the policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. The 2nd Joint Chief Inspectors Report defined safeguarding children and young people as the act of taking reasonable measures to ensure that the threats of harm to children & young people’s welfare are diminished by all those who work with children. The document expressed that all agencies involve with the provision of services to children and young people should take appropriate actions to raise and address issues
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The Effects of Neglect on Young Children Young children who are often times neglected tend to suffer from the poor maintenance of physical health‚ psychological complications‚ and social and behavioral troubles. In 2006 the U.S. department of health and human services estimated 905‚000 children are neglected or abused just in that year alone. Abuse and neglect can cause major difficulties that can last a lifetime. Not all abused or neglected children will have these lifelong problems it all depends
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Do you know how many children run away from home every year? According to societyandculture.com "Every year‚ more than one million children in the U.S. run away from home. Kids as young as 10 are among the one in seven who leave their homes‚ although most runaways are between 15 and 17". From these statistics‚ I am beginning to wonder why this happens every year and it seems it isn’t stopping anytime soon. In a complicated society‚ not all families are the same. Children are affected by their family
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Topic 1 Assessment task 1 1.1 The upmost importance to being a home-based child care provider is the children’s wellbeing. It is also paramount that I have a professional‚ open and honest relationship with the parents/carers and it is essential that we are able to communicate with each other. If it was the case that I had a family who had recently moved to the U.K my first priority would be to ascertain if they could speak and understand English. If there was no language barrier I would discuss
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There are currently 800‚000 people withdementia in the UK. There are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia
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Unit 7 -Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1.1 The aim of the policy is to ensure that children and young people who are service users‚ or who are family or dependents of service users‚ are given the best possible opportunity to achieve positive outcomes and are protected from abuse or other harm The objectives of the policy are to ensure: That all staff‚ students and volunteers are aware of and follow Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
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2 Kings 7 - God’s Miraculous Provision for Samaria A. God’s promise and what the lepers discovered. 1. (1-2) God’s promise and the doubt of the king’s officer. Then Elisha said‚ “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel‚ and two seahs of barley for a shekel‚ at the gate of Samaria.’“ So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said‚ “Look‚ if the Lord would make windows in heaven‚
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Entitlement and provision for early years education As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006‚ it became an entitlement of all 3- and 4-year-olds in England to receive a free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. The government funds local authorities to ensure that every child receives up to two years of free education before reaching school age. Parents do not need to contribute to this‚ but will be charged fees for any
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Introduction Television is one of the most common electrical appliances in our homes and almost all individuals are exposed to it at some time or other. With regards to children‚ they are among the heaviest users of television. Television is most often exposed to a child who instantly becomes accustomed to its presence. Young children spend between three and four hours watching television each day. It has played an important role in their lives and its viewing has been a favorite activity for many
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-Examine the components of a SOW for the purpose of open competition without restrictive provisions. Select a field that you are interested in and determine the information that would be included in a SOW for a contract in that field. Statement of works vary for throughout agencies because different government requirements. The Statement of work most commonly used in research administration is also known as the work scope. It is a short paragraph describing the work being performed. The SOW
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