procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Safeguarding means taking steps to ensure children and young people feel safe and secure within the home and the setting‚ protecting them from abuse and neglect‚ ensuring that they stay safe and continue to positively develop physically‚ emotionally and mentally into adulthood. The table below is an outline of the main‚ current legislation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people: Policy Brief
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and procedures for safeguarding children are there for all practitioners to be aware of and relate to. They influence schools and help them to have and adhere to their own internal policies for protecting children. These policies are set to protect all children under the age of 18 and are reviewed regularly to keep in line with government legislation. All schools should have their own safeguarding policy in place as well as Borough councils. The Borough councils safeguarding policies should ensure
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Roles and Responsibilities of agencies in Safeguarding Children We all have a responsibility in Safeguarding and Protecting children and every child should be kept safe. Safeguarding children is a "multi-agency" organisation. Statutory organisations that work with children have a duty under Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 to ensure their functions are discharged with regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. What is safeguarding? It might be difficult to accept‚ but
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Section 1 Here is some information about the importance of safeguarding children and young people and procedures for child protection. Everyone who works with children has a duty to keep them safe from abuse Here are the main current legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedure. They are put in place for protecting and safeguarding children again abuse. Children Act 1989 This act aims to simplify the laws that protected children and young people in the UK. This makes it clear to all who work
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Safeguarding – Level 3 Assessments REPORT 1.1 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 1.4 Explain when and why inquiries and serious case reviews are required and how the sharing of the findings informs practice. 2.1. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people. 2.2
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Physical Physical injuries can occur where there is no satisfactory explanation‚ definite knowledge‚ or a reasonable suspicion that injury was inflicted with intent‚ caused through lack of care by the person having custody‚ charge or care of that person. POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE The following list may be indicators of many different problems‚ it is important not to jump to the wrong conclusion too quickly‚ some of the indicators could
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Safeguarding Children Policy Statement: My primary responsibility and priority is for the children I care for. As a mother‚ I am acutely aware of how important it is to ensure your child is kept safe‚ especially when in someone else’s care. To become Ofsted registered I have to have an enhanced CRB disclosure (now called a Disclosure and Barring Service - DBS) as well as other members of my family over the age of 16. I am aware of the signs of different kinds of abuse‚ and if I have
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Recognising child abuse is not easy‚ it is not our responsibility to decide whether or not child abuse has taken place or if a child is at significant risk of harm from someone. One does however‚ have both a responsibility and duty‚ as set out in our organisation’s child protection procedures‚ to act in order that the appropriate agencies can investigate and take any necessary action to protect a child. Preventing child abuse is considered a high priority‚ and detailed laws and policies exist to
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Introduction: Safeguarding children is high priority within professional practices to ensure that all children are supported and have the right to reach full potential (Lindon‚ 2008). In order to show and understand how safeguarding is applied‚ a residential setting providing specialist care for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) will be considered. The current legislation including Helping Children Achieve More will be explained to show how the multidisciplinary team around the child
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According to CQC safeguarding means protecting people’s health‚ wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm‚ abuse and neglect. The safeguarding of children and adults is slightly different in relation to promoting welfare. • Children: protecting them from maltreatment or things that are bad for their health and development; also making sure that they grow up in a safe environment with effective care. Helping to safeguard children means taking part in multi - agency children’s
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