The Main Current Legislation Guidelines Policies and Procedures Within Own Uk Home Nation for Safeguarding Children and Young People.
The main current legislation guidelines policies and procedures within own UK home nation for safeguarding children and young people.
Children’s order 2005
• Simplify laws that protected children and young people in respective UK countries.
• Seen as a serious shake up to children rights and protection
• Made it clear to everyone that worked with children what their duties were
• Shows them how to work together when there is allegations of child abuse
Children’s act 2004
• In 2003 it was clear services for children still weren’t working or communicating together this was flagged up because of the tragic death of Victoria Climbie
• The organisation need to support and protect vulnerable children in the society
• The lambing report resulted in a green paper called every child matters.
• The integration of children’s service and the introduction of children’s directors with responsibility for local authority education and children’s social services.
• Arrangements for sharing information has been reviewed and changed
Vetting and barring
The scheme was introduced in 2009 to stop unsuitable people working with vulnerable children and adults this scheme does the following:
• a person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups
• an organization which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law
• if your organization works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority
Cosh
COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:
• finding out what the health hazards
Children’s order 2005
• Simplify laws that protected children and young people in respective UK countries.
• Seen as a serious shake up to children rights and protection
• Made it clear to everyone that worked with children what their duties were
• Shows them how to work together when there is allegations of child abuse
Children’s act 2004
• In 2003 it was clear services for children still weren’t working or communicating together this was flagged up because of the tragic death of Victoria Climbie
• The organisation need to support and protect vulnerable children in the society
• The lambing report resulted in a green paper called every child matters.
• The integration of children’s service and the introduction of children’s directors with responsibility for local authority education and children’s social services.
• Arrangements for sharing information has been reviewed and changed
Vetting and barring
The scheme was introduced in 2009 to stop unsuitable people working with vulnerable children and adults this scheme does the following:
• a person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups
• an organization which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law
• if your organization works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority
Cosh
COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:
• finding out what the health hazards