Identify 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
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Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering: • Confidentiality • Data protection • Disclosure of information The main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality are that only the appropriate people should have access to confidential records except where a pupil is potentially at risk. Information should not be given to other adults or agencies unless previously agreed. Where it has been agreed that confidential information can be shared it should be
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Assignment 2 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. 1989 The Children Act States that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering‚ or is likely to suffer‚ significant harm’‚ section 47 The Welfare of the child is paramount regarding his/her upbringing. Parental rights duties and obligations are outlined. Provisions are made regarding fostering‚ adoption‚ child minding
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1) Legally define “hate crime‚” and explain why hate crime legislation has been so controversial in the United States. A hate crime is an assault or any other crime directed at a person of another race or religion. Hate crimes are usually very brutal and harmful‚ and victims are not only hurt physically but also are emotionally traumatized and terrified (Fritsch et al‚ 2015). For others in the community who have similar victim’s characteristic‚ they may also feel victimized and vulnerable‚ posing
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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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Use the case study to illustrate your understanding of the influence of underpinning legislation in relation to how social care intervention could improve their quality of life. To consider the influence of legislation in relation to social care‚ the case of Mary who has been diagnosed with dementia will be used to explain how legislation is used. Within social work‚ law is very important as it is used to provide guidance and duties for the local authorities and professionals in how to proceed
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1.1 Select two key pieces of legislation‚ one Regulation and one COP and summarise the key aspects of each in relation to the teaching/training role. Write your response here: Legislation: • Data Protection Act 1998- The Data Protection Act 1998 is a U.K act of parliament which defines how personal information is used by organisations‚ businesses or the government. It replaced and consolidated previous acts including the ‘The Data Protection Act 1984’ and ‘The Access to Personal Files Act 1987’
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Legislation and codes of practice affecting work of teachers and how these relate your specialist subject. My specialist subject is recruiting for Educational professionals and working with local educational authorities to ensure that educators are in post‚ with the responsibility for their professional development The Children’s Act 2004 emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a learner discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment
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The current legislation and guidelines relating to the health and safety of children are The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 It is designed to protect everyone in the workplace‚ the employers are responsible for everyone in the workplace and have duties to carry out to ensure this‚ and employees have to carry out duties to meet the requirements of this act. It’s also designed to keep employers and employees safe in the workplace. Before 1974 8 million employees and employers had no legal safety
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Current legislation‚ guidelines ‚ Policies and procedures The following is an outline of current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 was approved by the UK on the 16th December 1991. This includes: • Children’s rights to protection from abuse • The right to express their views and be listened to • The right to care • Services for disabled children • Services
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