Introduction This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is ‘separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult who‚ by law or custom has responsibility to do so’ (UNHCR‚ 1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right. Discrimination is the process of identifying that
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Arranged Marriages Forced Although the modern social norms of western cultures expect marriage to be based on love and a strong bond between two people‚ this is not the basis for marriage in all cultures or societies. Although the greater parts of arranged marriages aren’t intended to be forced‚ the couples are given the chance to oppose their chosen partners if they don’t feel that the marriage would be a success. In other cases‚ the couples have no choice; it’s a sign of disrespect to refuse
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Level 5 Diploma for Learning Development and Support Services Workforce (QCF) Understand theoretical approaches to building effective professional relationships with children and young people and their families. 1.1 There are several key approaches to developing professional relationships with children and young people such as psychological‚ behaviourist‚ humanist and psychodynamic theories; family therapy/systems approaches; and the principles of restorative justice. Psychological approaches
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Unit 10: Caring for children and young people in health and social care Introduction: In this task I will be discussing and explaining the term of a “looked after child” and who will be responsible for them. I will be talking about the reasons for which a young person may be looked after” and I will be providing some of the family reasons and reason from the child. P1: The term “looked after children and young people” means those who are usually looked after by the state or local authority‚
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the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. These are as follows: • Children’s act 1098/2004 • Education act 2002 • E-safety 2008 • Safeguarding • Human rights act. And many more. The following is an outline of current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within the UK Home Nation for Safeguarding Children. The United Nations Convention on the rights of a child 1989 was approved by the UK on the 16th
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Arranged Marriages Alonzo Wilson There are many factors that play a major role in marriages and lust for one another is one of them. In the essay “Arranged Marriages Get a Little Reshuffling” by Lizette Alvarez a journalist for The New York Times‚ writes that “Lust does not a lasting marriage make”(156). The author is saying that lust does not last in a relationship‚ and it is one of the main reasons marriages does not last long either. I agree with this‚ but lust is one of many other factors
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still around even today‚ being practiced in many Middle Eastern and Asian countries (Professor’s House). An arranged marriage‚ as defined by Paul B. Mehndiratta from the Department of Neurology is‚ “one where parents choose marital partners for their children.” (Mehndiratta 2007). For the most part‚ in ancient times‚ arranged marriages were used to seal a pact between two families‚ or in larger terms‚ they were used to seal a pact between countries in which two royal members were betrothed (History of
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“Although the distinction is clear conceptually‚ the borderline between forced and arranged marriages can be hard to draw.” In this essay I will attempt to define the law on forced marriages and portray the courts view on the issue. I will include articles and judgments‚ which will attempt to make the distinction between a forced marriage and an arranged marriage. I contend there is inevitably a thin line between the two‚ however the main element that separates both a forced and an arranged
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to safeguard the well being of children The definition of safeguarding is “the process of protecting children from abuse or neglect‚ preventing impairment of their health and development‚ and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.”1 TASK 1 – legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures for safeguarding children Every element of a childcare
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