UNIT 6: WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG CHILDREN 1.3: FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL AGENCIES I have a responsibility to help the children in my care achieve the 5 outcomes of the UK Government Initiative Every Child Matters (ECM) – Be Healthy‚ Stay Safe‚ Enjoy & Achieve‚ Make a positive contribution and Achieve economic wellbeing. It is important that I contact and utilise other professionals to help achieve these outcomes. This is
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traditional approach to child development study has been to emphasise “Normative Measure”. This is concerned with studying milestones or stages in a child’s development and show what most children can do at a particular age. In reality there is a wide range of normal development and this will be influenced by genetic‚ social‚ and cultural factors‚ so it is important to be aware that normative measures can only indicate general trends in children s development. Physical development By 6 months a child
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Social workers help people with their lives in a variety of contexts. They can work with families where there is domestic abuse‚ in situations of child abuse‚ with children and people with disabilities‚ assist with fostering or adoption and work with young people who misuse substances such as drugs or alcohol. According to The Sefton Local Safeguarding Children Board‚ the UN Convention states that young people have rights such as the right to life‚ the right to be treated as equal citizens‚ the right
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Unit 1. Understanding child and young persons development Children and young people are different in many ways especially in their growth and development. However‚ they have similar patterns which as parents‚ healthcare professionals and school practitioners we must be aware of. For instance‚ we can observe a child’s physical development and communication skills to examine if the child is at the correct stage at the correct age. Other things we may look out for are the social aspects and emotional
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CU1523 Working together for the benefit of children and young people 1.1 Multi-agency working aims to support children and young people earlier to ensure they meet the five Every Child Matters (ECM) outcomes. The five outcomes of ECM state that we need to be working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for children in our setting. These outcomes are: • Be healthy • Stay safe • Enjoy and achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic well being Multi-agency working brings
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hurt the child‚ but not always. It can also result from severe discipline‚ such as using a belt on a child‚ or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child’s age or physical condition. Many physically abusive parents and caregivers insist that their actions are simply forms of discipline—ways to make children learn to behave. But there is a big difference between using physical punishment to discipline and physical abuse. The point of disciplining children is to teach them right from wrong
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Working together for the benefit of children and young people. Multi agency working- different services working together to meet the needs of young children and their parents or carers. Integrated working- different services joining together to offer more affective care for young children. Understanding integrated and multi agency working. Multi agency working‚ is different services and agencies‚ that work together to provide the services that meet the needs of children‚ parents and carers
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Children need to feel they are a valuable member of their school community. It is important for children to learn in a safe and secure environment. The school community is made up of children of all ages‚ from different cultures and have different abilities. As a member of the school staff team you have to be able to relate to all the children and develop positive relationships with them‚ to do this you need to adapt your communication style and behaviour accordingly. The age of the child or young
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Understand Child and Young Person Development 2. Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice. 2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors. Personal factors are those which are part of the genetic make-up of a child (nature‚ not nurture). As such‚ they cannot be changed‚ although their influence upon development can be addressed to give children the best possible chance to achieve
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