Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety This essay will provide knowledge and understanding of supporting children and young people ’s health and safety. In my placement there are many policies regarding health and safety when working with children. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require all schools to have policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff and children. If the policies and procedures are not in
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organisations that have any contact with children and young people have a responsibility to have policies and procedures to protect these vulnerable children/young people from harm no matter their age‚ gender‚ race‚ or religion. These organisations can be schools‚ nurseries‚ toddler groups‚ brownies‚ cubs‚ gymnastic groups‚ swimming groups‚ to religious study groups. Any group whether voluntary or not. Everyone has a responsibility to protect children and young people. My friend is in the local Salvation
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CHCCHILD401B – Identify and Respond to Children and Young People at Risk of Harm Assignment 1: Off-the-job assessment You will need to have completed your readings from the OLS and be aware of the reporting procedures in your state/territory to complete the following questions and case studies. 1. Access the website from your state below and state what steps are required for making a report as a mandatory reporter.(copying and pasting from these sites is not appropriate and may result
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An analysis of how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding‚ affect day to day work with children and young people including but not limited to: Childcare practice: Childcare practice can include Nurseries‚ pre-school‚ primary and secondary school‚ childminders and children’s homes. If you are someone who works with children‚ you are obliged to hold a relevant childcare qualification. You also usually need to have 2 references and a DBS. (disclosure and barring service)
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Policy and Practice for Children and Young People Discuss the ideology underpinning policy and practice for children and young people and demonstrate an awareness of constructs of childhood and adolescence from either an educational or care perspective. “The idea of belonging and membership‚ being part of a community‚ is a basic human need. It’s one of the principles of our democratic society. We all have the same needs‚ we want to be loved‚ we want to have friends‚ we want to feel that we
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Support children and young people’s Health and Safety 1.1) Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities there are many factors that we need to take into account. For example one of these could be the individual needs of the child. Children need different activities and environments set out differently depending on their age group. We need to make sure
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Unit D6011696: Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety. . Learning Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.1 In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with‚ such as electrical equipment‚ anything which may pose a fire risk
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involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Schools have a responsibility to: ● develop children’s awareness and their knowledge of what is acceptable and not acceptable behaviour‚ including when using the Internet ● know‚ support and protect children who are identified as being at greater risk – that is‚ on the ‘at risk register’ ● provide opportunities for professional training of all staff relating to safeguarding ● put into place policies and security
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We make sure at C and C we have policies and procedures in place for safeguarding and child protection: * protects children and young people from harm and abuse * enables staff to know what to do if they are worried * Shows that our staff is responsible and has pride in its work. In England the law states that people who work with children have to keep them safe. This safeguarding legislation is set out in The Children Act (1989) and (2004). It also features in the United Nations
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Portfolio Evidence 10 Safeguarding Describe how legislation‚ policies and procedures regarding safeguarding impact on own role in the workplace As a youth worker I have the obligation in my role to know policies and procedures that are in place for safeguarding. Taking into consideration the five outcomes identified by Every Child Matters 1. Protection from harm and neglect (to stay safe) 2. Physical and mental health and emotional well-being (to be healthy) 3. Education training
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