variety of services available that aim to provide support for children and their families. These services may be offered in either a statutory‚ voluntary or private setting. Statutory “Statutory services are usually free of charge. A good example of this is schools” Tassoni et al (2007) pg.4 Their main aim is to provide education to all children between 5-16 yrs. old. “The state is required by law to ensure that all children‚ including those with disabilities‚ receive education if they
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THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORKFORCE (QCF) GUIDANCE FOR UNDERSTAND HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNIT CODE: CYP CORE 3.3 Unit content 1. Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people Current legislation‚ guidelines and policies regarding the safeguarding of children and young people relevant to own home country: Legislation: Children Act 1989; Children Act 2004; Every
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be available for children‚ by law‚ to attend e.g. a primary school. Voluntary settings are sometimes funded by communities through donations‚ charities‚ and volunteers or by the people who attend them e.g. 0’clock clubs. One voluntary setting in my area‚ which provides care and education for children‚ is Brunswick Youth Club. The club provides evening activities for children Monday to Friday term time and through school holidays. The club also offers holiday schemes where children have the opportunity
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decades. Over the years‚ the deaths of children have driven changes in policy and practice in child protection in the UK. While laws protecting children have existed throughout the 20th century‚ the most significant act in place is the Children’s Act (1989). The act underpins many of the child protection procedures and structures that we use today. This includes a good working practise between practitioners and staff and ensuring that the needs of the children are central; that they are put first
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E.1 There are different types of settings providing care and education for children in Wiltshire such as; statutory‚ voluntary and private. Statutory “these are services that have to be available by law‚ i.e. legislation has been passed which requires either the government or local authorities to provide them” (Tassoni‚ 2007 p.3) For example‚ schools. The government is legally obliged to provide schools and to pay money for local authority. Voluntary “these are services provided by organisations
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working on behalf of‚ or alongside children have a responsibility to keep them safe. Key people working in schools have responsibilities laid out in child protection laws. The Children Act 1989 states that the welfare of the child is paramount and sets out to detail what Local Authorities and Courts should do to protect children. A school should designate a Senior Teacher with specific responsibilities for child protection‚ this teacher should be clear about what children are on the Child Protection Register
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guidance that a school has to follow relating to the duty of care and welfare of children. These are continually amended‚ updated and revoked. The Children Act 1989 upholds a number of principals‚ one of which defines the duty of care to the effect that a person with care of a child may do what is reasonable in all the circumstances for the purpose of safe guarding or promoting the welfare of the child. The children Act of 1989 also actively encourages good anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice
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policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults There is a difference between Safeguarding vulnerable adults/children and adult/child protection. Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility‚ and includes measures to prevent or minimise the potential for abuse occurring. Protection is considered a statutory responsibility in response to individual cases where risk
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based childcare‚ and the role of the regulatory body. Currently the legislation regarding home based childcare are‚ The Children Act 1989 and The Care Standards Act 2000‚ these laws relate to the registration and inspection of childcare and early years providers. These laws are in place to ensure childcare providers treat all children “with equal concern”. The Children Act 2004 saw the implementation of the Every Child Matters (ECM) as a national frame work following high profile abuse cases. The
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2004 Haitian Coup D’ État Morada Dessalines Chamberlain College School of Nursing Reporter Fran Quigley stated‚ "Life for the impoverished majority is becoming more violent and more inhuman as the months pass since the elected government ’s removal‚" in a report on January 2005. He was referring to Haitian life after the abrupt removal of its President from office. On February 2004‚ the violent coup Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office was orchestrated
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