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
Premium Autism
1 As a home-based child-carer I would like to provide parent’s/carers with information outlining the following: Current Legislation. Role of the Regulatory Bodies. Legislation is a very important part of my practise. It ensures that I provide a high standard of care for the children that attend my setting. There are several pieces of legislation that affect the early years and childcare sector but I have outlined ones that I feel are most important and relevant to my work as a home-based child-care
Premium Childhood Children Act 1989 United Kingdom
(A) Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People Know about the legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety Current legislation The current legislation for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people is the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006
Premium Abuse Bullying Childhood
Safeguarding children Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is when someone is forced in to an unwanted sexual activity by one person on another‚ as by the use of threats or bullying Signs of sexual abuse: * Personality changes such as becoming insecure or clinging. * Being overly loving in a sexual way inappropriate to the child’s age. * Become worried about clothing being removed. * Medical problems such as chronic itching‚ pain in the genitals. Physical abuse Physical abuse
Premium Child abuse Abuse Human sexual behavior
CHILD THROUGH THE CURRENT LEGISLATION AND THE REGULATORY BODY IN ENGLAND - A SMALL GUIDE FOR PARENTS - In order to reassure you Parents that I will provide your child with the best care possible‚ I would like to outline part of the up to date Home Based Childcare Legislation. In England‚ there are numerous laws relating to children. The most relevant one being the CHILDREN ACT (2004). It is an act that all practitioners working with children must adhere to. It arose from the Green Paper
Premium Childhood United Kingdom The Child
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
Premium Abuse Bullying Childhood
to safeguard the children in their care‚ it is also necessary for children to learn how to protect themselves in a sensitive‚ age appropriate manner without resorting to scare tactics. Although much of the responsibility for protecting children lies with the adults caring for them‚ practitioners and parents/carers must ensure that children learn some basic rules about how they can be responsible for their own safety‚ and how they can protect themselves from abuse. All children have a right to be
Premium Childhood Child The Child
Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding
Premium Education Educational psychology Knowledge
organisation that deals with children must have a safeguarding policy in place which should be reviewed and updated regularly. As a teaching assistant it is vital that I know what the policy at my school contains so I am aware of what to do if I ever have any cause for concern. The term “child protection is increasingly being replaced by that of “safeguarding” Child protection is specifically about abuse but it comes under an umbrella term called safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we
Premium Protection Childhood Abuse
Title of Unit: Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Learning Outcome: 1.1 Title of outcome: Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Legislation is the term used to describe the laws or Acts and Statutes enacted by the UK Parliament. The UK government provides guidelines to organisations and individuals in England and Wales to inform them about how legislation
Free Local Education Authority United Kingdom The Child