CYPCore33-2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
CYPCore33-3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4
CYPCore33-4.1,4.2,4.3
CYPCore33-5.1, 5.2, 5.3
CYPCore33- 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Children act 1989 (England and Wales)
This aims to simplify the laws that protected children and young people,.
Children act 2004
By 2003 services were still not working well together an example of this is the Victoria Climbie. The main factors of the act are:
- The merging of all children services
- The organization of the LSCB makes sure that all bodies work together
- A new common assessment framework
The vetting and barring scheme
- Introduced in 2009
- To prevent unsuitable people working with children
- From july 2010 and over a five year period people working with vulnerable children have to register with the ISA
- ISA decide who should/shouldn’t be given employment regarding children by using CRB/DBS checks
Safeguarding isn’t just protecting children from direct abuse; services that work with children have a bigger role then just keeping them safe for example:
- Safe from accidents
- Crime and bullying
- Forced marriage
People working with children need to recognise signs of abuse as soon as possible so the child can be helped. The department of education have an overall responsibility for safeguarding the children in England. They issue legislative and non legislative rules to the local authorities. The local authorities use the guidelines to produce the procedures for the practitioners and services; they then use the policies and procedures.
Inquiries and serious case reviews are required when there a child dies and abuse is suspected or is known to be the reason behind the death. The local authority children’s services are involved and so are the police, health agencies and education agencies. Lessons that have been learned from serious case reviews will include the significance of:
- sharing important information
- keeping an exact timeline of proceedings
- finding ways