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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Safeguarding Children Outcome 1.1- Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Legislation and guidlines Some of the main legislations around safeguarding children begin with the Children Act (1989). This was updated with the Children Act (2004) which included the principle of integrated childrens services and incorporated the five main principles of Every Child Matters (2003)‚ which clearly
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TDA 2.2: Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. The concept of safeguarding‚ which works to protect children‚ has only been developed in the last 50 years. The need for improved legislation has been highlighted by high- profile cases‚ such as the death of Maria Colwell in 1973 and‚ more recently‚ Victoria Climbié in 2000. These cases shocked
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Unit 203 Outcome 1 1. Describe how to establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. It is important firstly to take into consideration the different needs and levels of development of the children or young people you are building relationships with and reflect this in the way you communicate. With foundation children‚ for example you could communicate in a much simpler way to make sure they understand. It is also important to relate to children in a way
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Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people Those who work with young people have responsibilities to safeguard and promote their welfare. This is an important responsibility and requires careful attention. It means being able to recognise when a child or young person is not achieving their developmental potential‚ or when their physical or mental health is impaired. It means recognising when a young person is displaying risky or harmful behaviour‚ or is being neglected
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may be argued that the notion of child abuse is socially constructed‚ in other words the definition changes over time and it may even be different from one culture/country to the next‚ it is ‘a product of a particular culture and context and not an absolutely unchanging phenomenon’ (Corby‚ 1993‚ p.39). For example‚ in the UK in the 1980’s there were four types of abuse‚ in 1988 there were five and in 1991 they were back to four. For example‚ work into child protection emerged in the 1960’s and so if
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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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------------------------------------------------- Understanding safeguarding of children and young people For those working in the adult sector Unit 516 Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1 Understand the Policies‚ Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults Firstly before any legislation that a child is assessed under‚ an assessment has to be carried out to ascertain the following: * Gathering of information about a child and the family * Analysing
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Unit 16 Code p5 Understand safeguarding of children and young people 1. Understand policy‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. 1:1 Explain policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people. In order to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care there are a number of policies‚ procedures and practices that must be adhered to. Policies are documents within the work place put together‚ influenced
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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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