Professionals within different agencies and organisations all have specific responsibilities regarding safeguarding of children and young people. The concept of integrated working involves everyone who works with children and young people‚ and is a central part of Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013). There are many different organisations involved when there is any suspicion that a child may have been abused or actually harmed. Some of the main ones being: Educational Services OFSTED –
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services and the introduction of childrens directors with responsibility for local authority education and childrens social services.Lead councillors for childrens services with political responsibility for child welfare.The establishment of Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards with statutory powers to ensure that social services‚ the NHS‚ education services‚ the police and other services work together to protect vulnerable children.A new Common Assessment Framework to assist agencies in identifying
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questions to think about? Why did you choose to attend the workshop? Safeguarding is one of the most basic and the most important thing that effects the working of any setting. This course was an eye opener to me in various aspects and I plan to attend more of these to touch up on what I have learnt. What did you hope to learn from attending the workshop? To gain insight into the guidelines‚ policies‚ procedures for safeguarding chidren and young people. To know how to respond to evidence of concerns
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Unit 3 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 2.3a Case Study Chris works as a teaching assistant in a local primary school. As a group of Year 5 children were getting changed for PE‚ Chris noticed bruising in lines across the back of a boy called Marc. He asked Marc how he had hurt himself but he said‚ “It’s nothing” and quickly put on his top. As Marc left the room he approached Chris and said‚ “Please don’t say anything to Mum‚ or Uncle Paul will be cross with me. *
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a)Safeguarding – this terms has replaced the term child protection. It includes promoting children’s safety and welfare as well as protecting children when abuse happens.This term of safeguarding has been developed in the last 50 years. Child Protection is the organisation which protects the child and his development needs‚ fallows and supervise the parent’s job on their child and all the factors which surround the child from birth till he become a major one. This organisation works with
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Hi‚ Jodi. Very informative post. Organizations such as Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital need to be more vigilant in safeguarding patient’s information. According to a study conducted by BitSight Technology‚ they reported that medical records sold on the black market cost $20 each (Desjardins‚ 2014). This is easy cash for cyber bandits. Moreover‚ these bandits easily retrieve medical records due to errors that can be easily ameliorated. Errors result due to health
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Safeguarding adults Everything you need to know as a Social Care Worker Contents 2. Types of Abuse 4. Procedure if Abuse is Disclosed or Discovered 6. National Policies‚ Local and Organisational systems for safeguarding individuals 7. Useful Organisations Safeguarding Adults Abuse: Verb: (used with an object) 1) To use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one’s authority. 2) To treat in a harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive way: to abuse one’s eyesight
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1. Using the table below‚ explain the key areas in current legislation which relate to the safeguarding of children (1.1) | Legislation | Description of the area | 1 | The Children Act 1989 | * a child’s welfare is paramount when making any decisions about a child’s upbringing. * It introduced the concept of parental responsibility * Local authorities are charged with the duty to investigate if there are suspicions a child suffers significant harm * The NSPCC is designated “authorised
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1.1 There are so many different legislations that are continuously being reviewed‚ updated and revoked that they are divided into two main categories‚ Civil law and Criminal law and each it then divided again. Civil law is divided into public and private law. Public law put policies in place to minimise the risk of children coming into harm and what to do if they are at risk. Private laws deal with family proceedings such as divorce and contact. Criminal law deal with people who have offended
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and behaviour and sharing concerns‚ and reporting them. It is everyone’s responsibility in the school setting to ensure that children are safeguarded. Ofsted monitor the schools safety standards set by the government. Each school has their own safeguarding policy‚ which tells you how you should work with children‚ and protect them as well as yourself. You need to know how to protect yourself in your setting in case there are incidents where you are accused of abuse‚ or working inappropriately. Children
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