguarding Boards
National and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affecting day-to-day work with children and young people: applicable town home country and applicable to day-to-day practice; childcare practice, policies and procedures regarding propriety and behaviour, intimate personal care, physical contact; Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks (CRB); organisational policies for recording and reporting suspected abuse; whistle-blowing policies;