Page 1 Assignment 2. 1. Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how they affect your practice. Key legislation for working with children UN Convention on the Rights of a Child 1989 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child was ratified by the UK in 1991. It set out the principles for a legal framework to underpin all aspects for the care‚ development and education of all children. The articles cover: non discrimination on the grounds of gender
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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 when deciding the best course of action for the child/young person’s upbringing
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guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people The main points of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the Children Act 1989‚ Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Act 2006. The Children Act in 1989 set out principles to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significant harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal basis for children’s services
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SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS LEVEL 3 (DIPLOMA) Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people |CYP3.4 1.1 Outline current legislation guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Legislation covering child protection can be divided into two main types‚ criminal law‚ dealing with people who have offended or are at risk of offending against children‚ and civil law‚ which is divided into public law and private
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Climbié resulted in the Every Child Matters report being published and changes to legislation being made. In England there are a variety of legislations which affects the safe guarding of children and young people. The first being the Children Act 1989‚ which states that everyone that works with children (i.e. health and social workers) or cares for them (i.e. parents/carers)
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2013 and Broadhurst and Grover‚ 2009). For children‚ the areas in which they feel the need for more support are: in the provision of security‚ sense of belonging and trust and self-development (McAuley and David‚ 2009). Since the Children Act in 1989 safeguarding policy have been concerned with increasing the quality and stability of the placement of children in care and on improving their individual outcomes. In recent years‚ this concern has remained but the focus
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M2: Asses the influence of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti-discriminatory practice In this leaflet I am going to asses the influence of national policy initiative anti-discriminatory practice this also includes legislations and regulations that has to be followed. Discriminatory practice is when people are placed and categorised in groups for example male and female or racial wised. For example an elderly mane would be questions whether he is allowed to run a marathon because
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Working Together sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. Part 1 of the document is issued as statutory guidance. Practitioners and agencies will have different responsibilities under different areas of the guidance and should consult the preface for a fuller explanation of their statutory duties. CHANGE TO STATUTORY GUIDANCE: On 10 June‚
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Unit 3 – Supporting Children E1 and E2 The Children Act 1989 - The Children Act 1989 has influenced setting by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners adhere to and maintain when working with children. The Act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and that they form partnerships with parents and carers. It requires settings to have an appropriate adult: child ratios and policies and procedures
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current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people- Children’s Act 1989 and 2004- If there are children that are being accommodated by the Local Authority‚ then this all comes under the Children Act 1989. There are six beliefs within the Children Act 1989: * The best place for children to be looked after is within their own homes. * The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration. * Parents
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