professionals working with children and young people are fully aware and understand their roles‚ duties and responsibilities defined by their setting that comply with the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedure in their home nation. The primary piece of legislation from the UK is United Nations Convention on the Rihts of the Child 1989‚ ratified in 1991 UK. This convention‚ although is binding to british governments‚ it is not formally a part of british law. In England‚ safeguarding legislation also
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Amy-Leigh Skiller CACHE PIN: BCA; 203.0 Safeguarding and duty of care Task 1 CYP 3.3-1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚1.5‚ 3.2‚ 3.3‚ 5.2/ SHC 34- 3.1‚ 3.2 Children act 1989 Aims of the act: The main aims of the Act are: • to bring together private and public law in one framework; • to achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • to encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents; • to promote the use
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occurrence of child abuse has been a concern for many years and the term ‘safeguarding’ is a procedure which is now used to protect children. The four factors of abuse was identified as‚ physical‚ neglect‚ sexual and emotional. This essay will explore safeguarding‚ concentrating on the sociological model of abuse‚ drawing closely on the views of Bowbly (1978) and Maslow (1975). It will examine the history of safeguarding through analysing previous cases. As well as identifying how influential they
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Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people Those who work with young people have responsibilities to safeguard and promote their welfare. This is an important responsibility and requires careful attention. It means being able to recognise when a child or young person is not achieving their developmental potential‚ or when their physical or mental health is impaired. It means recognising when a young person is displaying risky or harmful behaviour‚ or is being neglected
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child has become isolated from the children as their clothing has a strange smell. The practioner eventually acts in good faith and takes the matter into the local children services. The case was taken further and investigated. The member of staff who reported the abuse was protected against being bullied and disciplined. If a member of staff try’s to seek help by the appropriate person and the topic is neglected‚ all staff should ‘blow the whistle’ all children have the right to feel safe and protected
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516 1.1) The policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people all stem from the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by Ian Huntley. From this horrific act of evil the Safeguarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006 was born (see evidence ‘6’ – 520 1.3). Another public enquiry was set up to address the failure of the law after the death of Victoria Climbié. Within this enquiry‚ Lord Laming called for changes to be made in child protection policies. From this there was
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Unit 007 Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People Outcome 1 Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety 1. Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Legislation and guidelines: • In England and Wales‚ The Children Act 1989 • In Northern Ireland‚ Children Order 1995 These
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Explain the policies‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. The 2nd Joint Chief Inspectors Report defined safeguarding children and young people as the act of taking reasonable measures to ensure that the threats of harm to children & young people’s welfare are diminished by all those who work with children. The document expressed that all agencies involve with the provision of services to children and young people should take appropriate actions to raise and address
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BTEC Apprenticeship Assessment Workbook Level 2 Health & Social Care 2. SAFEGUARDING As a health and social care worker you have an important role in protecting individuals from harm and abuse. You must also be able to look after your own well-being and that of others. 2 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING These activities assess your knowledge and understanding of things that affect your own well-being as well as the policies and legislation concerning abuse. Task 1 It is important to
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P4/ Outline key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work. In this part of the assignment I will be stating the main key points of each piece of legislation and how it is applied in practice. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults 2006This piece of legislation was introduced on the 8th November 2006‚ the whole idea of this act is to protect adults who are at risk of abuse due to a vulnerability. For example‚ someone with Down syndrome may be more at risk of getting abused due to their
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