Safeguarding is the term that has replaced the term Child Protection. It includes promoting children’s safety and welfare as well as protecting children when abuse happens. It has only been developed in the past 50 years‚ and the need for improved legislation has been highlighted by cases such as Maria Colwell (1973) and Victoria Climbie (2000) as these cases showed weaknesses in procedures. The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international human rights treaty
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Workplace setting policies and procedures are put in place not only to protect children and young people but also the adults who work and provide support to them. It is crucial that any individual involved with children and young people are aware of and adhere to their own workplace practices. These would be developed in line with current legislation and guidelines and ensure that professionals put steps in place to protect themselves when working with children and young people. The first steps
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11/09/2013 Unit 4 Health and Safety at work act 1974 This purpose of this act is to regulate the health‚ safety and welfare of individuals in the workplace. The act is enforced by the health and safety executive and local regulatory bodies. At Custom Care we have many policies and procedures that fall under the umbrella of Health and Safety these included- Company Health and safety Policy Accidents and incidents Chemicals (COSHH) Company Premises Display Screen COP (DSE) Policy on Eye Tests
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Policies and procedures are put into place to protect children and young people but also the adults/staff who work with them in the setting‚ it is very important that all professionals within the work place follow safe working practices to make sure that not only the children and young people are protected but also themselves and their colleagues. E.g. if a disclosure is made by either a child or young person to a member of the staff within the setting it is vital that the information they have trusted
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HEALTH LEGISLATION Dr. N. Samson Sanjeeva Rao Associate Professor‚ NRI Medical College Topics Recognize the need for health legislation Human Rights based Approach to health legislation Neglected health issues Defining Health Legislation A framework for Public health law Assessment of a legislation Categories of Acts Failure of health laws Doctor-patient relationship Efforts of the Govt. International health Recognize the need for health legislation- The problem
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Legislation and Policy Research Assignment Health and Safety – 334/1.4:- Explain how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service. The current health and safety legislation are implemented into the work setting by the following procedures:- Always following the health and safety policy in our school. We have a first aid procedure that all staff adhere to‚ in all classrooms there is a first aid box‚ used if any accidents occur in the
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The policies protectionism and paternalism had a major impact on the freedoms and rights of indigenous people. The major impact was the government controlling the aboriginal’s way of life. Protectionism meant that aboriginals were removed from contact with the white Australians‚ and they were required to live in reservations or in missions with restrictions on their movement and their way of life. The other policy paternalism was about white Europeans acting in a fatherly way to the indigenous people
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Health And safety 4222-306 The health and safety act consists of various principles‚ these are implemented to ensure employees are safe whilst at work‚ this doesn’t just apply those those who are employed by a company it applies to any one who enters the building including professional bodies I.e district nurses‚ And general practitioners the legislation is made up of COSHH‚RIDDOR‚The manual handling operations regulations‚ the health and safety first aid regulations and management of health
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Policy and Procedure Policy: A person requesting a release of patient information other than him or her self‚ needs to correctly identify the reasoning for the information and proper legal documents need to be completed‚ such as an authorization form signed by the patient. Under certain circumstances‚ the release of information would not need authorization due to certain federal and state statutes; these are explained in the measurement standards. Objective: To protect patient’s individual
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There is no single piece of legislation that covers child protection or safeguarding in the UK but there are a number of laws that are continually being amended and updated. The Childrenâ€TMs Act 1989 provides the most comprehensive framework for the care and protection of children and it centres on the welfare of children up to their 18th birthday. This act defines parental responsibility and encourages partnership working with parents and interagency co-operation. The Childrenâ€TMs Act 2004 has
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