What Are The Main Implications Of Safeguarding
Understanding of safeguarding of children and young people
Below there are some legislations applying for safeguarding of Children and Young Adults. Unfortunately there were put into practice following deaths of children ( Victoria Climie and Jessica Chapman)
Children Act 1989
Safety of child has been protected since 1989 when the Children act came into the practice. Children Act allocates responsibilities to parents, local authorities (in my case it will be Northamptonshire County Council), courts and other agencies in UK to ensure that child is safeguarded and welfare is promoted and in this respect to provide reports. Local authority has a duty to support families and children, children in needs.
The Protection of Children Act 1999 – …show more content…
As individuals, we all play an important part in the child protection process. By not working directly with children does not mean that we have no obligations to report a matters, abuse concerns on our premises. By the individual we should act in best interest of any child in our local community as protecting child from harm has not limit to agencies like schools, children centres , nurseries. Main implications of the Act for child protection work
The main implications for child protection work are the requirement for inter-agency cooperation and coordination in safeguarding children The importance of seeking the views of children and young people and ensuring these are recorded and reflected throughout the child protection process. Child protection work and the local procedures for this are now under the governance of the LCSB (see Section 3.2.2 Governance to deliver safeguarding).
The Human Rights Act 1998 requires UK judges to interpret legislation, as far as possible, in a way which is compatible with the Convention and to take into account decisions made in relation to the Convention at the Strasbourg
Below there are some legislations applying for safeguarding of Children and Young Adults. Unfortunately there were put into practice following deaths of children ( Victoria Climie and Jessica Chapman)
Children Act 1989
Safety of child has been protected since 1989 when the Children act came into the practice. Children Act allocates responsibilities to parents, local authorities (in my case it will be Northamptonshire County Council), courts and other agencies in UK to ensure that child is safeguarded and welfare is promoted and in this respect to provide reports. Local authority has a duty to support families and children, children in needs.
The Protection of Children Act 1999 – …show more content…
As individuals, we all play an important part in the child protection process. By not working directly with children does not mean that we have no obligations to report a matters, abuse concerns on our premises. By the individual we should act in best interest of any child in our local community as protecting child from harm has not limit to agencies like schools, children centres , nurseries. Main implications of the Act for child protection work
The main implications for child protection work are the requirement for inter-agency cooperation and coordination in safeguarding children The importance of seeking the views of children and young people and ensuring these are recorded and reflected throughout the child protection process. Child protection work and the local procedures for this are now under the governance of the LCSB (see Section 3.2.2 Governance to deliver safeguarding).
The Human Rights Act 1998 requires UK judges to interpret legislation, as far as possible, in a way which is compatible with the Convention and to take into account decisions made in relation to the Convention at the Strasbourg