Identify the positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve The 5 positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve under the framework of Every Child Matters are: 1 - To be healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle. Physically healthy Mentally and emotionally healthy Sexually healthy Healthy lifestyles Choose not to take illegal drugs Being healthy is
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We must safeguard children and young people as they are unable to protect themselves alone and are far more vulnerable to things such as abuse and neglect than adults are. It is our duty of care to protect children and young people from physical abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ verbal abuse and neglect. We must be able to identify early on the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect before the child is to get in any serious danger. A child’s sudden change in behaviour could be a huge sign of
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the most important skill you can give to your children‚ it underpins every other learning experience they will have throughout their lives. Without being able to communicate successfully‚ children will struggle to make the most of the experiences that come their way. We as practitioners must support children’s learning and competence in communicating‚ speaking and listening‚ being read to and beginning to read and write. We must also provide children with the confidence‚ opportunity‚ encouragement
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Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1.1 Areas of legislation are ever changing but it is important to be able to identify current and relevant aspects of those which promote equality and value diversity. Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 These were put in place to ensure that all organisations and agencies invloved with children between birth and 19 years should work together to ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy‚ stay safe
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Unit 2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1.1 Safeguarding Legislation and Policy On the following page is a leaflet which identifies national legislation for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. The leaflet outlines the guidelines and policies put in place solely for the protection of children as well as procedures that are to be followed in the safeguarding and welfare of the young‚ while describing the roles of the various different agencies involved
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Children and young people often experience many things which have a direct impact on their development; things such as their family environment and structure‚ personality‚ hospital visits‚ childcare arrangements‚ and culture. Family Environment Of the environmental influences‚ the family has the most profound impact on child development. Family stability can be described in many ways. Traditionally it is defined in terms family structure (for example‚ single parenthood‚ extended families
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Child maltreatment‚ sometimes referred to as child abuse and neglect‚ includes all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment‚ sexual abuse‚ neglect‚ and exploitation that results in actual or potential harm to a child’s health‚ development or dignity. Within this broad definition‚ five subtypes can be distinguished – physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ neglect and negligent treatment‚ emotional abuse and exploitation (The world health organisation). There are a several different factors that could
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Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People’s Workforce Understand Child and Young Person Development Assignment task A – 1.1‚ 1.2 A2 The sequence of development is the order in which babies develop for example‚ in physical development babies can’t sit up on their own until they can support their own head. The rate of development is how old they are when they can do certain things‚ for
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Bullying and How it Affects the Development of Children Aaron Alexander Patton University of the Fraser Valley PSYC 250 – Developmental Psychology October 18‚ 2010 Abstract In one point of history‚ not too long ago‚ bullying was considered normal in schools and was just considered a part of growing up. A little teasing and an occasional fight is what turned a boy into a man. However‚ bullying has now become a major problem in childhood‚ especially within schools and more research
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Juvenile DELINQUENCY For many young people today‚ traditional patterns guiding the relationships and transitions between family‚ school and work are being challenged. Social relations that ensure a smooth process of socialization are collapsing; lifestyle trajectories are becoming more varied and less predictable. The restructuring of the labor market‚ the extension of the maturity gap (the period of dependence of young adults on the family) and‚ arguably‚ the more limited opportunities
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