(Legislation) The legislation and guidelines for the following safeguarding practices are: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people under the age of 18 years a set of comprehensive rights. The UK signed to this legally binding act in 1990 and rectified it in 1991‚ this means the UK is required to implement legislation to support each of the 54 articles. These included: 1. The right
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Task a Childcare may be provided within a variety of settings‚ from a childminders home through to a purpose built building‚ making it difficult to be too prescriptive about how a safe environment can be achieved. The obvious starting point is to ensure that basic principles are being followed; for example‚ no matter how good the security of a building is‚ the doors must be closed properly in the first place‚ otherwise all other efforts are likely to be worthless. The message that safety begins
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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1) How is the baby’s due date calculated and why is it often hard to calculate? The baby’s due date is calculated by doctors and midwives from the beginning of the mother’s last period. This marker is used because it is difficult to determine exactly when the mother is ovulating and as a result when the sperm is fertilized the egg. 2) Briefly explain the process of conception? Ovulation‚ Development of Corpus Luteum‚ Release of Egg‚ Menses‚ Fertilization‚ Implantation‚ Pregnancy Hormones
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legislation until December 2005. This development was met with pleasure and relief by the UK property industry. After an extended consultation period‚ the UK legislation creat- ing statutory REITs came into force on 1 January 2007. From that date‚ listed companies have been able to con- vert to REIT status and new REITs can be incorporated and listed. The central piece of legislation laying out the rules for UK-REITs3 is the Finance Act 2006. Part 4 and Schedules 16 and 17 of the Finance Act 2006
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within the UK has been limited (Farmer & Lutman‚ 2014). While the gap in research is beginning to narrow‚ there is a pressing need for research evidence on neglect to continue to improve‚ in order to improve practice around parental neglect (Farmer & Lutman‚ 2014). First and foremost an exploration of the current definition of neglect is required. On from the identification of a working definition‚ the following essay will endeavor to explore; the current picture of neglect within the UK; risk factors
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Introduction This essay will discuss the legal and ethical concerns when working with children and young people. Confidentiality and safety issues will be discussed with relevant consideration as to how these issues may be addressed when forming a relationship with a child and their parents or caregivers. The influences of power‚ gender‚ ethnicity and cultural differences when counselling children and young people will be mentioned‚ with relevant aspects of key human development theories outlined
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Unit D6011696: Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety. . Learning Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.1 In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with‚ such as electrical equipment‚ anything which may pose a fire risk
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UNIT 329 The legal and organisational requirements for supervising children and young people on journeys‚ visits and activities outside of the setting are: *Risk assessments; risk assessment needs to be carried out as a legal requirement. It will enable you to: identify hazards and dangers decide who might be harmed and how evaluate the risks and decide whether existing precautions are enough or whether more should be done record your findings review your assessments and revise them if necessary
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087 Work with Children and Young People in a Residential Care Setting Outcome 1 Understand the legal‚ policy‚ rights and theoretical framework for residential care for children and young people Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1. Outline current theoretical approaches to residential provision for children and young people 2. Explain the relevant legal and rights framework that underpins work with children and young people in residential care 3. Explain the influence of current policies and
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