UNIT 6: WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG CHILDREN 1.3: FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL AGENCIES I have a responsibility to help the children in my care achieve the 5 outcomes of the UK Government Initiative Every Child Matters (ECM) – Be Healthy‚ Stay Safe‚ Enjoy & Achieve‚ Make a positive contribution and Achieve economic wellbeing. It is important that I contact and utilise other professionals to help achieve these outcomes. This is
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------------------------------------------------- Understanding safeguarding of children and young people For those working in the adult sector Unit 516 Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1 Understand the Policies‚ Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults Firstly before any legislation that a child is assessed under‚ an assessment has to be carried out to ascertain the following: * Gathering of information
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children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Diversity: Diversity means that every individual is different and unique. No matter what your language‚ race‚ sexual orientation‚ gender‚ age‚ religion or physical ability‚ we all form one diverse group. You will never find two people exactly the same as everyone is from different backgrounds and walks of life. I see a diverse group in my setting as all the children are from different backgrounds. I personally think that children need to understand the
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- MU 5.4: Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people. 1.1 Outline the current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people within own UK home nation. The current legislations for safeguarding children where defined in the children act of 1989. Including children’s rights to protection them from abuse‚ the right to express their views and be listened to. Although different British governments have said that
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The special educational needs and disability review A statement is not enough This review was commissioned to evaluate how well the legislative framework and arrangements served children and young people who had special educational needs and/or disabilities. It considered the early years‚ compulsory education‚ education from 16 to 19‚ and the contribution of social care and health services. Age group: 0–19 Published: September 2010 Reference no: 090221 Contents Executive summary 3 Key findings
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welfare of children and young people Task A 1. The Children Act 1989 - 2004 is the most relevant legislation for safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. It was first made to give boundaries and support for local authorities for the welfare of children. The act then also made changes to the law that are regulated for children and their safety if they are in foster homes‚ adoption agencies‚ babysitting services and also handling childcare crimes and crimes against children. The children act’s
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Introduction Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College‚ Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO‚ 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions‚ in terms of the
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Working with children with special needs E1) explain the social model and the medical model of disability The ‘Social Model’ states that all children have individual needs but also has strengths‚ skills and preferences. It provides inclusive environments as a starting point for all children. It looks at the environment as a whole and attitudes towards disability and considers that it might be the ‘problem’ that needs fixing rather than the child. By using this approach‚ the children who would have
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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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Lisa Okonkwo CACHE CYPWD Level 3 candidate pin:30196060 SHC 31: Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1. Identify the different reasons people communicate. People communicate for a number of different reasons including: • To get to know each other • To share information • To provide someone else with information 2. Explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting. We communicate in a two different
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