Why Do Children Need To Be Looked After
care assignment 1
In this assignment paper, you will find information as to why children and young people may need to be looked after and away from their families, and how the state are responsible in safe guarding children. Legislative policies and procedures help children and young people, roles and responsibilities of members in the child workforce in relation to looked after children, and young people, and an overall evaluation of the regulation of care provisions in the United Kingdom, which look after young people and children
Why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families by the state
There are a number of reasons why a child may be ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for him/her, have been neglecting him/her or the child has committed an offence (this is usually for teenagers). The local authority has specific responsibilities and duties towards a child who is being looked after or who has been looked after. These reasons can range from a guardian being too old to look after a child or a family brake down and the child may not have anywhere …show more content…
else to go. There are other family related reasons such as:
• Parental illness or incapacity- (which can be cause by substance misuse, hospitalization or mental health issues)
Children find themselves being looked after by the state for many reasons different reasons. For example their parents could be temporarily unwell or unable to cope and in that case the child may return to the family home when the situation gets better, during that time the if the child has nowhere to go to then they will be placed in a foster care system or in residential schools and the length of time they spend in those places will depend on the circumstances
• Parents are suspected of maltreatment- Maltreatment is when a child or a young person is treated in a rough way. When a child is suspected of maltreatment it’s important that the child be removed from that family immediately and placed in a safer place which may be with another family. This will also happen if the parents are suspected of abuse because the safety of the child id the most important factor.
• Bereavement –
The children who are looked after are forced to face a great deal of pain and upheaval as their lives become disrupted as they would have lost someone they loved that was close to them. They may have been affected by damaging experiences such as abuse and rejection. As a result of bereavement many children may have problems with their education which might lead to them fallen behind in their education. In addition all of these reasons and more could potentially lead to a child having behavioural and emotional problems which will affect their life at home and in school as their behaviour may become erratic.
Reasons to be taken away
The main reasons why children are taken away from their homes is to do with problems regarding the family and the most popular reasons are if the child is being abused or they have had an accident, the family may feel as though they are not capable of looking after the child therefore the child would be put in a place which Is better suited for his needs. For example there may be times when a parent realises that they are having problems with their parental responsibilities and that the child may benefit from having some time away from the parent / family home and once the situation has been improved the child will then return home to the family.
However there are some cases where the situation does not improve and the parent is still deemed incapable of keeping the child, that said child will then be kept in care for longer or taken away from the parent permanently and put into foster care or be adopted
There are some cases where it may not be the parents fault entirely, as the child or young person might have the need to leave their family behind because of their own health problems, behavioural problems, learning difficulties or the child may have committed an offence. There are some problems which can lead to a child’s change in behaviour such as stress, anxiety and depression
Behavioural problems
Stress can be a main behavioural problem when dealing with young children and it may be a cause of why young children are moved away from their families. A lot of children suffer from stress weather it comes from life at home caused by an unstable family or life at school with peer pressure and achievement demands, either way stress can lead to a poor school performance and emotional and behavioural problems in the future. Anxiety is another form of a behavioural problem and it is quite a common problem with young people as some anxiety disorders require an early diagnosis and if they are left unrecognised they may result in a disability. Depression is common more among young adults and teenagers however childhood depression is a growing concern as in some serious cases depression had led to suicide. The child or young person may become unresponsive and this may cause concern if not treated correctly.
Learning difficulties and Disability’s
Many children in the UK have learning difficulties and there are some families who feel as though they are not capable of looking after a child with learning difficulties such as: * •dysgraphia: writing difficulty * •dyspraxia: motor difficulties * •dyscalculia: a difficulty performing mathematical calculations * •Attention deficit disorder, or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADD or ADHD):
Some families feel as though they are unable to cope with the challenge of a child with learning difficulties or they may not have enough money to pay for all the special classes the child might require and because of this the parents may reject their children and chose to give them up to a foster system or a medical system where they can take care of their needs.
There may be families with more than one child who had a disability and therefore the parents may not be able to cope with the difficulties of having two children with disabilities. If a family home cannot provide specialised care individually then the government normally pay for some care depending on the circumstances.
A child who has committed an offence
There are some young people who get caught up in a cycle of offending and breaking the law because they feel as though they have nothing to lose, or that no one cares about them so why should they care about themselves. Criminal activity for a young child can result in them being remanded or detained at a police station. When a young person is remanded or detained the results are criminal charges and a short term care order. However a reason why young people might offend may be because they seek attention because they can’t get it from home.
Following Impositions of a care order
There are legislations (such as the children’s act 1994 and 2004) in place to ensure that the local authorities consider the welfare of their children. These acts are to ensure that all children are protected and supported within the family home. However if the child needs to live away from home then they will be looked after by their local authority. Furthermore there are some children who have multiple behavioural problems and children of all ages can develop them at any moment. Some children have serious behavioural problems and will require individual support. The signs to look out for are: ■if the child continues to behave badly for several months or longer is repeatedly being disobedient, cheeky and aggressive; ■if their behaviour is out of the ordinary, and seriously breaks the rules accepted in their home and school. This is much more than ordinary childish mischief or adolescent rebelliousness.
There are often times when a care order needs to be put in place for the child’s benefit. This means that social services takes responsibility for taking care of the child
A child can be placed in local authority due to neglect, abuse or accommodation under a voluntary arrangement, where the child’s parents agree to the child being accommodated this happens because their parents are suffering from incapability from caring for the child. Another reason may be that the child has been put under compulsory measures decided by a children’s hearing or a court, this only comes when something serious has happened and they have deemed the parents unfit to look after a child (this is normally done by child services decision)
Different types of care
There are many different types of care provided by the government or local charities to help the children that have been taken into care because their parents have not been able to cope. It has long been recognised that children and young people are vulnerable and are therefore at great risk of being abused and exploited. There is now a comprehensive legal framework in place to protect them. This is constantly being reviewed, as the structure of society changes. The following legislations have been constructed to protect children and young people.
Know how care is provided for looked after children and young people
Legislations
Legislation is necessary for a many reasons one as without it, people would be treated unfairly and children would be able to be abused and maltreated constantly. Legislation provides guidelines and limits for the people, as well as penalties for the failure to follow them. It is most important that everyone has rights to be addressed equally.
There are many different legislation to do with child care to make sure that all children are protected and sheltered so that no harm or abuse comes to them.
The Children’s Act 1989 and 2004
The Children Act 1989 was initially designed to ensure that all local authorities were making equal provision to support children, young people and their families. It includes the support of children with disabilities who, when they reach the age of 18 come under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. In 1995, the Children Act was updated in Scotland, with the same view that ‘the welfare of the child is paramount’. It updated the law of Scotland relating to looked after children and young people. The Children’s Act 2004 and 1989 accompanies Every Child Matters, which considered all aspects of children’s services, including new statutory duties for local authorities. The children’s act is incredibly important and it says how you can be protected and gives you certain rights. It says that you are a person who must be treated with respect. It also allows you to be protected and have a right to be listened to and if a local authority is deciding what should happen to you they have to find out what you feel and want. They have to tell you what is happening and why.
Every child matters
This legislation is important as it is a guide line to teacher and parents of what children and young people should be doing. It is used in homes and schools, children's centres, early years, schools, children's social work services, primary health services and secondary health services. Every child matters was put in place because In the past it has been argued that children and families have received poorer services because of the failure of professionals to understand each other's roles or to work together effectively in a multi-disciplinary manner.
Every child matters consider the welfare of the children and young people from birth to age 19. Every child matters is legislation which applies to everyone from any background no matter their circumstances there are five outcomes that are key to well-being in childhood and later life – being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being. These five constitute the focus of government attention for all pupils. Every child matters introduced an improvement cycle to improve the welfare of their children.
UNICEF’s
UNICEF’s mission is to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided in doing this by the provisions and principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
International agreement that considers the rights of all children and young people. The UNICEF Consists of 54 articles covering a range of rights, including the right to be free from violence, the right to play, the right to express themselves and have their views taken into account. The convention provides additional rights to ensure that children and young people living away from home, and those who have difficulties, are treated fairly and their specific needs are met.
The common assessment framework
The Common Assessment is a shared assessment tool for use across all Children's Services and all Local Areas in England. It aims to help early identification of need and promote coordinated service.
Common Assessment is for children with additional needs. These are children and young people who, according to the judgment of practitioners, require extra support to help them achieve the 5 Every Child Matters Outcomes as it aims to identify the needs of every child at an early stage and also considers the roles of parents
Children’s rights in the human rights framework
The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children to develop their full potential, free from hunger and want, neglect and abuse. It reflects a new vision of the child. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity
Governments must be sensitive to the rights of all their citizens—not just to those of children—but the world community recognizes that priority should be given to protecting children’s rights. There are many reasons for singling out children's rights in a separate human rights Convention: * Children are individuals. Children are neither the possessions of parents nor of the state, nor are they mere people-in-the-making; they have equal status as members of the human family. * Children start life as totally dependent beings. Children must rely on adults for the nurture and guidance they need to grow towards independence. Such nurture is ideally found in adults in children's families, but when primary caregivers cannot meet children's needs, it is up to society to fill the gap. * The actions, or inactions, of government impact children more strongly than any other group in society. Practically every area of government policy (for example, education, public health and so on) affects children to some degree. Short-sighted policymaking that fails to take children into account has a negative impact on the future of all members of society by giving rise to policies that cannot work. * Children's views are rarely heard and rarely considered in the political process. Children generally do not vote and do not otherwise take part in political processes. Without special attention to the opinions of children—as expressed at home and in schools, in local communities and even in governments—children's views go unheard on the many important issues that affect them now or will affect them in the future.
These legislations have been put in place to protect young children from abusive families, they are there to protect the children and give them rights.
Department of Health
The Department of Health provides strategic leadership for public health, the NHS and social care in England. The Department of Health’s purpose is to improve England’s health and well-being and in doing so achieve better health, better care, and better value for all. They have responsibility for standards of health care, including the NHS. They set the strategic framework for adult social care and influence local authority spends on social care. They also set the direction on promoting and protecting the public’s health, taking the lead on issues such as environmental hazards to health, infectious diseases, health promotion and education, the safety of medicines, and ethical issues.
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services
The national service framework for children, young people and maternity services aims to ensure fair, high quality and integrated health and social care from pregnancy, right through to adulthood.
The care available for people
The Guidance describes the Assessment Framework and the Government’s expectations of how it will be used. It reflects the principles contained within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Children Act 1989. The Guidance is based on currently existing evidence based practice, and is an attempt to
Standardize good practice with clients and across agency boundaries.
There is also care available to the parents and the children encase things aren’t going as well at home. There are many possible forms of care such as:
Temporary/permanent care- Temporary or permanent care can be arranged but a number of assessments and procedures have to be completed before the care of a child or young person becomes permanent.
Organization of care provision
Care for children and young people is provided by the following agencies: * central government * local authorities, central government * Voluntary agencies
Regulations of care provisions
When children and young people are cared for in any capacity like schools, foster care systems and child-minders certain regulations must be followed. All the individuals have main contact with the child or young person will be screened by the criminal records bureau and the premises or setting will be inspected by the local authority and or by the office for standards of education e.g. OFSTED.
THE CRIMINAL RECORS BUREAU
The criminal records bureau acts on behalf of registered bodies to check criminal records through disclosure services. For people working with or enclose contact with children and young people, an enhanced disclosure is requires. This requires a more detailed level of check than the standard screening procedure and will include a check through local police records from November 2010, those working with children, young people regularly will need to be registered with the independent safe guarding agency the (ISA)
GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND
This is the professional regulatory body for teachers. There is a separate general teaching council for Scotland and North Island. They have a processional code of conduct and practice for registered teachers, which sets standards by which all teaching staff should be measured.
General social care council (the GSCC)
This is the professional regulatory body for social care workers, which has codes of practice that set clear guidelines for all those who work in social care. There is a register of those who are qualified to work in the sector. Just as doctors and nurses are on a register and can be struck off if the contravene their professional code of practice, social workers who display serious misconduct can be removed from the GSCC register. The reason
Officer for standards in education (OFSTED)
OFSTED is a government department that inspects and regulates any setting that provides care and education, including child-minders, schools, nurseries, day-care and out of school care. OFSTED report directly to Parliament and they are independent and impartial. OFSTED inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
Every week, OFSTED carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England, The aim of all this work is to promote improvement and value for money in the services we inspect and regulate, so that children and young people, parents and carers, adult learners and employers benefit. OFSTED is also created for the benefit of children to make sure that they are being cared for to the highest quality
Commissioning, direct and managing services
Social worker
Who are they?
Social workers form relationships with people and assist them to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems. Social work involves engaging not only with clients themselves but their families and friends as well as working closely with other organizations including the police, local authority departments, schools and the probation service.
What do they do?
A social worker is a professional who provides practical help and advice about counseling, transport, home help and other services. They are normally employed by the local council. Social workers may also be able to help you with claiming benefits or getting equipment you need at home.
Who do they work with?
Social workers tend to specialize in either adult or children's services. * Adult services: - roles include working with people with mental health problems or learning difficulties in residential care; working with offenders, by supervising them in the community and supporting them to find work; assisting people with HIV/AIDS and working with older people at home helping to sort out problems with their health, housing or benefits. * Children/young people services - roles include providing assistance and advice to keep families together; working in children's homes; managing adoption and foster care processes; providing support to younger people leaving care or who are at risk or in trouble with the law; or helping children who have problems at school or are facing difficulties brought on by illness in the family.
How is it related to safe guarding people?
Social workers fall under the category of safeguarding legislation by protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development and ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care. As it’s a social workers job to make sure that all children are kept safe and taken away from abusive families. Those who need safeguarding help are often elderly and frail, living on their own in the community, or without much family support in care homes. They are often people with physical or learning disabilities and people with mental health needs at risk of suffering harm both in institutions and in the community.
Safeguarding encompasses six key concepts: empowerment, protection, prevention, proportionate responses, partnership and accountability. Social care organizations play an important role in the protection of members of the public from harm and are responsible for ensuring that services and support are delivered in ways that are high quality and safe.
Benefits of a social worker
There are many advantages and disadvantages of being in this career. For example a social worker gets to be physically involved with the outside world as a part of their job means that they need to go to people’s homes to make sure that the person is being cared for appropriately. A social worker gets to help others and make a difference in other people’s lives as they are removing them from a bad environment to a more cleaner/hygienic place when they can be properly taken care of. Being A Social Worker can be rewarding if you have the heart and staying power. However there are disadvantages of being a social worker for example it can be a stressful job as you aren't always able to help everyone the way you hoped especially after you have put in the long hours and there are frustrations regarding the law against abuse, incest, rape, etc., and the reality in the fact you can't win them all (cases.) and there may be some pretty difficult things in this career like violence.
Problems with a social work
“It is strange that often the higher up the chain a person climbs and the bigger their responsibilities the less feedback it is necessary for them to undergo.” (By Bronagh Miskelly).This has sadly been shown to be the case in children's services following the Baby P case. The local safeguarding children board should provide the challenge to a children's service department ensuring standards are met and feedback given. Just like in any other oversight role.
Directors of Children's Services Ltd
What is it?
The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd - ADCS - is the national leadership association in England for statutory directors of children's services and other children's services professionals in leadership roles
What does it do?
They specialize in developing, commissioning and leading the delivery of services to children, young people and their families, including education, health, youth, early years and social care services. Working in partnership with other public agencies and through the Children’s Trust, their members work to achieve tailored and joined-up services for children, whatever their identified needs.
Within local government, ADCS is the professional contact point on children’s services issues with central government. The Association works closely with Ministers, government officials, the community and voluntary sectors, local government organizations and other professional bodies on designing and delivering integrated services for children and young people, inspection and developing the children’s workforce, among other issues
How is it related to safe guarding?
Safeguarding related pressures on local authority children’s services departments have been the subject of much discussion and media attention since the death of Baby Peter was reported in November 2008. In February 2010, the ADCS Council of Reference agreed the importance of having recent, national data to evidence changes in safeguarding activity and, supported by the National College, commissioned a project to evaluate the impact of increased safeguarding activities and budget pressures associated with those increases. Local authorities provided information about the source of initial contacts and referrals; the age and category of need of children subject of a Child Protection Plan and children looked after; national indicators relating to timeliness; financial information; Local Safeguarding Children Board
What’s good about it?
What makes the DCS good are their values and what their committed to
ADCS and its members are committed to:
a national framework for children’s services with clear lines of accountability and responsibility, local delivery of children’s services, accountable to local communities through the democratic process, the promotion of research, innovation and learning across children’s services and the promotion of equality and diversity in service delivery and in the children’s workforce whilst securing adequate and equitable funding to deliver and support the work of children’s services in every local authority to promote improved outcomes for all children, young people and their families and carers so that they are healthy and safe, can enjoy and achieve in their education, make a positive contribution to society and achieve economic well-being.
What’s bad about it?
Nothing bad about it in my opinion
Organization of care provision
NSPCC
What is it?
The NSPCC's vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK. They campaign to change the law, provide Child Line and the NSPCC helpline service, offer advice for adults, and much more.
What do they do?
The NSPCC delivers the biggest impact it can, but they have very limited resources and only a fraction of the government and voluntary sector’s budget for children. Therefore all of our service, advice, support, campaigning and education activities are driven by these four principles: * focus on areas in which they can make the biggest difference * priorities the children who are most at risk * learn what works best for them * Create leverage for change.
They use any idea that they think will reduce harm to children and measure it carefully to ensure that it works. If it does we tell others, in order to make sure that these new ideas and services are taken up by them to help other children
NSPC and safe guarding
The NSPC offer training courses on safeguarding .the Safeguarding courses and child protection training services that they offer are for all those working with children, young people and families. All courses are CPD certified. They also publish training packs, DVDs and guides to help trainers plan and design cost-effective courses and workshops on key aspects of child protection.
Why is it good
NSPCC is good because its creating a pioneering online counseling service, which helped more than 1,000 young people to speak out for the first time about abuse they had suffered and also helping to protect thousands of children from abuse – since the creation of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) which the NSPCC campaigned for, more than 166 networks of sex offenders have been dismantle
UNRC
WHAT IS IT
The Convention recognizes the human rights of children, defined as any person under the age of 18. It is the only international human rights treaty which includes civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It sets out in detail what every child needs to have for a safe, happy and fulfilled childhood.
What do they do?
The Convention spells out a specific role for UNICEF, in its capacity as the UN body responsible for the rights of children. UNICEF is required to promote the effective implementation of the Convention and to encourage international cooperation for the benefit of children
UNICEF works in the UK to champion children’s rights, win support and raise money for their work with children everywhere. For over 60 years UNICEF has been the world’s leading organization for children, working to help them survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence.
Throughout their work, UNICEF is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which sets out the rights of all children to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse. UNICEF is the largest global organization working specifically for children and their rights.
UNICEF works with families, communities and governments in more than 190 countries worldwide to help every child reach their full potential through long-term and emergency work on health care, education and protection for children at risk.
Distinction
CRB Checks
The CRB was established under part five of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002. Before the CRB police checks where mainly confined to organisations in the statutory sector for staff who had 'substantial unsupervised access' to children. There were many other organisations that could not access these checks and yet had staff with similar access to vulnerable groups. The CRB enables many more organisations to access these checks as part of good recruitment practice
What are they?
This service enables organizations in the public, private and voluntary sectors do see if you have committed anything law breaking.
What do they do?
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) helps employers in England and Wales make safer recruitment decisions. A number of roles, especially those involving children or vulnerable adults, are entitled to a criminal record check. Their aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to support organisations recruiting people into positions of trust
Why are they used? the criminal records burro are used to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involve children or vulnerable adults.
What’s good about them?
It proves what the employee is really like and it also prevents any harm from coming to the child by letting pedophiles into the school so they can see if they have any criminal records.
What’s bad about them?
By law CRB’s have to be checked every 3 years when a person has a job and if the employee has committed an offence and their working with children then it wont come up on their CRB for another 3 years and during that time they could be working with children when they where charged with things such as aggression and abusive behavior. Therefore their putting children at risk by doing so.
How does it relate to safe guarding? A CRB check is a check performed by a government organization which makes sure anyone you employ does not have any criminal convictions which may put you or a member of your family at riskThere are safe guarding courses that people can take to make sure they know what their doing. If you employ a personal assistant, that person must have undergone certain training and checks to make sure they are suitable for the job.
You should ask your PA if they have completed a Level 1 Safeguarding course run by the council. If they have not, ask them to contact us or look at our website. The PA safeguarding and CRB checking pages will give them all the information they need and direct them to the course application form. The courses are run monthly and last for half a day.
Legislations
The CRB is fully committed to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The following principles will apply when we handle your personal information: * your personal information is only processed with your knowledge and consent * only information that we actually need is collected and processed * your personal information is only seen by those who need it to do their jobs * personal information is retained only for as long as it is required * decisions affecting you are made on the basis of reliable and up to date information * your information is protected from unauthorized or accidental disclosure * any information found to be inaccurate will be investigated and corrected/amended where possible
General social care council
What is it
The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is the regulator of the social work profession and social work education in England. They protect the public by requiring high standards of education, conduct and practice of all social workers. Social workers work with some of the most vulnerable people in society, so it is vital that we ensure that only those who are properly trained and committed to high standards practise social work.
What do they do?
The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is the regulator of the social work profession and social work education in England. They protect the public by requiring high standards of education, conduct and practice of all social workers. Social workers work with some of the most vulnerable people in society, so it is vital that we ensure that only those who are properly trained and committed to high standards practise social work.
How is it related to safe guarding?
While the Protection of Freedoms Bill works its way towards becoming law, the GSCC is still under a duty to consider safeguarding matters for possible notification or referral to the ISA. Registrants and applicants will be advised if we provide the ISA with details about them and the related GSCC investigation into them.
Is it good?
It’s good because they maintain a compulsory register of social workers and issuing and enforcing the codes of practice for the profession. The codes of practice set out the standards of professional conduct and practice required by social workers as they go about their daily work. They are intended to ensure that employers, colleagues, service users, careers and members of the public know what standards they can expect from registered social workers
Is it bad?
It’s not bad at all
Legislation that’s involved
In line with the Freedom of information Act 2000, the GSCC has made information that shows how we are carrying out our mission and aims publicly available
Ofsted
What is it?
Ofsted’s is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. They inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
What do they do? Every week, we carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England, and publish the results on our website. To find an inspection report, go to the Find an inspection report page. The aim of all this work is to promote improvement and value for money in the services they inspect and regulate, so that children and young people, parents and carers, adult learners and employers benefit.
How is it related to safe guarding? * Ofsted’s aim is to ensure, through effective inspection and regulation, that outcomes for children and young people are improved by the receipt of better care, services and education. Improved outcomes can only be achieved if children are safe from harm. Therefore, safeguarding the welfare of children is part of their core business. * Ofsted adopts the definition used in the Children Act 2004 and the Department for Education guidance document Working together to safeguard children which focuses on safeguarding and promoting children and young people’s welfare and can be summarised as: * protecting children from maltreatment * preventing impairment of children’s health or development * ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, and * Undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully.
Is it bad?
Ofsted give a 48 hour notice to schools to warn them of their arrival. I don’t think this is a good idea in my opinion as then we won’t be able to see how schools are as because they are preparing they may cover up all the bad parts of the school and children that may show potential sighs of children that are being maltreated and abused.
Legislation that applies to it
Children Act 2004
In this assignment paper, you will find information as to why children and young people may need to be looked after and away from their families, and how the state are responsible in safe guarding children. Legislative policies and procedures help children and young people, roles and responsibilities of members in the child workforce in relation to looked after children, and young people, and an overall evaluation of the regulation of care provisions in the United Kingdom, which look after young people and children
Why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families by the state
There are a number of reasons why a child may be ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for him/her, have been neglecting him/her or the child has committed an offence (this is usually for teenagers). The local authority has specific responsibilities and duties towards a child who is being looked after or who has been looked after. These reasons can range from a guardian being too old to look after a child or a family brake down and the child may not have anywhere …show more content…
else to go. There are other family related reasons such as:
• Parental illness or incapacity- (which can be cause by substance misuse, hospitalization or mental health issues)
Children find themselves being looked after by the state for many reasons different reasons. For example their parents could be temporarily unwell or unable to cope and in that case the child may return to the family home when the situation gets better, during that time the if the child has nowhere to go to then they will be placed in a foster care system or in residential schools and the length of time they spend in those places will depend on the circumstances
• Parents are suspected of maltreatment- Maltreatment is when a child or a young person is treated in a rough way. When a child is suspected of maltreatment it’s important that the child be removed from that family immediately and placed in a safer place which may be with another family. This will also happen if the parents are suspected of abuse because the safety of the child id the most important factor.
• Bereavement –
The children who are looked after are forced to face a great deal of pain and upheaval as their lives become disrupted as they would have lost someone they loved that was close to them. They may have been affected by damaging experiences such as abuse and rejection. As a result of bereavement many children may have problems with their education which might lead to them fallen behind in their education. In addition all of these reasons and more could potentially lead to a child having behavioural and emotional problems which will affect their life at home and in school as their behaviour may become erratic.
Reasons to be taken away
The main reasons why children are taken away from their homes is to do with problems regarding the family and the most popular reasons are if the child is being abused or they have had an accident, the family may feel as though they are not capable of looking after the child therefore the child would be put in a place which Is better suited for his needs. For example there may be times when a parent realises that they are having problems with their parental responsibilities and that the child may benefit from having some time away from the parent / family home and once the situation has been improved the child will then return home to the family.
However there are some cases where the situation does not improve and the parent is still deemed incapable of keeping the child, that said child will then be kept in care for longer or taken away from the parent permanently and put into foster care or be adopted
There are some cases where it may not be the parents fault entirely, as the child or young person might have the need to leave their family behind because of their own health problems, behavioural problems, learning difficulties or the child may have committed an offence. There are some problems which can lead to a child’s change in behaviour such as stress, anxiety and depression
Behavioural problems
Stress can be a main behavioural problem when dealing with young children and it may be a cause of why young children are moved away from their families. A lot of children suffer from stress weather it comes from life at home caused by an unstable family or life at school with peer pressure and achievement demands, either way stress can lead to a poor school performance and emotional and behavioural problems in the future. Anxiety is another form of a behavioural problem and it is quite a common problem with young people as some anxiety disorders require an early diagnosis and if they are left unrecognised they may result in a disability. Depression is common more among young adults and teenagers however childhood depression is a growing concern as in some serious cases depression had led to suicide. The child or young person may become unresponsive and this may cause concern if not treated correctly.
Learning difficulties and Disability’s
Many children in the UK have learning difficulties and there are some families who feel as though they are not capable of looking after a child with learning difficulties such as: * •dysgraphia: writing difficulty * •dyspraxia: motor difficulties * •dyscalculia: a difficulty performing mathematical calculations * •Attention deficit disorder, or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADD or ADHD):
Some families feel as though they are unable to cope with the challenge of a child with learning difficulties or they may not have enough money to pay for all the special classes the child might require and because of this the parents may reject their children and chose to give them up to a foster system or a medical system where they can take care of their needs.
There may be families with more than one child who had a disability and therefore the parents may not be able to cope with the difficulties of having two children with disabilities. If a family home cannot provide specialised care individually then the government normally pay for some care depending on the circumstances.
A child who has committed an offence
There are some young people who get caught up in a cycle of offending and breaking the law because they feel as though they have nothing to lose, or that no one cares about them so why should they care about themselves. Criminal activity for a young child can result in them being remanded or detained at a police station. When a young person is remanded or detained the results are criminal charges and a short term care order. However a reason why young people might offend may be because they seek attention because they can’t get it from home.
Following Impositions of a care order
There are legislations (such as the children’s act 1994 and 2004) in place to ensure that the local authorities consider the welfare of their children. These acts are to ensure that all children are protected and supported within the family home. However if the child needs to live away from home then they will be looked after by their local authority. Furthermore there are some children who have multiple behavioural problems and children of all ages can develop them at any moment. Some children have serious behavioural problems and will require individual support. The signs to look out for are: ■if the child continues to behave badly for several months or longer is repeatedly being disobedient, cheeky and aggressive; ■if their behaviour is out of the ordinary, and seriously breaks the rules accepted in their home and school. This is much more than ordinary childish mischief or adolescent rebelliousness.
There are often times when a care order needs to be put in place for the child’s benefit. This means that social services takes responsibility for taking care of the child
A child can be placed in local authority due to neglect, abuse or accommodation under a voluntary arrangement, where the child’s parents agree to the child being accommodated this happens because their parents are suffering from incapability from caring for the child. Another reason may be that the child has been put under compulsory measures decided by a children’s hearing or a court, this only comes when something serious has happened and they have deemed the parents unfit to look after a child (this is normally done by child services decision)
Different types of care
There are many different types of care provided by the government or local charities to help the children that have been taken into care because their parents have not been able to cope. It has long been recognised that children and young people are vulnerable and are therefore at great risk of being abused and exploited. There is now a comprehensive legal framework in place to protect them. This is constantly being reviewed, as the structure of society changes. The following legislations have been constructed to protect children and young people.
Know how care is provided for looked after children and young people
Legislations
Legislation is necessary for a many reasons one as without it, people would be treated unfairly and children would be able to be abused and maltreated constantly. Legislation provides guidelines and limits for the people, as well as penalties for the failure to follow them. It is most important that everyone has rights to be addressed equally.
There are many different legislation to do with child care to make sure that all children are protected and sheltered so that no harm or abuse comes to them.
The Children’s Act 1989 and 2004
The Children Act 1989 was initially designed to ensure that all local authorities were making equal provision to support children, young people and their families. It includes the support of children with disabilities who, when they reach the age of 18 come under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. In 1995, the Children Act was updated in Scotland, with the same view that ‘the welfare of the child is paramount’. It updated the law of Scotland relating to looked after children and young people. The Children’s Act 2004 and 1989 accompanies Every Child Matters, which considered all aspects of children’s services, including new statutory duties for local authorities. The children’s act is incredibly important and it says how you can be protected and gives you certain rights. It says that you are a person who must be treated with respect. It also allows you to be protected and have a right to be listened to and if a local authority is deciding what should happen to you they have to find out what you feel and want. They have to tell you what is happening and why.
Every child matters
This legislation is important as it is a guide line to teacher and parents of what children and young people should be doing. It is used in homes and schools, children's centres, early years, schools, children's social work services, primary health services and secondary health services. Every child matters was put in place because In the past it has been argued that children and families have received poorer services because of the failure of professionals to understand each other's roles or to work together effectively in a multi-disciplinary manner.
Every child matters consider the welfare of the children and young people from birth to age 19. Every child matters is legislation which applies to everyone from any background no matter their circumstances there are five outcomes that are key to well-being in childhood and later life – being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being. These five constitute the focus of government attention for all pupils. Every child matters introduced an improvement cycle to improve the welfare of their children.
UNICEF’s
UNICEF’s mission is to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided in doing this by the provisions and principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
International agreement that considers the rights of all children and young people. The UNICEF Consists of 54 articles covering a range of rights, including the right to be free from violence, the right to play, the right to express themselves and have their views taken into account. The convention provides additional rights to ensure that children and young people living away from home, and those who have difficulties, are treated fairly and their specific needs are met.
The common assessment framework
The Common Assessment is a shared assessment tool for use across all Children's Services and all Local Areas in England. It aims to help early identification of need and promote coordinated service.
Common Assessment is for children with additional needs. These are children and young people who, according to the judgment of practitioners, require extra support to help them achieve the 5 Every Child Matters Outcomes as it aims to identify the needs of every child at an early stage and also considers the roles of parents
Children’s rights in the human rights framework
The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children to develop their full potential, free from hunger and want, neglect and abuse. It reflects a new vision of the child. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity
Governments must be sensitive to the rights of all their citizens—not just to those of children—but the world community recognizes that priority should be given to protecting children’s rights. There are many reasons for singling out children's rights in a separate human rights Convention: * Children are individuals. Children are neither the possessions of parents nor of the state, nor are they mere people-in-the-making; they have equal status as members of the human family. * Children start life as totally dependent beings. Children must rely on adults for the nurture and guidance they need to grow towards independence. Such nurture is ideally found in adults in children's families, but when primary caregivers cannot meet children's needs, it is up to society to fill the gap. * The actions, or inactions, of government impact children more strongly than any other group in society. Practically every area of government policy (for example, education, public health and so on) affects children to some degree. Short-sighted policymaking that fails to take children into account has a negative impact on the future of all members of society by giving rise to policies that cannot work. * Children's views are rarely heard and rarely considered in the political process. Children generally do not vote and do not otherwise take part in political processes. Without special attention to the opinions of children—as expressed at home and in schools, in local communities and even in governments—children's views go unheard on the many important issues that affect them now or will affect them in the future.
These legislations have been put in place to protect young children from abusive families, they are there to protect the children and give them rights.
Department of Health
The Department of Health provides strategic leadership for public health, the NHS and social care in England. The Department of Health’s purpose is to improve England’s health and well-being and in doing so achieve better health, better care, and better value for all. They have responsibility for standards of health care, including the NHS. They set the strategic framework for adult social care and influence local authority spends on social care. They also set the direction on promoting and protecting the public’s health, taking the lead on issues such as environmental hazards to health, infectious diseases, health promotion and education, the safety of medicines, and ethical issues.
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services
The national service framework for children, young people and maternity services aims to ensure fair, high quality and integrated health and social care from pregnancy, right through to adulthood.
The care available for people
The Guidance describes the Assessment Framework and the Government’s expectations of how it will be used. It reflects the principles contained within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Children Act 1989. The Guidance is based on currently existing evidence based practice, and is an attempt to
Standardize good practice with clients and across agency boundaries.
There is also care available to the parents and the children encase things aren’t going as well at home. There are many possible forms of care such as:
Temporary/permanent care- Temporary or permanent care can be arranged but a number of assessments and procedures have to be completed before the care of a child or young person becomes permanent.
Organization of care provision
Care for children and young people is provided by the following agencies: * central government * local authorities, central government * Voluntary agencies
Regulations of care provisions
When children and young people are cared for in any capacity like schools, foster care systems and child-minders certain regulations must be followed. All the individuals have main contact with the child or young person will be screened by the criminal records bureau and the premises or setting will be inspected by the local authority and or by the office for standards of education e.g. OFSTED.
THE CRIMINAL RECORS BUREAU
The criminal records bureau acts on behalf of registered bodies to check criminal records through disclosure services. For people working with or enclose contact with children and young people, an enhanced disclosure is requires. This requires a more detailed level of check than the standard screening procedure and will include a check through local police records from November 2010, those working with children, young people regularly will need to be registered with the independent safe guarding agency the (ISA)
GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND
This is the professional regulatory body for teachers. There is a separate general teaching council for Scotland and North Island. They have a processional code of conduct and practice for registered teachers, which sets standards by which all teaching staff should be measured.
General social care council (the GSCC)
This is the professional regulatory body for social care workers, which has codes of practice that set clear guidelines for all those who work in social care. There is a register of those who are qualified to work in the sector. Just as doctors and nurses are on a register and can be struck off if the contravene their professional code of practice, social workers who display serious misconduct can be removed from the GSCC register. The reason
Officer for standards in education (OFSTED)
OFSTED is a government department that inspects and regulates any setting that provides care and education, including child-minders, schools, nurseries, day-care and out of school care. OFSTED report directly to Parliament and they are independent and impartial. OFSTED inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
Every week, OFSTED carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England, The aim of all this work is to promote improvement and value for money in the services we inspect and regulate, so that children and young people, parents and carers, adult learners and employers benefit. OFSTED is also created for the benefit of children to make sure that they are being cared for to the highest quality
Commissioning, direct and managing services
Social worker
Who are they?
Social workers form relationships with people and assist them to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems. Social work involves engaging not only with clients themselves but their families and friends as well as working closely with other organizations including the police, local authority departments, schools and the probation service.
What do they do?
A social worker is a professional who provides practical help and advice about counseling, transport, home help and other services. They are normally employed by the local council. Social workers may also be able to help you with claiming benefits or getting equipment you need at home.
Who do they work with?
Social workers tend to specialize in either adult or children's services. * Adult services: - roles include working with people with mental health problems or learning difficulties in residential care; working with offenders, by supervising them in the community and supporting them to find work; assisting people with HIV/AIDS and working with older people at home helping to sort out problems with their health, housing or benefits. * Children/young people services - roles include providing assistance and advice to keep families together; working in children's homes; managing adoption and foster care processes; providing support to younger people leaving care or who are at risk or in trouble with the law; or helping children who have problems at school or are facing difficulties brought on by illness in the family.
How is it related to safe guarding people?
Social workers fall under the category of safeguarding legislation by protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development and ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care. As it’s a social workers job to make sure that all children are kept safe and taken away from abusive families. Those who need safeguarding help are often elderly and frail, living on their own in the community, or without much family support in care homes. They are often people with physical or learning disabilities and people with mental health needs at risk of suffering harm both in institutions and in the community.
Safeguarding encompasses six key concepts: empowerment, protection, prevention, proportionate responses, partnership and accountability. Social care organizations play an important role in the protection of members of the public from harm and are responsible for ensuring that services and support are delivered in ways that are high quality and safe.
Benefits of a social worker
There are many advantages and disadvantages of being in this career. For example a social worker gets to be physically involved with the outside world as a part of their job means that they need to go to people’s homes to make sure that the person is being cared for appropriately. A social worker gets to help others and make a difference in other people’s lives as they are removing them from a bad environment to a more cleaner/hygienic place when they can be properly taken care of. Being A Social Worker can be rewarding if you have the heart and staying power. However there are disadvantages of being a social worker for example it can be a stressful job as you aren't always able to help everyone the way you hoped especially after you have put in the long hours and there are frustrations regarding the law against abuse, incest, rape, etc., and the reality in the fact you can't win them all (cases.) and there may be some pretty difficult things in this career like violence.
Problems with a social work
“It is strange that often the higher up the chain a person climbs and the bigger their responsibilities the less feedback it is necessary for them to undergo.” (By Bronagh Miskelly).This has sadly been shown to be the case in children's services following the Baby P case. The local safeguarding children board should provide the challenge to a children's service department ensuring standards are met and feedback given. Just like in any other oversight role.
Directors of Children's Services Ltd
What is it?
The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd - ADCS - is the national leadership association in England for statutory directors of children's services and other children's services professionals in leadership roles
What does it do?
They specialize in developing, commissioning and leading the delivery of services to children, young people and their families, including education, health, youth, early years and social care services. Working in partnership with other public agencies and through the Children’s Trust, their members work to achieve tailored and joined-up services for children, whatever their identified needs.
Within local government, ADCS is the professional contact point on children’s services issues with central government. The Association works closely with Ministers, government officials, the community and voluntary sectors, local government organizations and other professional bodies on designing and delivering integrated services for children and young people, inspection and developing the children’s workforce, among other issues
How is it related to safe guarding?
Safeguarding related pressures on local authority children’s services departments have been the subject of much discussion and media attention since the death of Baby Peter was reported in November 2008. In February 2010, the ADCS Council of Reference agreed the importance of having recent, national data to evidence changes in safeguarding activity and, supported by the National College, commissioned a project to evaluate the impact of increased safeguarding activities and budget pressures associated with those increases. Local authorities provided information about the source of initial contacts and referrals; the age and category of need of children subject of a Child Protection Plan and children looked after; national indicators relating to timeliness; financial information; Local Safeguarding Children Board
What’s good about it?
What makes the DCS good are their values and what their committed to
ADCS and its members are committed to:
a national framework for children’s services with clear lines of accountability and responsibility, local delivery of children’s services, accountable to local communities through the democratic process, the promotion of research, innovation and learning across children’s services and the promotion of equality and diversity in service delivery and in the children’s workforce whilst securing adequate and equitable funding to deliver and support the work of children’s services in every local authority to promote improved outcomes for all children, young people and their families and carers so that they are healthy and safe, can enjoy and achieve in their education, make a positive contribution to society and achieve economic well-being.
What’s bad about it?
Nothing bad about it in my opinion
Organization of care provision
NSPCC
What is it?
The NSPCC's vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK. They campaign to change the law, provide Child Line and the NSPCC helpline service, offer advice for adults, and much more.
What do they do?
The NSPCC delivers the biggest impact it can, but they have very limited resources and only a fraction of the government and voluntary sector’s budget for children. Therefore all of our service, advice, support, campaigning and education activities are driven by these four principles: * focus on areas in which they can make the biggest difference * priorities the children who are most at risk * learn what works best for them * Create leverage for change.
They use any idea that they think will reduce harm to children and measure it carefully to ensure that it works. If it does we tell others, in order to make sure that these new ideas and services are taken up by them to help other children
NSPC and safe guarding
The NSPC offer training courses on safeguarding .the Safeguarding courses and child protection training services that they offer are for all those working with children, young people and families. All courses are CPD certified. They also publish training packs, DVDs and guides to help trainers plan and design cost-effective courses and workshops on key aspects of child protection.
Why is it good
NSPCC is good because its creating a pioneering online counseling service, which helped more than 1,000 young people to speak out for the first time about abuse they had suffered and also helping to protect thousands of children from abuse – since the creation of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) which the NSPCC campaigned for, more than 166 networks of sex offenders have been dismantle
UNRC
WHAT IS IT
The Convention recognizes the human rights of children, defined as any person under the age of 18. It is the only international human rights treaty which includes civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It sets out in detail what every child needs to have for a safe, happy and fulfilled childhood.
What do they do?
The Convention spells out a specific role for UNICEF, in its capacity as the UN body responsible for the rights of children. UNICEF is required to promote the effective implementation of the Convention and to encourage international cooperation for the benefit of children
UNICEF works in the UK to champion children’s rights, win support and raise money for their work with children everywhere. For over 60 years UNICEF has been the world’s leading organization for children, working to help them survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence.
Throughout their work, UNICEF is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which sets out the rights of all children to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse. UNICEF is the largest global organization working specifically for children and their rights.
UNICEF works with families, communities and governments in more than 190 countries worldwide to help every child reach their full potential through long-term and emergency work on health care, education and protection for children at risk.
Distinction
CRB Checks
The CRB was established under part five of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002. Before the CRB police checks where mainly confined to organisations in the statutory sector for staff who had 'substantial unsupervised access' to children. There were many other organisations that could not access these checks and yet had staff with similar access to vulnerable groups. The CRB enables many more organisations to access these checks as part of good recruitment practice
What are they?
This service enables organizations in the public, private and voluntary sectors do see if you have committed anything law breaking.
What do they do?
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) helps employers in England and Wales make safer recruitment decisions. A number of roles, especially those involving children or vulnerable adults, are entitled to a criminal record check. Their aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to support organisations recruiting people into positions of trust
Why are they used? the criminal records burro are used to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involve children or vulnerable adults.
What’s good about them?
It proves what the employee is really like and it also prevents any harm from coming to the child by letting pedophiles into the school so they can see if they have any criminal records.
What’s bad about them?
By law CRB’s have to be checked every 3 years when a person has a job and if the employee has committed an offence and their working with children then it wont come up on their CRB for another 3 years and during that time they could be working with children when they where charged with things such as aggression and abusive behavior. Therefore their putting children at risk by doing so.
How does it relate to safe guarding? A CRB check is a check performed by a government organization which makes sure anyone you employ does not have any criminal convictions which may put you or a member of your family at riskThere are safe guarding courses that people can take to make sure they know what their doing. If you employ a personal assistant, that person must have undergone certain training and checks to make sure they are suitable for the job.
You should ask your PA if they have completed a Level 1 Safeguarding course run by the council. If they have not, ask them to contact us or look at our website. The PA safeguarding and CRB checking pages will give them all the information they need and direct them to the course application form. The courses are run monthly and last for half a day.
Legislations
The CRB is fully committed to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The following principles will apply when we handle your personal information: * your personal information is only processed with your knowledge and consent * only information that we actually need is collected and processed * your personal information is only seen by those who need it to do their jobs * personal information is retained only for as long as it is required * decisions affecting you are made on the basis of reliable and up to date information * your information is protected from unauthorized or accidental disclosure * any information found to be inaccurate will be investigated and corrected/amended where possible
General social care council
What is it
The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is the regulator of the social work profession and social work education in England. They protect the public by requiring high standards of education, conduct and practice of all social workers. Social workers work with some of the most vulnerable people in society, so it is vital that we ensure that only those who are properly trained and committed to high standards practise social work.
What do they do?
The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is the regulator of the social work profession and social work education in England. They protect the public by requiring high standards of education, conduct and practice of all social workers. Social workers work with some of the most vulnerable people in society, so it is vital that we ensure that only those who are properly trained and committed to high standards practise social work.
How is it related to safe guarding?
While the Protection of Freedoms Bill works its way towards becoming law, the GSCC is still under a duty to consider safeguarding matters for possible notification or referral to the ISA. Registrants and applicants will be advised if we provide the ISA with details about them and the related GSCC investigation into them.
Is it good?
It’s good because they maintain a compulsory register of social workers and issuing and enforcing the codes of practice for the profession. The codes of practice set out the standards of professional conduct and practice required by social workers as they go about their daily work. They are intended to ensure that employers, colleagues, service users, careers and members of the public know what standards they can expect from registered social workers
Is it bad?
It’s not bad at all
Legislation that’s involved
In line with the Freedom of information Act 2000, the GSCC has made information that shows how we are carrying out our mission and aims publicly available
Ofsted
What is it?
Ofsted’s is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. They inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages.
What do they do? Every week, we carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England, and publish the results on our website. To find an inspection report, go to the Find an inspection report page. The aim of all this work is to promote improvement and value for money in the services they inspect and regulate, so that children and young people, parents and carers, adult learners and employers benefit.
How is it related to safe guarding? * Ofsted’s aim is to ensure, through effective inspection and regulation, that outcomes for children and young people are improved by the receipt of better care, services and education. Improved outcomes can only be achieved if children are safe from harm. Therefore, safeguarding the welfare of children is part of their core business. * Ofsted adopts the definition used in the Children Act 2004 and the Department for Education guidance document Working together to safeguard children which focuses on safeguarding and promoting children and young people’s welfare and can be summarised as: * protecting children from maltreatment * preventing impairment of children’s health or development * ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, and * Undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully.
Is it bad?
Ofsted give a 48 hour notice to schools to warn them of their arrival. I don’t think this is a good idea in my opinion as then we won’t be able to see how schools are as because they are preparing they may cover up all the bad parts of the school and children that may show potential sighs of children that are being maltreated and abused.
Legislation that applies to it
Children Act 2004