2.2/1.1 Current Legislation The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This agreement identifies the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. These rights include articles that ensure that children are safe and looked after. Article 19 states a child’s right to be ‘protected from all forms of physical and mental violence‚ injury or abuse‚ neglect or negligent‚ maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse.’ The UK signed up to this treaty in 1991
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Additional At this level‚ children and family will require intervention and support to meet one or two universal targeted services. Intervention usual made of Early Help Assessment team or referred to Team Around the Child who will make provision to ensure all critical needs are met before it is beyond control. A Common Assessment Framework (CAF) plan will be provided to the child and family to help them identify the extra support that is needed to achieve the target services (Liverpool Safeguarding
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act 2002 is one of them which requires school governing bodies‚ local education and further education institutions to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children‚ adoption and children’s act 2002 which amends the children act 1989 with definition of harm which now includes a child witnessing violence. There are also two main categories covering the legislation of child protection‚ civil law and criminal law‚ criminal law deals with people who have committed or who are at risk
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you go about outlining the regulatory body and its 4 roles to Anjum’s parents? ANSWERS Four pieces of legislation important to home-based child carers are: The Children Act (1989) & (2004) The Race Relation Act (1976 Amended in 2000) The Childcare Act (2006) The Protection of Children Act (1998) The Children Act 1989 is aimed to ensure that the welfare of the child was paramount‚ working in partnership with parents to protect the child from harm. The Act was intended to strengthen the child’s
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company is going to do in practice to achieve the aims set out in your statement of health and safety policy‚ Include information on how you are going to eliminate or reduce the risks of hazards in the workplace. Child Protection – (Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004) Child protection and Safeguarding are often thought as the same document‚ and is difficult to grasp. However I found this information below that is the key to understanding Child protection and Safeguarding. “Child protection
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past 50 years‚ and the need for improved legislation has been highlighted by cases such as Maria Colwell (1973) and Victoria Climbie (2000) as these cases showed weaknesses in procedures. The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international human rights treaty that grants all children a comprehensive set of rights. The convention has 54 articles and it sets out in detail what every child needs to have for a safe‚ happy and fulfilled childhood. Article 19 states children’s
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including e-safety Working together to safeguard children 2010 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. It is important that all practitioners working to safeguard children and young people understand fully their responsibilities and duties as set out in primary legislation and associated regulations and guidance. This
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In 1989‚ governments worldwide promised all children the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These rights are based on what a child needs to survive‚ grow‚ participate and fulfil their potential. They apply equally to every child‚ regardless of who they are‚ or where they are from. Human rights are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each individual‚ regardless of race‚ gender‚ language‚ religion‚ opinions‚ wealth or ability and therefore apply
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Anybody working with children or come into contact with children has the responsibility to secure children safely. This is why current legislation‚ policies‚ guidelines and procedures to safeguard children are put into practice. The Children Act 1989 was brought on by the government in 1991 to ensure children were safe however; the death of Victoria Climbiè who died at the hands of her guardians so the Act was updated again to the Children Act 2004 and Laming did a public investigation of the death
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Task A Policies and procedures for child protection and safeguarding are the result of the children’s act 1989. Which then lead to the children’s act 2004 which then introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised. The main current legislation‚ guidelines policies and procedures for safeguarding are The Children Act 1989. This was designed to help keep children safe and well and‚ if necessary‚ help a child to live with their family by providing
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