What do you know about Safeguarding Children? Statement True False 1 All child abusers come from deprived backgrounds and have a below average IQ. F 2 If you have concerns about a child’s welfare it’s best to go home and sleep on it before you have a discussion with someone. F 3 Children are always safe in groups. 4 Girls are more likely to be abused than boys F 5 All physical injuries observed on a child‚ such as bruises‚ are a cause for concern and should result in
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children. Child Protection is a highly emotive subject‚ evoking strong feelings in most people. In order to provide the most effective support and help for vulnerable children and their families‚ all staff managing services and involved in working directly with children need to be able to acknowledge their feelings and examine their different values and beliefs. Every child can be hurt‚ put at risk of harm or abused‚ regardless of their age‚ gender‚ religion or ethnicity. Safeguarding legislation
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required to support the safeguarding of children and young people. The unit contains material on e-safety. Credit 3 Level 3 1. Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people 1.2 Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people 1.3 Analyse how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with
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Assessment Tool Analysis Paper Direct participation with vulnerable populations often causes students to develop a better understanding of self and their own strengths and weaknesses. Students develop skills in problem solving‚ critical thinking‚ leadership‚ and ethical decision-making. An increased sense of civic responsibility‚ increased political and global awareness‚ and development of cultural competence may also be outcomes (Mueller & Norton‚ 1998) developed the Perceived Stress Scale
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Vulnerable Populations Vulnerable populations are an unfortunate but very genuine aspect of society. Vulnerable populations are groups of people who are at risk or in danger of suffering either physical or emotional harm or both. The children placed in the foster care system make up an exceptionally vulnerable population. Healthofchildren.com (2011) defines foster care as “a full time substitute care of children outside their home by people other than their biological or adoptive parents or
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states that “duty of care” is defined as “the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care‚ using your services‚ or exposed to your activities”. In plain terms it is clear to see that there is a direct link between safeguarding and the duty of care that practitioners in the setting have towards the individuals who access the services provided. When an individual accesses the services or takes part in the activities carried out in the setting‚ whether it is a child
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Child protection: Evaluation of policies and procedures influenced by legislation and historical context. Throughout this evaluation I aim to identify the positive and negative factors that support and influence the formation and structure of our policies and procedures; surrounding safeguarding and child protection. We cannot understand current procedures for child protection unless we understand past experience and how lessons from history have informed current practice. Safeguarding has been
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External Research Introduction Literature Review Section 1 – Rationale Section 2- Approaches to planning Practitioners always plan what they’re going to do in order to meet childrens needs‚ to think about how they are going to achieve the particular task‚ how it’s going to benefit the child‚ what they are going to learn from it‚ is it appropriate and what will it’s short term and long term outcomes be. “Planning starts with observing children in order to understand and consider their current
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Sexual abuse is defined as the forcing of unwanted sexual activity by one person on another‚ usually by way of threats or coercion. It is also sexual activity that is deemed improper or harmful‚ this for example could be a sexual act between an adult and a minor or with a person with out the mental capacity to give consent to the act. Sexual abuse can occur in both physical contact and non-physical forms‚ the types of abuse that could fall within these categories are: Physical · Touching
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Vulnerable Populations The chronically mentally ill are people that suffer from one of many diseases that affect the brain. The brain is the most complex of human organs. The cause of being mentally ill is unknown‚ but there are most likely many different reasons. There is no cure for being mentally ill but there are many effective treatments that one can get. In history‚ there have been several movements to try and deinstitutionalize many mental health facilities. The goal for many mental
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