Explain The Five Pieces Of Current Legislation
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The five pieces of current legislation I have chosen are; Children Act (2004), Childcare Act (2006), Disability Discrimination Act (1995), Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
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Children Act (2004)
This legislation links in with the every child matters policy. This means that in a setting the practitioner will make sure the child is healthy. They will do this by promoting 5 a day and at snack time have fruit. The practitioner will make sure that the children are in a safe and friendly environment this will be done by making sure the setting is clean at all times and any risks/hazards the practitioner will be aware of. Whilst this is happening you are making a positive contribution to the child’s life and they will be allowed a little bit of freedom to play with their friends for part of the day so that they are enjoying …show more content…
All practitioners will have a CRB check which is too make sure that you have no background of abusing children or any other criminal offences that could put the children in danger. Another way the safeguarding policy is used is by making sure that anyone who enters the setting including the parents, practitioners, children and visitors are signed in and out. This is so that the setting has a record of who is in the nursery at any one time so that if there is a fire drill a register can be done and all the people who are supposed to be there are accounted for. When a visitor arrives at the setting they should always be escorted and never be left alone with the children. This is for many reasons such like the children will not be familiar with them so it could make them anxious and upset. Also you may not know the visitor in great detail so cannot presume they will not hurt the children in any way and also in case they take any of the children they are not supposed
The five pieces of current legislation I have chosen are; Children Act (2004), Childcare Act (2006), Disability Discrimination Act (1995), Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
E2
Children Act (2004)
This legislation links in with the every child matters policy. This means that in a setting the practitioner will make sure the child is healthy. They will do this by promoting 5 a day and at snack time have fruit. The practitioner will make sure that the children are in a safe and friendly environment this will be done by making sure the setting is clean at all times and any risks/hazards the practitioner will be aware of. Whilst this is happening you are making a positive contribution to the child’s life and they will be allowed a little bit of freedom to play with their friends for part of the day so that they are enjoying …show more content…
All practitioners will have a CRB check which is too make sure that you have no background of abusing children or any other criminal offences that could put the children in danger. Another way the safeguarding policy is used is by making sure that anyone who enters the setting including the parents, practitioners, children and visitors are signed in and out. This is so that the setting has a record of who is in the nursery at any one time so that if there is a fire drill a register can be done and all the people who are supposed to be there are accounted for. When a visitor arrives at the setting they should always be escorted and never be left alone with the children. This is for many reasons such like the children will not be familiar with them so it could make them anxious and upset. Also you may not know the visitor in great detail so cannot presume they will not hurt the children in any way and also in case they take any of the children they are not supposed