Question 1 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. Whether you are a headteacher‚ teacher or teaching assistant you have a vital part to play in protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people in your care. Below are some of the policies and legislation that all education professionals should be aware and inform their practice accordingly. The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ document (2006 revised 2010) looks
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Support positive attachments for children and young people. Outcome 1- Understand the importance of positive attachment for the well being of children and young people 1 summarise theories of attachment Attachment is a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space (Ainsworth‚ 1973; Bowlby‚ 1969). So what are the attachment theories focusing on? Attachment theory is focused on the relationships and bonds between people‚ particularly long-term relationships
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The five positive outcomes for children and young people. 1. Being healthy - this outcome deals with the extent to which providers contribute to the development of healthy lifestyles in children. Evidence will include ways in which providers promote the following: physical‚ mental‚ emotional and sexual health; participation in sport and exercise; healthy eating and the drinking of water; the ability to recognise and combat personal stress; having self-esteem; and the avoidance of drug taking including
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Safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) P5 The UK Government has defined the term ‘safeguarding children’ as: ‘The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect‚ preventing impairment of their health and development‚ and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.’ To be able to safeguard children effectively
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to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people 1. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people All practitioners have a duty to ensure the safety of children in their care. Children (in most cases) are unable to tell anyone if they are being abused‚ either out of fear‚ shame or because they are too young. Some children may even not realise that what
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neglect make today’s families more susceptible than ever to splitting apart (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2013). In this chapter there is so much information to try and share. Social workers bring their unique skills to helping two increasingly vulnerable groups: children and families. Families structure is the “the nuclear family as well as those nontraditional alternatives to nuclear family which are adopted by persons in a committed relationships and the people they consider to be ‘family’ (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2013)”
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TDA 2.4 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work children and young people. Unfortunately some children‚ at some point in their life will experience some form of discrimination. This could be anything from being called names because they wear glasses or being shunned in the playground because they aren’t wearing the latest fashion in coats or trainers. Sadly as children become young people this could also grow into discrimination due to their race‚ colour or even sexual preferences. Whatever
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with children and young people and their families. 1.1 There are several key approaches to developing professional relationships with children and young people such as psychological‚ behaviourist‚ humanist and psychodynamic theories; family therapy/systems approaches; and the principles of restorative justice. Psychological approaches‚ thinking about ways of working that are based on theory and research on what psychologists discover about anything that might actually help people. Behaviourists
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Everything does not always abide by the law of life. And it isn’t joking that there are many things that young people can teach older people. Some aspects of knowledge older people don’t know especially modern technology and kinds of entertainment for teenagers certainly aren’t older people’s strong point. That‘s why they can learn many things from young generation. Some young people have conditions to study abroad‚ acquire specialized knowledge from early. They are also lucky for
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1 Task 1A (Legislation) The legislation and guidelines for the following safeguarding practices are: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people under the age of 18 years a set of comprehensive rights. The UK signed to this legally binding act in 1990 and rectified it in 1991‚ this means the UK is required to implement legislation to support each of the 54 articles. These included:
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