Supporting teaching and learning in schools Unit 2 safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Task 1 Any individual that comes into contact with children or young people should establish and maintain a safe environment and have the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare. Child protection policies and procedures are set to safeguard‚ detect and prevent child abuse and neglect. This also includes helping children and young people to protect themselves from abuse and dealing with
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a. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people It is important to safeguard children and young people as without this protection their future could be negatively affected. Their health and development could be impaired as its possible they could withdraw from family and peers which would affect them emotionally and also developmentally fall behind with educational milestones (if school is missed). Children and young people need to be protected from neglect and abuse and
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well-being of children and young people Outcome 1 Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people The Children’s Act 1989 The Children’s Act 1989 gave every child the right to protection from abuse and exploitation and the right to inquiries to safeguard their welfare. Every Child Matters
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202 Safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Within our school there are policies set in place and it is important that staff know the proceedures. The school has various policies and procedures including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Communicating Health and Safety Information Electrical Equipment First Aid and Medication Serious Injuries Fire Prevention Fire Alarm Procedure Security Confidentiality I ensure i always follow these policies and proceedures
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Unit 025 – Safeguarding 1.2 – tASK 2 Explain Child Protection within the wider context of safe guarding children and young people. Child protection should always be the primary concern of all those who work with children and young people. Safeguarding encompasses child protection‚ support‚ counselling‚ and prevention of harm‚ education and providing all of the things that a child needs to develop. Safeguarding a child is ensuring that they have the support and opportunity to achieve their potential
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203 Outcome 1 1. Describe how to establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. It is important firstly to take into consideration the different needs and levels of development of the children or young people you are building relationships with and reflect this in the way you communicate. With foundation children‚ for example you could communicate in a much simpler way to make sure they understand. It is also important to relate to children in a way‚ which
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Unit 3 1.1 Childrens Act 1989 | This act is aimed to simplify the laws protecting children and young people. This act makes clear to all who work with children what their duties are and how they should work together in even of allegations of child abuse. | This act is reflected in the policies and procedures in setting. These state detail what procedures I should follow if I suspect abuse. | Childrens Act 2004 | The death of Victora Climbie highlighted the short coming of the previous
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The wider concept of safeguarding encompasses a variety of different factors: • Family circumstances – the physical and mental health of parents/carers is extremely important in ensuring the wellbeing of children and young people. If the parents/carers are struggling with things such as a serious illness or mental health issues‚ they cannot fulfil the needs of their children. If the parents/carers are taking drugs or subject to domestic abuse‚ again they cannot meet the needs of their children
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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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Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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