safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Learning Outcome: 1.1 Title of outcome: Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Legislation is the term used to describe the laws or Acts and Statutes enacted by the UK Parliament. The UK government provides guidelines to organisations and individuals in England and Wales to inform them about how legislation enacted in Parliament should
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1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Any individual who comes into contact with children in their daily line of work “has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”. Safeguarding means protecting and promoting the child’s welfare and putting measure in place to prevent abuse. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reason to believe that the child has
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1.1 outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. There are many policies and procedures within the UK that outline the current legislation and guidelines to help with safeguarding children and young people. The Children Act 1989 The integral part of this act is to maintain the child is at the forefront of decisions; the best option in relation to the child’s welfare will be taken into account
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Analyse how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people. In a school‚ nursery or educational establishment‚ Government Legislation and policies and procedures within the establishment ensure that all children are kept safe and protected from harm. All establishments must have these policies and procedures in place and they must be in line with national legislation. All staff working within these establishments must be
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The following legislation affects Safeguarding children and young people in the UK- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child 1989 this includes childrens rights to protection from abuse‚ the right to express their views and be listened to‚ and the right to care and services for diabled children or children living away from home. Although different british governments have said that it regards itself bound by the Convention and refers to it in child protection guidance‚it has not
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1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. The Children Act (1989)‚ was introduce to facilitate the welfare of children‚ as well as ensuring that the welfare of the child is paramount. The act allocated responsibility to parents‚ local authorities and those who work with children to ensure the almost safety of a child. • The core objectives are to protect children and establish a
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‘In all actions concerning children‚ whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions‚ courts of law‚ administrative authorities or legislative bodies‚ the best interests of the child shall be of primary consideration’ Article 3 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Children in any care situation are potentially vulnerable to all sorts of potential threats from a variety of sources and should be protected. Protecting children from physical‚ emotional and sexual abuse
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The Children Act 1989: This Act is an important piece of legislation due to its focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It ensures that the welfare of children is paramount; it also identifies the responsibility of parents and of those who work with children to ensure the safety of the child. The UNCRC: This is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally. Under the treaty there is a list of rights to which every
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need an environment where children feel ‘safe’‚ they have the right to deal with any circumstances where they feel a child is concerned with a matter towards abuse or neglect. Legislations are put in place along side guidelines and policies to ensure the health‚ safety and security of all children. The legislation for safeguarding says that we need to protect children from maltreatment. Help to prevent impairment of children’s health and development by ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances
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Outline Current Legislation‚ Guidelines‚ Policies and Procedures Within Own UK Nation Affecting Safeguarding of Children and Young People Unit 025 Outcome 1 1. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in settings for children and young people in England and Wales are the result of legislation passed in parliament‚ including: In England and Wales‚ The Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004/in Northern Ireland‚ Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - These acts were brought
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