well-being of children and young people 1. Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines and policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. The Children Act 1989‚ carried out for the most part on 14 October 1991‚ introduced comprehensive changes to legislation in England and Wales affecting the welfare of children. The Act:
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Describe how domestic abuse affects children and young people Sablehouse (2013) state that all children are affected by the violence in their homes. Regardless of whether or not our children have been physically abused‚ watching their mother being battered is a frightening experience. Children from violent homes can exhibit a variety of behaviours. Some may "act out" and may be viewed as delinquent. Others work very hard to excel at every endeavour in an attempt to keep the family peace. Living
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Unit 001: Introduction to communication in children’s and young people’s settings. Outcome 1: Understand why communication is important in the work setting. 1.1 – Name at least 4 reasons why people communicate. * To express needs * To share ideas or information * To share experiences * To ask questions * To socialise * To build relationships with others * To express their feelings 1.2 – Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of your
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Children Disagreements with other people is something that we will all encounter at various points in our lives. It is therefore important from an early age that we learn how to manage disagreements and move on successfully from them. Children need to be taught from a young age that it is a normal part of growing up to have occasional arguments and disagreements‚ to fall-out with friends‚ from time to time‚ and not always to get on with other people. It is important that you take the time
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CYP Core 3.4 Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning and safe indoor and outdoor environment and services. Common sense is one of the most important qualities you need when providing play areas and activities that are healthy and safe for children and young people. Factors to consider include: Differing needs Each young child and young person is unique and different individual‚ meaning that each will have differing
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behaviour need to be adapted depending on the age of the child or young person. The level of attention a child will need will depend on their age: younger children will need more attention as they require higher levels of reassurance especially when adapting to a new environment such as starting school or moving into a new class. Providing reassurance when doing a new task helps to improve a child’s independence and confidence: children are more likely to try something new as they will realise it is
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Political Science 298 Book Review November 6th‚ 2012 Danny Fitzpatrick Is Voting For Young People? The main point according Martin P. Wattenberg in Is Voting For Young People is that young people today do not vote during elections as much compared to other voting groups. Young people today are politically unengaged. “These state patterns of voting participation can be confirmed on the national level by the Census Bureau’s 2010 survey data. Among U
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is much more to Safeguarding than just protecting children from direct abuse. Any service that works with children and young people knows that they have a much wider responsibility than simply protecting the children from neglect and abuse. An action plan was put in place by Her Majesty’s Government called the ‘Stay Safe’ action plan‚ and it identifies a number of important features in the wider view of safeguarding including: • Keeping children safe from accidents • Crime and bullying - This could
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Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Safeguarding is much more than just protecting children from abuse‚ it also includes; keeping children safe from accidents‚ crime and bullying‚ f0rced marriages‚ missing children and actively promoting their welfare in a healthy and safe environment. National and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures affect day-to-day work with children and young people because it is important that people working with them recognise if a child
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025.1 Safeguarding children in Wales the Children Act 1989 legislates for England and Wales. The current guidance for Wales is Safe guarding children: working together under the Children Act 2004 (Welsh Assembly Government‚ 2006). The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Act 2001 created the first Children’s Commissioner post in the UK. The principal aim of this position is to safeguard and promote the rights and welfare of children. In June 2010‚ the Welsh Assembly Government laid down the Proposed
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