Roles and Responsibilities of agencies in Safeguarding Children We all have a responsibility in Safeguarding and Protecting children and every child should be kept safe. Safeguarding children is a "multi-agency" organisation. Statutory organisations that work with children have a duty under Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 to ensure their functions are discharged with regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. What is safeguarding? It might be difficult to accept‚ but
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Luke Winters Unit 302: Schools as Organisations. Explain the main points of entitlement and provisions for early year’s education? There are different types of childcare options available for early years‚ these include: Sure Start Children’s Centre: Working with parents right from the birth of their child‚ providing early years education for children‚ full day care‚ short-term care‚ health and family support‚ parenting advice as well as training and employment advice. Nursery schools:
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corrected then you may need to go to the next level of management‚ the Care Quality Commission or the Safeguarding Team at the local Social Services department. C111 – Describe three factors that make individuals more vulnerable to abuse than others. 1 – Reliant on others – individuals who are totally reliant on others to support and care for them. 2 – Mental capacity - Individuals who may lack the capacity to understand what is happening to them. 3 - Sensory impairment. - Individuals who
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Safeguarding Children Policy Statement: My primary responsibility and priority is for the children I care for. As a mother‚ I am acutely aware of how important it is to ensure your child is kept safe‚ especially when in someone else’s care. To become Ofsted registered I have to have an enhanced CRB disclosure (now called a Disclosure and Barring Service - DBS) as well as other members of my family over the age of 16. I am aware of the signs of different kinds of abuse‚ and if I have
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Physical Physical injuries can occur where there is no satisfactory explanation‚ definite knowledge‚ or a reasonable suspicion that injury was inflicted with intent‚ caused through lack of care by the person having custody‚ charge or care of that person. POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE The following list may be indicators of many different problems‚ it is important not to jump to the wrong conclusion too quickly‚ some of the indicators could
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Introduction: Safeguarding children is high priority within professional practices to ensure that all children are supported and have the right to reach full potential (Lindon‚ 2008). In order to show and understand how safeguarding is applied‚ a residential setting providing specialist care for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) will be considered. The current legislation including Helping Children Achieve More will be explained to show how the multidisciplinary team around the child
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According to CQC safeguarding means protecting people’s health‚ wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm‚ abuse and neglect. The safeguarding of children and adults is slightly different in relation to promoting welfare. • Children: protecting them from maltreatment or things that are bad for their health and development; also making sure that they grow up in a safe environment with effective care. Helping to safeguard children means taking part in multi - agency children’s
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Safeguarding legislations‚ polices and guidelines are put into action so that children and young people are guarded from harm‚ abuse and any forms of mistreatment and so that their welfare is protected. The main current legislations‚ policies and guidelines are United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 is an international agreement that outlines the minimum requirements and standards for protecting the rights of children up to the age of 18 years. It states the basic rights of every
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Safeguarding is not a new concept though definition remains contrived. There is no mutually agreed definition‚ this makes the subject emotive and difficult to encompass‚ rather perceives “safeguarding” as a umbrella term that encapsulates key themes including child protection‚ safe conduct‚ duty of care to act and collaborative working. This definition differs greatly from the Oxford Dictionary (2009 p324) definition “to protect (someone or something) from harm or destruction” This definition is
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1.1. An outline of the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Ans. There are many legislative acts that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. These are: • Children Act 1989 (England and Wales)/Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: This act outlined the duties all who worked with children and they should coordinate in the event of allegations of child abuse. • Children Act
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