Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety This essay will provide knowledge and understanding of supporting children and young people ’s health and safety. In my placement there are many policies regarding health and safety when working with children. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require all schools to have policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff and children. If the policies and procedures are not in
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516 1.1) The policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people all stem from the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by Ian Huntley. From this horrific act of evil the Safeguarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006 was born (see evidence ‘6’ – 520 1.3). Another public enquiry was set up to address the failure of the law after the death of Victoria Climbié. Within this enquiry‚ Lord Laming called for changes to be made in child protection policies. From this there was
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Support children and young people’s health and safety. Criteria 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/3.1/3.2 There are a number of factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor environments and services. The first thing you need to consider is the age needs and ability’s of the children. For example there will be different risks to a toddler with hearing difficulty then the risk to a toddler with out. That dose not mean they should not play with the same toys just how we asses and
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1.1 Explain the sequence & rate of each aspect of development e.g. physical‚ communication‚ intellectual/cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ behavioural & moral‚ from birth to 19 yrs Physical development: this refers to the body increasing in skill and performance and includes: gross motor development using large muscles‚ for example legs and arms fine motor development (precise use of muscles)‚ for example hands and fingersAg e Physical development (gross and fine motor) Birth to 4 weeks Lies
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we monitor children and young people’s development. Formative and summative assessments are on going to record a child’s development. Visual observations to gather information plays a vital part in daily life of a school. We are continually observing and monitoring children’s development as they progress through the school. It is necessary that we identify children at risk and those who potentially could become a risk. Early intervention is crucial to lessen the delay of development. Once a risk
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information with other agencies regarding children who may be suffering or likely to suffer harm. The police are committed to sharing information and intelligence with other agencies where this is necessary to protect children. This includes a responsibility to ensure that those officers representing the Force at a child protection conference are fully informed about the case as well as being experienced in risk-assessment and the decision making process. They can also expect other agencies to share with
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When bullying is suspected or alleged the child who is being bullied‚ the one doing the bullying and their families all need to be supported in different ways. When a child or young person is being bullied they may be very upset and reluctant to tell anyone about it (i.e. out of fear of making the situation worst). That is why they should be listened to and reassured that telling someone was the right thing to do‚ that the incident is going to be fully investigated and the bullying will not be allowed
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for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (1.1) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international human rights treaty which grants all children and young people an inclusive set of rights‚ including the right to express their views and have them taken into account in all matters affecting them‚ the right to play‚ rest and leisure‚ and the right to protection from all forms of violence. The Convention
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Nutrition in Children and Young People Within this essay I am going to discuss nutrition in children. The definition of nutrition is (Oxford‚ 2013) the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for growth and development. I will consider why nutrition is important; looking at how it benefits children‚ how we get nutrients from food and what nutrients we get from our food‚ as well as looking at a balanced diet. I will then focus my research down into looking at breastfeeding and the composition
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Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people. CACHE Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (QCF) 1.1‚1.3‚ 3.2‚ 3.4 Legislation task 1.2‚ 2.1‚ 3.1‚ 4.1‚ 4.2‚ 4.3 Safeguarding leaflet 1.4‚ 2.2‚ 2.3‚ 2.4 Information leaflet 3.3‚ 5.1‚ 5.2‚ 5.3‚ 6.1‚ 6.2‚ 6.3‚ 6.4‚ 7.1‚ 7.2 Workbook 1.5 Cross reference to TDA 3.1 (3.1) Unit CYP 3.1 1.2 Explain child protection in the wider concept of safeguarding children and young
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