Unit 10 Caring for children and young people
Student Handbook
Caring for Children and Young People.
Once you have read this handbook, it will help you understand why many children often end up being looked after by other people rather than their parents. When a child ends up getting” looked after” it means the local authority has placed a care order to be put in place for them to be placed in someone else’s care.
There are two types of care that a child can enter into. One is voluntary where their parents put them in care because either they cannot cope or are finding it difficult to look after the child. The other is involuntary when a court order will be placed due to concerns for the child’s welfare and safety.
In this booklet I will explain some of the reasons why children can end up in care or being looked after.
There are often family related reasons and some of these are listed below:
Loss of a Parent – if the child’s parent/s passes away and they can no longer be cared for by them, then they will be put into care hopefully with other family members or family friends if safe to do so. If this is not possible then they will have a care order put into place to ensure that they continue to be cared for as best as possible, this may be with foster parents or in residential home, so that they can continue to have a stable upbringing.
Parental illness or incapacity - this is when the mother or father of the child cannot look after them properly because they are ill whether this is mentally or physically and cannot provide the care that the child needs. If this is the case then they are taken into care where they will be safer and have a better upbringing with the essential things they need such as food, clothes and a clean environment to live in where they feel safe and secure.
If the child’s parent needs to go into hospital because they are ill, then the child will go into temporary care if no other family member is available to look after them. This will give them some stability and
Caring for Children and Young People.
Once you have read this handbook, it will help you understand why many children often end up being looked after by other people rather than their parents. When a child ends up getting” looked after” it means the local authority has placed a care order to be put in place for them to be placed in someone else’s care.
There are two types of care that a child can enter into. One is voluntary where their parents put them in care because either they cannot cope or are finding it difficult to look after the child. The other is involuntary when a court order will be placed due to concerns for the child’s welfare and safety.
In this booklet I will explain some of the reasons why children can end up in care or being looked after.
There are often family related reasons and some of these are listed below:
Loss of a Parent – if the child’s parent/s passes away and they can no longer be cared for by them, then they will be put into care hopefully with other family members or family friends if safe to do so. If this is not possible then they will have a care order put into place to ensure that they continue to be cared for as best as possible, this may be with foster parents or in residential home, so that they can continue to have a stable upbringing.
Parental illness or incapacity - this is when the mother or father of the child cannot look after them properly because they are ill whether this is mentally or physically and cannot provide the care that the child needs. If this is the case then they are taken into care where they will be safer and have a better upbringing with the essential things they need such as food, clothes and a clean environment to live in where they feel safe and secure.
If the child’s parent needs to go into hospital because they are ill, then the child will go into temporary care if no other family member is available to look after them. This will give them some stability and