The Children Act 1989: This Act is an important piece of legislation due to its focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It ensures that the welfare of children is paramount; it also identifies the responsibility of parents and of those who work with children to ensure the safety of the child. The UNCRC: This is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally. Under the treaty there is a list of rights to which every
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The main current legislations and guidelines that apply within England UK are: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 It provides statutory and non-statutory guidance to organisations and practitioners on how we should work together to safeguarding children. It applies to people who work in education‚ health and social care and also to the police and probation service. It states: • What abuse is and the impact of abuse and neglect • What better practise looks like • The roles and responsibilities
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1.1 United Nations convention protection of children’s act- when was the 1st legislation impacted. It was drawn up in 1989‚ but the United Kingdom decided on 16th December 1991 formally agreed to make sure that every child has the same rights listed in the convention. Signed 20th November 1989 Location New York Effective 2nd September 1990 Condition 20 ratifications Signatories 140 Parties 194 Depositary UN secretary general Languages Arabic‚ Chinese‚ English
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parents want their children to be in a small home-based setting. -Some families would struggle to pay fees. 2.1 -Early Years Foundation Stage. -Children’s needs and rights. -The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. -The Children Act 1989. -The Children Act 2004. -The Childcare Act 2006. -The Equality Act 2010. -Social and economic influences. 2.2 Early Years Foundation Stage. This came into effect in 2008 and was brought about by orders and regulations under section 39 of the Childcare
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CACHE level 3 understand how to set up a home based childcare service Task 1 Produce and information sheet which outlines the following Current legislation for home based child care. In this section I will discuss the legislations that are current for home base childcare. There are several legislations that are currently set in place that childminder have to adhere to. The Children’s Act 2004 – This act provides the basis for how social services and other agencies deal with the issue relating
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CHILDCARE LEGISLATION Children Act 1989 • In your own words‚ briefly explain the focus of this legislation. The focus of this was on child protection and welfare. Meeting the needs of the child‚ to keep them safe and looked after properly at all times‚ whether they are in the care of parents or the local authorities. Understanding that children have rights too. • In what way did the Act adopt a child-centred approach to court orders? The courts must always take children’s views into
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review of emergency accommodation provision‚ to consider how local authorities can best provide safe places and ‘breathing spaces’ for young runaways; and revise the Missing from Home and Care guidance‚ in conjunction with the review of the Children Act 1989 regulations and guidance. • Actively promoting their welfare in a healthy and safe environment – The Staying Safe action plan states that it is important that everyone (parents‚ practitioners‚ government) work together to create the healthiest‚ safest
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E1 Children Act 2004 Childcare Act 2006 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Human Rights Act 1989 Special Education Needs and Disability Act 2001 E2 How these legislations influence in a working setting - Children Act 2004 Children Act 2004 is a legislation in which allowed the government to provide a legal framework for the Every Child Matters programme. The Children Act 2004 aims to support every service for children and can help to aim to focus on improving all outcomes for all children and young
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legal management of medication are covered by The medicines act 1988 and various amendments such as: • The medicines act 1968 • The misuse of drugs act 1971 • The data protection act 1998 • The health and social care act 2001 • The children act 1989 Some have a direct impact on the handling of medication in social care settings. These are: • The heath act 2000 • Health and safety work act 1974 • The control of substances hazardous to health regulation 1999 • The access to health records act
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P3 Children Act 1998 The Children Act 1998 aims to protect children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harms. The act has reformed the law relating to children over the last century 1989‚ and did not come into force until 1991. The act states that the child’s welfare is paramount and that the concept of parental responsibility replaces that of parental rights. The act also promises to safeguard the child and make certain services available for children who are cared for by their
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