How legislation affects schools and the individuals working in them Schools have to follow the laws and codes and are expected to operate under certain legislations. As an individual working in a school you will need to be aware of laws and codes of conduct that affects the life of a school. These are: Data Protection Act This act is there to ensure that schools keep and use information only for the purpose that it is collected for. Education Act This is constantly been updated and gives the
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CYP: 3.3; Understand How To Safeguard the Well- being Of Children and Young People. 1.1; A good knowledge of current legislation and guidelines are extremely important as the welfare of the children in your care is paramount‚ therefore we as practitioners must work alongside the guidelines‚ policies and procedures‚ and always follow legislation. * The UNCRC (1989) is a treaty that the UK signed up to in 1991. It is a set of articles that include ‘the rights of a child to be kept safe’. Article
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or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Diversity: Diversity means that every individual is different and unique. No matter what your language‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ gender‚ age‚ religion or physical ability‚ we all form one diverse group. You will never find two people exactly the same as everyone is from different backgrounds and walks of life. I see a diverse group in my setting as all the children are from different backgrounds. I personally think that children need to understand
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whether it is for children or adult as no relationship can start without verbal communication. How we communicate depends on the person whether it be adult to adult‚ child to child or any combination‚ the style needs to be adapted according. Children-We should talk to the children and listen to them thus we can help them to extend their thinking‚ learning and understanding. Communicating with the children by going to their level helps them to feel secure‚ relaxed and confident. Young people need to feel
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Assignment 31 Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People 1. – Describe how social‚ economical and cultural factors can impact on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people. Social Factor Lack of social/friendship groups Possible Impact: Children who don’t socialise a lot tend to become isolated and therefore isolate themselves more. They may suffer insecurities about themselves and be withdrawn and shy. They
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6.2 Explain the role of schools in national policies relating to children‚ young people and families. As part of the National Governments incentive to help provide backing and encouragement to practitioners in schools 2 new funding programmes were introduced by the Department for Children‚ Schools and Families as part f the Government Children Plan. These programmes; Every Child a Talker (ECAT) and Social and Emotional Aspects of Development (SEAD). These were launched to increase the skills
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Schools as organisations Unit 302 Outcome 1 1.3) Explain the post 16 options for young people and adults. The opportunities for pupils aged 16 and over have traditionally been either to leave school and start employment‚ or to stay and continue with their education. Although many pupils do still choose one of these options‚ it is likely there will be more opportunities available as there has been an increased government focus on and funding of education for 14 to 19 year olds‚ and in particular
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Unit 16 Understanding Safeguarding of Children & young people LOG 3 1.1 Unit 16 & 2.2 & Unit 14 AC 2.3 I have written the policy and procedure for Safeguarding Adults and Children (see log 3a) which demonstrates my knowledge of procedures. In terms of the safeguarding policies procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people‚ this commences at the recruitment stage. We check out at interview if the applicant has any gaps in employment and if they have any convictions
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1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people Partnership is driven by a desire for collaborative advantage and can offer many positive outcomes‚ like benefits for staff and services such as less replication between different service providers. It helps them see others point of view and it keeps them from being selfish‚ it helps young people interact with others to achieve a goal‚ and it helps them develop socially. It’s important to work in partnership
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welfare of children and young people- The children act 1989-The main concepts of this act are parental responsibility‚ the welfare of the child and partnership and cooperation from all associated services. In summary the act states that the mental and physical well-being of the child is above all else and appropriate steps need to be taken to ensure this. The protection of children act 1999- The act created a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children. This
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