Question 1) Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ polices and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 There is no single piece of legislation that covers child protection in the UK‚ but rather a collection of laws and guidance that are continually being amended‚ updated and revoked. Laws are amended by new legislation passed by Westminster‚ the Welsh Assembly Government‚ the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Scottish Parliament. This is known as statutory law‚ but laws
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E1 Identify FIVE (5) pieces of current legislation/ E2 Describe how each piece of legislation will influence working practices in the setting. 1.) Children Act 1989 - The Children Act 1989 has influenced setting by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners adhere to and maintain when working with children. The Act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and that they form partnerships with parents
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whether the child’s best interest lies on being with their genetic parent or not. The children act 1989 has been put in place for the protection and welfare of the child(s). When considering the child(s) welfare‚ section 1 of the act states that the children(s) welfare is the courts paramount consideration. The court also uses the welfare checklist‚ which comes under s.1 (3) of the children act 1989‚ in order to determine that the child(s) best interests are being kept priority. The courts have to
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026 Understand How to Safeguard the Well-being of Children and Young People. 1.1 The united nations convention on the rights of the child 1989‚ which ensures that children are safe and looked after. Children act 1989‚ parents and professionals must work together to ensure the safety of the child. The education act 2002‚ this sets out the responsibilities to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. Children act 2004‚ this provides the legal framework for every child matters. Working
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Michelle Peat TDA 2.2 Safeguarding In England the law states that all practitioners working with children have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. It is important that everyone working with children fully understand their responsibilities and duties as set out in this legislation which addresses all areas of child care. The term safeguarding has replaced the term child protection and
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Fiona Maye is a well-respected High Court judge and works with family law. She is 59 years old without children and have been married to her husband Jack for 35 years. Fiona lives in London and have a society life with dinner parties‚ entertainments and concerts with her at the piano. Her life takes a drastic turn when Jack tells her about an affair he are going to have with another woman. Chocked by his honesty‚ she hides in work and forbidding herself to feel. Fiona have often cases who have different
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neglect and failure the thrive not based on illness ‚or bullying and harassment. All in setting for children and young people in England and Wales qre the result of legislation passed in parliament‚including ‚England and Wales‚ the children Act 1989 and children Act 2004. These acts where brought in with the aim of simplifying the laws that protect children and young people .They tell people what their duties are and how they should work together when child abuse in suspected. It’s important
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service Assessment 1.1 Outline the current legislation covering home based childcare‚ and the role of regulatory bodies. Below are the current legislations covering home based childcare: 1. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) The United Nations convention on the rights of the child is to promote all aspects for the care‚ development and education of children‚ non discrimination on the grounds of gender‚ religion‚ disability‚ language‚ ethnic/social origin‚ civil and political
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Safeguarding and working to protect children has come about in the past 50 years after weakness in the system were highlighted through high profile cases such as Victoria Climbie in 2000. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This is a treaty that sets out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. This includes the right that all children should be safe and looked after. One of the articles‚ article 19‚ states children’s rights to be protected from
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There are several pieces of legislation today that play an important role in the safeguarding of children and young people within the care setting. The most well-known of these is the Children’s Act 1989‚ and the revision of it in 2004‚ which includes the Every Child Matter policies. The Children’s Act 1989 came into full force in the latter months of 1991 and introduced several new key principles that included: • The concept of Parental Responsibility; • The ability for unmarried parents to share
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