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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Support children and young people’s Health and Safety 1.1) Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities there are many factors that we need to take into account. For example one of these could be the individual needs of the child. Children need different activities and environments set out differently depending on their age group. We need to make sure
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different agencies/professionals that may get involved when a child or young person has been abused or harmed. These agencies have different roles and the aim is to achieve an inter-agency approach when the services are required. The earliest point of harm or abuse may be identified by Midwife’s or Health Visitors. These professionals are best placed to identify risk factors during pregnancy‚ birth and the early months of a child’s life. Due to their close contact with parent’s they may observe attitudes
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Explain the critical importance of poverty in affecting outcomes and life chances It is a recognised fact that poverty has a detrimental impact on many areas of a young person’s life. As a child‚ growing up in an impoverished family‚ many opportunities for development and growth will be unobtainable. The educational performance of children is affected by financial status. Parents who are working but low income may feel the pressures of financial stress‚ debt‚ long working hours‚ overtime pressures
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Edexcel Level 3 Diploma for Children and Young Peoples Workforce Workbook 1 Unit 1 & Unit 18 Understanding Children and Young People’s Development Learner Name: Sammy-jo Wood Unit 1 Q1. (1.1) Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years. In your Answer‚ you must include the pattern of Development from: 0-3‚ 3-7‚ 7-12‚ 12-16‚ 16-19 years. You must also explain the following: Gross Motor Physical Development Physical Maturity Communication
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Section sign off Section 1: - The pattern of development from birth to nineteen 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth to 19yrs 1.2 Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important Section 2 – The factors that influence development 2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors 2.2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced
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Outline the legal entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. Anyone providing services for children with special needs – health‚ education or social service departments‚ as well as voluntary organisations – must act within the legal framework. Legislation can change at any time and all health‚ education and social care practitioners‚ also Early Years workers‚ should be alert to new Acts and Regulations. There have been many changes to legislation
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It is important to take a balanced approach to risk management as most activities children undertake have some element of risk involved in them. However when the activity is well planned and organised‚ with thought given to risks that may occur‚ any probability of risks should be minimised. We must ensure that the benefits the activity gives to the child outweigh any risks involved. Risk and challenge are important to overall development as avoiding all risks may cause someone to grow up to
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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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Unit 3: supporting children and young people. P1. Describe how one activity/experience supports the communication and intellectual development of a child or young person. (P8) I recently sat with a group of children aged 2-4 years in the book corner during group time‚ the children were all participating in a story/singing activity also using puppets. There were two of these which the children participated in‚ they were; five little ducklings and the other was‚ There was an old lady who swallowed
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