Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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Children Act 1989 - this piece of legislation provides a detailed framework for caring and protecting children. It also provides guidelines on parental responsibility and co-operation between parents and local authority services. Children Act 2004 - this Act supplements the Children Act 1989 by reinforcing the message that all organisations that work with children must help safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. One of key points of the legislation is the “Paramountcy Principle” which describes
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Unit 16 Code p5 Understand safeguarding of children and young people 1. Understand policy‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. 1:1 Explain policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people. In order to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care there are a number of policies‚ procedures and practices that must be adhered to. Policies are documents within the work place put together‚ influenced
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Assignment 008 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Task A 1. Identify a current national piece of legislation relevant to safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. United Nations Convention on the rights of a child. 2. Identify two current local policies‚ procedures or guidance in relation to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. Child Protection Policy and Health and Safety Policy. 3. Complete the following table with two examples
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and policies: Children’s Act 1989 Education Act 2002 Children Act 2004 Working together to Safeguard Children (2010) What to do if you are worried a child is being abused (2006) E-Safety Safeguarding and Protecting Bullying The different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of Children and Young people are: NSPCC (national Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children) The NSPCC’s work is focused on helping those children who are in greatest danger and distress. Their services
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people [TDA 2.2 1.1‚ 1.2] Understanding current legislation‚ policies and procedures is essential to ensure that safe guarding is carried out effectively. Knowing the risks ad possible consequences that children and young people can be affected by is important within a supporting role. It is also important to fully understand the responsibilities and when to take action. Legislations‚ guidelines and policies are put into place to help protect
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There are several pieces of legislation today that play an important role in the safeguarding of children and young people within the care setting. The most well-known of these is the Children’s Act 1989‚ and the revision of it in 2004‚ which includes the Every Child Matter policies. The Children’s Act 1989 came into full force in the latter months of 1991 and introduced several new key principles that included: • The concept of Parental Responsibility; • The ability for unmarried parents to
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for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Children Act 1989 This Act identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of the child. This Act includes two important sections which focus specifically on child protection. The Education Act 2002 This sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) governing bodies‚ head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe
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Certificate Children and Young People’s Workforce. Unit 007 (Assignment 008 ) Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People. Samantha Drinkwater. Outcome 1: Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and yound people including e-safety. 1. Identify one current and national piece of legislation relevant to safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. Policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young
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Unit 301 - Understanding safeguarding young people in youth work practice. List and briefly describe the Wiltshire Council policies and procedures that are relevant to your role in relation the safeguarding young people. 6.1 Health and Safety at Work - (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974) The policy should have three sections; The statement on health and safety at work‚ The responsibility and the Arrangements. The statement sets out the company commitments are in managing health and safety
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