Poverty and the Impact It Has On Children There are currently 3.6 million children living in poverty in the UK. That’s almost a third of all children. 1.6 million of these children live in severe poverty. In the UK 58% of children living in poverty are in a family where someone works. What is child poverty? A family with two adults and two children needs to have £349 each week in order to be above the poverty line. It is a child who does not have access to reasonable level of clothing‚ nutrition
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For this implementation youth play a vital role. Young people constitute a large part of the world’s population and young people will have to live longer with the consequences of current environmental decisions than will their elders. Future generations will also be affected by these decisions and the extent to which they have addressed concerns such as the depletion of resources‚ biodiversity loss‚ and long-lived radioactive wastes. Young people can play an active role in protecting and improving
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Understand Child and Young Person Development Sequence and Rate of Each Aspect of Development and the Importance of Them When looking at and discussing a child’s development‚ you have to remember that all children are different and grow at different rates. Every child will follow the same sequence but they may not necessarily do it at the same time as each other. For example‚ you could have two‚ 6 month old babies‚ 1 could already be able to crawl‚ and the other 1 may not have mastered it yet
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Resilience of Children and Young People 1.1 explain the factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people There are many factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people. Some of these are evident in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. A child should have the ability to have secure and nurturing attachments that offer emotional warmth and security from a care giver. This will offer security and safety to the young person. As well as secure attachments‚ the young person will
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other children‚ and family on inadequate access to other family members. The risk may be caused by inadequate parenting skills‚ poor models of parenting or neglect. As a caregiver‚ i will observe and record observations that indicate a risk of harm and note all the behavioural changes. Finally‚ i will respond to the physical needs of the child such as medical care‚ giving her adequate sleep time‚ bathing‚ and changing his diapers. 3. The actions or work practices to be taken Jamelle needs a close
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Unit title : Understand child young person development 1.1 Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important. It is important to know the difference between the sequence and the rate of development as it gives us direction when it comes to monitoring child/young persons needs during stages of their school years. We can then plan effectively to make sure the child receives the help and support they need in areas they could
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Cohabitation among young people: for or against? In recent years‚ there are great changes in family structure. In some countries‚ there is a new trend of family structure called cohabitation. It means two people fall in love with each other and live together without getting married. According to the latest Census report‚ the number of cohabiting couples escalated from 6.7 million in 2009 to 7.5 million just one year later in 2010‚ with nearly 50 percent of young adults in twenties cohabiting
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Unit 014 Maintain and Support Relationships with children and Young People Outcome1: Be able to communicate with children and young people. Assessment Criteria The learner can: Communicate with children and young people in a way that is appropriate to the individual‚ using both conventional language and body language. There are two ways of communicating with children and young people ‚ conventional and body languages ‚ communication may be formal (adult-led activity) or informal (playtime or
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million children live in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialized world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it under control. Poor Kids offers 4 children the chance to share their insights on life on the bottom rung of society’s ladder. It is very moving‚ interesting‚ and tragic. Courtney (8)‚ Paige (10)‚ Sam (11)‚ and his sister Kayleigh (16) take us into their lives and show us the sad reality of what growing up in Britain below the poverty line is
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with children‚ young people and adults 1.1 Describe how to establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. To enable you to establish a respectful relationship with children and young people you need to maintain your professional distance at all times and remember you’re there to educate them not to be their friends. You must let the child know you’re interested in them and make time for them‚ each and every one of them. It’s important that children don’t
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