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‚ religion
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education of children‚ non discrimination on the grounds of gender‚ religion‚ disability‚ language‚ ethnic/social origin‚ civil and political rights‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural and protective rights. Particularly relevant for home based childcare is Article 31 that states that all children have the right to relax and play and have the chance to join in a wide range of activities. 2. The Children Act (1989) The Children’s Act (1989) was introduced to clarify existing laws affecting children. This
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legislation affects how schools work. The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child 1989 – in 1989 the world leaders decided children needed a special convention just for them to give them special care and protection that adults do not need. All children up to the age of 18 have the rights in the convention. Some groups of children eg those living away from home or disabled children have additional rights to make sure they are treated fairly and their needs are met. Every child in the UK is entitled
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There are four pieces of legislations that are important for home based Early Years child carers‚ although there are many more. The four Acts selected are: The Childcare Act (2006) The Children Act (2004) The Equality Act (2010) and The Education Act (1997) Briefly‚ the Acts will be summarised and subsequently outlined for Anjum’s parents. The Childcare Act (2006) formalised and introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage in England. The role of Ofsted is to continually inspect and monitor
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The context for safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Identify the changes which have occurred in the UK over the past 100 years in relation to children and health conditions/practices‚ education and employment‚ citizenship and rights‚ equality and diversity. A) Health conditions/practices There is now legislation in place to ensure all children have access to the health services they may need. Agendas such as ‘every child matters’ ensures that children have the opportunities to access
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the practitioner in caring for children Introduction Unit 8 - Caring for children looks at the range of settings and providers that care for children across the private‚ voluntary and independent sectors. The following report outlines the care needs for children. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E1 - Collate evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in caring for children The role and responsibilities
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and take babies from roughly 6 weeks to 6 years for after school clubs‚ fees vary from each nursery and are usually on private land. Reception class For children aged 4‚ based in the school a normal school day roughly from 9am-3pm and is funded. Reception classes are statutory. Play-groups Play groups are mostly voluntary and open to children from about 2 and a half and are held in most community centres and community halls/churches there is usually a small fee for a snack. Every early year setting
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factors. An example of this was during the Second World War women were needed in the workforce so nurseries were set up to take care of children‚ when the war ended the nurseries closed. Later in the twentieth century early years provision focused on families who had social needs and difficulties. Local authority day nurseries and nursery schools catered mainly for children who were at risk of harm and tended to be based in urban and deprived areas. Other early years provision was in the private sector
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As a home based child-minder I would like to provide a place where children are able to enjoy learning and grow with confidence. With that I would inform Anjums parents of the four pieces of legislation that are important to home based child carers. These are as follows: The Children act 1980 + 2004 Childcare act (2006) The protection of children act (1998) The race relation act (1976 amended 2000) The Children act 1989 was intended to strengthen a child’s legal position‚ to give him or
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Understanding of safeguarding of children and young people Below there are some legislations applying for safeguarding of Children and Young Adults. Unfortunately there were put into practice following deaths of children ( Victoria Climie and Jessica Chapman) Children Act 1989 Safety of child has been protected since 1989 when the Children act came into the practice. Children Act allocates responsibilities to parents‚ local authorities (in my case it will be Northamptonshire County Council)‚ courts
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