There are various legislations relating to the safeguarding of children and young people within our own UK Home Nation. Thes have come about over a number of years in response to an increased focus on the need to protect vulnerable children and young people‚ to ensure that multi agencies work together sharing information and to provide comprehensive support services so as to avoid another tragic death such as Victoria Climbie‚ and also to ensure the recognition of the rights of children as individuals
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wellbeing of children and young people. Task 1 Any individual that comes into contact with children or young people should establish and maintain a safe environment and have the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare. Child protection policies and procedures are set to safeguard‚ detect and prevent child abuse and neglect. This also includes helping children and young people to protect themselves from abuse and dealing with bullying. Currently there is no single legislation that covers the
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importance of safeguarding children and young people. Safeguarding children and young people is everybody’s responsibility. It should be a concern of the whole community and all public services‚ not just ones providing directly to children and young people. As professionals‚ we have a duty to ensure that children and young people are protected while they are in our care and that where we have other concerns outside school‚ these are investigated fully. School policies and procedures need to be
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people [TDA 2.2 1.1‚ 1.2] Understanding current legislation‚ policies and procedures is essential to ensure that safe guarding is carried out effectively. Knowing the risks ad possible consequences that children and young people can be affected by is important within a supporting role. It is also important to fully understand the responsibilities and when to take action. Legislations‚ guidelines and policies are put into place to help protect
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202 Safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Within our school there are policies set in place and it is important that staff know the proceedures. The school has various policies and procedures including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Communicating Health and Safety Information Electrical Equipment First Aid and Medication Serious Injuries Fire Prevention Fire Alarm Procedure Security Confidentiality I ensure i always follow these policies and proceedures
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Outcome 1 1. Discuss the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (1.1) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international human rights treaty which grants all children and young people an inclusive set of rights‚ including the right to express their views and have them taken into account in all matters affecting them‚ the right to play‚ rest
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Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people. 508 LO 4.1/4.2 In my setting we work closely with the child and parents and have a duty to ensure the safety and welfare of every child. We want all parents to feel safe and secure about leaving their child in our care. We follow the EYFS and this states ‘The provider must take necessary steps to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’. Therefore as practitioners we are responsible for
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Unit 02 – Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1. Using the headings provided‚ briefly describe the key points of each of the following guidelines and legislation. (1.1) and analyse how these guidelines affect the day to day work with young children (1.3) The Children act 1989 The aim of this act is to simplify the laws that are already in place‚ which protect children and young people in the UK. It was seen as a “serious shake up” of children’s rights and protection‚ and also
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There are so many different legislations that are continuously being reviewed‚ updated and revoked that they are divided into two main categories‚ Civil law and Criminal law and each it then divided again. Civil law is divided into public and private law. Public law put policies in place to minimise the risk of children coming into harm and what to do if they are at risk. Private laws deal with family proceedings such as divorce and contact. Criminal law deal with people who have offended‚ or are
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