Explain The Policies Of The Setting Protecting Children And Young People
Policies of the setting Protecting Children and Young People: Framework for Scotland Scottish Executive 2004.
All Childs and young people in Scotland have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment in which their rights and needs are respected. Every adult in Scotland has a role in ensuring all the children live safely and can reach their full potential. Parents and carers have the most important role to play, whether living with their children or not. Other family members contribute greatly to a child's well-being. However, even happy children who are well cared for by their families sometimes need the support of other adults around them, such as at times of family stress or illness, in the absence …show more content…
Furthermore, The adults that work with children and young people have a role to play so that children as well as young people live their lives safely, in a setting where the workers must know the guidelines in that certain …show more content…
The only type of people who are allowed to access to the information are the people themselves, the purpose of the data protection act 1988 was so that individuals cannot have access to other peoples personal information. Making sure that records are kept safe is very important; information that is confidential must be securely stored so that others cannot obtain the information. The information is recorded on the records should be clear to read as well as straight forward. In addition to this good record keeping should be accurate and detailed. Strengths, One of the strengths of the data protection act is that individuals that want to seek information about an individual cannot obtain the information because it is securely stored so that people cannot retrieve the records. Also the information that is recorded is clear, not complex and it is also accurate. The weakness is that if the information is not stored correctly and securely, then it can be accessed by anyone, then because of this they can disclose sensitive information about an individual’s personal information. Another weakness is that they information not being valid, accurate and complex, as a result form this the information would become very difficult to
All Childs and young people in Scotland have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment in which their rights and needs are respected. Every adult in Scotland has a role in ensuring all the children live safely and can reach their full potential. Parents and carers have the most important role to play, whether living with their children or not. Other family members contribute greatly to a child's well-being. However, even happy children who are well cared for by their families sometimes need the support of other adults around them, such as at times of family stress or illness, in the absence …show more content…
Furthermore, The adults that work with children and young people have a role to play so that children as well as young people live their lives safely, in a setting where the workers must know the guidelines in that certain …show more content…
The only type of people who are allowed to access to the information are the people themselves, the purpose of the data protection act 1988 was so that individuals cannot have access to other peoples personal information. Making sure that records are kept safe is very important; information that is confidential must be securely stored so that others cannot obtain the information. The information is recorded on the records should be clear to read as well as straight forward. In addition to this good record keeping should be accurate and detailed. Strengths, One of the strengths of the data protection act is that individuals that want to seek information about an individual cannot obtain the information because it is securely stored so that people cannot retrieve the records. Also the information that is recorded is clear, not complex and it is also accurate. The weakness is that if the information is not stored correctly and securely, then it can be accessed by anyone, then because of this they can disclose sensitive information about an individual’s personal information. Another weakness is that they information not being valid, accurate and complex, as a result form this the information would become very difficult to