Safeguarding Level 3. Unit 001
001 The context for safeguarding children and young people
1.1
Identify the changes which have occurred in the UK over the past 100 years in relation to children and health conditions/practices, education and employment, citizenship and rights, equality and diversity. A) Health conditions/practices
There is now legislation in place to ensure all children have access to the health services they may need.
Agendas such as ‘every child matters’ ensures that children have the opportunities to access services they may need.
The introduction of the Children Act 1989 has had a huge effect for children. It is designed to help keep children safe and well and, if necessary, help a child to live with their family by providing services appropriate to the child’s needs.
The Children Act supports children in need and their families to access the following services:
-short break services
-holiday play schemes
-care at home
-aids and adaptions
-Financial help
100years ago children were more likely to live in poverty causing malnutrition. There were not immunisations like there are today which meant children were more likely to become ill or even die from diseases. Children didn’t have access to hospital services like they do now. If someone broke a bone it was left to heal on its own. Homely remedies were used more often rather than specific medication.
There was no social services 100years which meant there was no-one to step in to help a child if they were living in poverty or being abused and mistreated.
Local authorities now provide support groups aimed at specific needs. In the past this was never recognised so families would struggle on their own without being offered any help/support from the government. B) Education and employment
100years ago children went out to work at a very young age. They worked in places such as mines, factories and mills. There is now a legal age limit where children cannot work below the age of. Working class or poor
1.1
Identify the changes which have occurred in the UK over the past 100 years in relation to children and health conditions/practices, education and employment, citizenship and rights, equality and diversity. A) Health conditions/practices
There is now legislation in place to ensure all children have access to the health services they may need.
Agendas such as ‘every child matters’ ensures that children have the opportunities to access services they may need.
The introduction of the Children Act 1989 has had a huge effect for children. It is designed to help keep children safe and well and, if necessary, help a child to live with their family by providing services appropriate to the child’s needs.
The Children Act supports children in need and their families to access the following services:
-short break services
-holiday play schemes
-care at home
-aids and adaptions
-Financial help
100years ago children were more likely to live in poverty causing malnutrition. There were not immunisations like there are today which meant children were more likely to become ill or even die from diseases. Children didn’t have access to hospital services like they do now. If someone broke a bone it was left to heal on its own. Homely remedies were used more often rather than specific medication.
There was no social services 100years which meant there was no-one to step in to help a child if they were living in poverty or being abused and mistreated.
Local authorities now provide support groups aimed at specific needs. In the past this was never recognised so families would struggle on their own without being offered any help/support from the government. B) Education and employment
100years ago children went out to work at a very young age. They worked in places such as mines, factories and mills. There is now a legal age limit where children cannot work below the age of. Working class or poor