There are a number of legislations‚ statutory guidance‚ policies and procedures (that slightly vary throughout the United Kingdom depending on the home nation) that are put in place to ensure the welfare and safety of all children and young people. There are forever changing and developing in response to current concerns and focuses - for example‚ the death of Victoria Climbié resulted in the Every Child Matters report being published and changes to legislation being made. In England there are a
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Contribute to Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety. 1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting; Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) is an essential piece of legislation to have within a work setting. Employers are legally obliged to follow all regulations of the HSWA in order consistently maintain a safe setting‚ and ensure all employees and service users are protected. The HSWA states that employees must
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Assignment 2 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. 1989 The Children Act States that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering‚ or is likely to suffer‚ significant harm’‚ section 47 The Welfare of the child is paramount regarding his/her upbringing. Parental rights duties and obligations are outlined. Provisions are made regarding fostering‚ adoption‚ child minding
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Unit 6 – A4 Legislation affecting schools Legislation Summary Impact on schools Human Rights Act 1998 Linked to the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. Under this Act individuals in the UK have particular rights and freedoms however these have to balance against the rights and freedoms of others. Some articles which have a direct link to education/schools are: Article 2: The first protocol – the right to education (however this does not mean the right to a particular school). Article 8: The
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Professional roles Safeguarding Policy Report. The purpose of this assignment is to give a report exploring the development of a chosen policy. The policy I will be given my report on is the safeguarding policy. I will examine‚ analyse and provide an overview of how this system works in practice in relation to the overall safety of the children within the setting. As an Early year’s practitioners‚ it is our duty to provide care and education to ensure children are safe and reach their full potential
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Unit TDA 2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Task 2 Booklet LO 2‚ 2.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. Illnesses Signs and Symptoms Common Cold. Headaches Sore throat Blocked nose Runny nose Temperature Weakness Cough Sneezing Lack of appetite Dysentery / sickness. Diarrhoea Vomiting Dehydrated Loss of appetite Weakness
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today ’s young people from becoming tomorrow ’s problem drug users’ (Home Office‚ 2002‚ p. 7). The strategy emphasises the harm drugs can cause to society and stresses young people ‘need good quality drug education‚ information and advice’ (p. 3). In January 2007 Barnfield Borough Council in North London commissioned the present study as part of its ongoing initiative to improve the standard of drugs education provided to local secondary schoolchildren. The prevalence of drug use among young people
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Children and Young People Workforce Introduction to personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1) Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role? It’s very important for me to know what my manager is expected from me .My responsibility is to know my own duties and rules. Job description must be the first thing I need to look at and have a good knowledge about it. Showing my ability
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Lisa Okonkwo CACHE CYPWD Level 3 candidate pin:30196060 SHC 31: Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1. Identify the different reasons people communicate. People communicate for a number of different reasons including: • To get to know each other • To share information • To provide someone else with information 2. Explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting. We communicate in a two different
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Unit TDA 2.2: Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people – Task 2 2.4: Describe the actions to take in respond to emergency situations‚ including Fires‚ Security Incidents and Missing children or young people. Fire and other emergencies Buildings need to be evacuated quickly in the event of a fire‚ gas leak or bomb scare. There will be clear procedures on how to do this in our school/nursery. These procedures must be displayed in each area of the school/nursery‚ giving information
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