202 Safeguarding children and young people 1.1 Within our school there are policies set in place and it is important that staff know the proceedures. The school has various policies and procedures including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Communicating Health and Safety Information Electrical Equipment First Aid and Medication Serious Injuries Fire Prevention Fire Alarm Procedure Security Confidentiality I ensure i always follow these policies and proceedures
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Unit 025 – Safeguarding 1.2 – tASK 2 Explain Child Protection within the wider context of safe guarding children and young people. Child protection should always be the primary concern of all those who work with children and young people. Safeguarding encompasses child protection‚ support‚ counselling‚ and prevention of harm‚ education and providing all of the things that a child needs to develop. Safeguarding a child is ensuring that they have the support and opportunity to achieve their potential
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The wider concept of safeguarding encompasses a variety of different factors: • Family circumstances – the physical and mental health of parents/carers is extremely important in ensuring the wellbeing of children and young people. If the parents/carers are struggling with things such as a serious illness or mental health issues‚ they cannot fulfil the needs of their children. If the parents/carers are taking drugs or subject to domestic abuse‚ again they cannot meet the needs of their children
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establish respectful‚ professional relationships with children and young people. It is important firstly to take into consideration the different needs and levels of development of the children or young people you are building relationships with and reflect this in the way you communicate. With foundation children‚ for example you could communicate in a much simpler way to make sure they understand. It is also important to relate to children in a way‚ which makes them feel respected and valued
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Unit 3 1.1 Childrens Act 1989 | This act is aimed to simplify the laws protecting children and young people. This act makes clear to all who work with children what their duties are and how they should work together in even of allegations of child abuse. | This act is reflected in the policies and procedures in setting. These state detail what procedures I should follow if I suspect abuse. | Childrens Act 2004 | The death of Victora Climbie highlighted the short coming of the previous
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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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Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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------------------------------------------------- Understanding safeguarding of children and young people For those working in the adult sector Unit 516 Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1 Understand the Policies‚ Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults Firstly before any legislation that a child is assessed under‚ an assessment has to be carried out to ascertain the following: * Gathering of information about a child and the family * Analysing
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Professionals within different agencies and organisations all have specific responsibilities regarding safeguarding of children and young people. The concept of integrated working involves everyone who works with children and young people‚ and is a central part of Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013). There are many different organisations involved when there is any suspicion that a child may have been abused or actually harmed. Some of the main ones being: Educational Services OFSTED –
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Unit 16 Code p5 Understand safeguarding of children and young people 1. Understand policy‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. 1:1 Explain policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people. In order to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care there are a number of policies‚ procedures and practices that must be adhered to. Policies are documents within the work place put together‚ influenced
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