Section 18 of the Children’s Act. These include guardianship‚ contact‚ care and maintenance. Maintenance can be understood as the parent’s responsibility to provide for the needs of their children or payment towards the fulfilment of these needs. This responsibility is part of the parental duty of support towards children and this essay will focus on whether or not this duty falls on a child’s grandparents where a child is born out of wedlock and whether grandparents should in fact have this duty. The
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Children and Youth Services Review 29 (2007) 698 – 720 www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth Family economic well-being following the 1996 welfare reform: Trend data from five non-experimental panel studies Kristen Shook Slack a‚⁎‚ Katherine A. Magnuson a ‚ Lawrence M. Berger a ‚ Joan Yoo b ‚ Rebekah Levine Coley c ‚ Rachel Dunifon d ‚ Amy Dworsky e ‚ Ariel Kalil f ‚ Jean Knab g ‚ Brenda J. Lohman h ‚ Cynthia Osborne i a School of Social Work‚ University of Wisconsin—Madison‚ 1350 University
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-being overweight means you are over the weight you are supposed to be but you’re not obese -being obese means you’re well over your healthy weight range and you are way more likely to get a serious disease that affects your health very negatively and could even lead to cancers and death -Based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Health Survey‚ Almost 63% of adults in Australia are either overweight or obese and over 25% of Australian children are overweight or obese. That is 2 in 3
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safeguarding of children and young people The main points of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the Children Act 1989‚ Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Act 2006. The Children Act in 1989 set out principles to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significant harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal basis for children’s services set out in the Every Child Matters: Change for Children document.
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To what extent does conflict in a war zone affect the development of children? War does a lot of things: it destroys economies‚ destroys land‚ ruins relations‚ but there is also a problem which the global news seem to skip‚ the welfare of the children in our society1 who need to develop but cannot reach their full potential2 due to the constant fear of getting killed. Children who do grow up in a war zone can struggle enormously during these times. This is because they can be caught in crossfire
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the setting Protecting Children and Young People: Framework for Scotland Scottish Executive 2004. All Childs and young people in Scotland have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment in which their rights and needs are respected. Every adult in Scotland has a role in ensuring all the children live safely and can reach their full potential. Parents and carers have the most important role to play‚ whether living with their children or not. Other family members
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Case Study: Developing an Overweight Program Throughout history‚ the United States Army has had a proud heritage and reputation of being the greatest fighting force in the world. It has upheld this status by maintaining the physical fitness and appearance of its soldiers. Every soldier is individually responsible for his or her overall fitness and body fat percentage. In addition to this‚ every unit appoints a Weight Control Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) to ensure that established weight and
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TD2.2 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1. 1.1 legislation‚ guidelines and policies place duty on all those working in schools to ensure health‚ safety and security of children in their care. The current legislation for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people starts with all agencies working together. The UN convention on the rights of the child (1989) has set out the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles included in those rights are
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to children and young people. This results in them feeling valued and secure in the school environment. The Government prospectus Common Core of Skills and Knowledge describes communication as ‘not just about the words you use but also the manner of speaking‚ body language and above all‚ the effectiveness with which you listen.’ Communicating positively involves actively listening‚ maintaining eye contact and being aware of our body language. A calm‚ clear tone of voice will help children and
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Unit 10 – Caring for Children & Young People P2 – Identify the current relevant legislation affecting the care of children and young adults M1 analyse how policies and procedures help children/young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after For my assignment I’m going to explain 6 relevant legislations and give examples of each related to children and young adults. The first legislation I am going to look at is; The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
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