2.2/1.1 Current Legislation The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) This agreement identifies the rights and freedoms of all children in a set of 54 articles. These rights include articles that ensure that children are safe and looked after. Article 19 states a child’s right to be ‘protected from all forms of physical and mental violence‚ injury or abuse‚ neglect or negligent‚ maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse.’ The UK signed up to this treaty in 1991
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! Safeguarding The Wellbeing Of Children And Young People! Safeguarding is a measure taken to having suitable policies‚ procedures and risk assessments as guide to protect service users who may for some reason under personal circumstances be vulnerable to abuse. It should be regarded as ‘everybody’s business’ and must commit to ensuring children‚ young people and vulnerable adults are protected from any form of mistreatment.! ! ! ! Purpose of the policy! ! To protect and promote
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The current legislation and guidelines relating to the health and safety of children are The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 It is designed to protect everyone in the workplace‚ the employers are responsible for everyone in the workplace and have duties to carry out to ensure this‚ and employees have to carry out duties to meet the requirements of this act. It’s also designed to keep employers and employees safe in the workplace. Before 1974 8 million employees and employers had no legal safety
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Assignment 026 Task A Policies and procedures for child protection and safeguarding are the result of the children’s act 1989. Which then lead to the children’s act 2004 which then introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised. The main current legislation‚ guidelines policies and procedures for safeguarding are The Children Act 1989. This was designed to help keep children safe and well and‚ if necessary‚ help a child to live with
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Children Act 1989 - this piece of legislation provides a detailed framework for caring and protecting children. It also provides guidelines on parental responsibility and co-operation between parents and local authority services. Children Act 2004 - this Act supplements the Children Act 1989 by reinforcing the message that all organisations that work with children must help safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. One of key points of the legislation is the “Paramountcy Principle” which describes
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ACTIVITY Task 1 (1.1) Research current legislation and local guidelines which deal with safeguarding of children and young people. Create a simple summary of the key points of each. |Legislation/guidelines |Key points | | |This is a set of 54 articles included in those which ensure that children are safe and looked
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1.1 Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. The Children Act 1989 (England and Wales) These acts were brought in with aim of simplifyinh the laws that protect children and young people. They tell people what their duties are and how they should work together when child abuse is suspected. Working Together to Safeguard Children (1999) This provides guidelines for professionals in England and Wales to
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outline of the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Ans. There are many legislative acts that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. These are: • Children Act 1989 (England and Wales)/Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: This act outlined the duties all who worked with children and they should coordinate in the event of allegations of child abuse. • Children Act 2004: This
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Supporting children and young people’s health and safety · Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. The health and safety policy is given to all new members of staff upon joining the school and forms part of the induction training given to staff. The policy is to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions‚ equipment and systems of work for all staff and students. A copy of this is also displayed in the staff room
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Guidelines for Completing the Observations of Children In a Childcare Facility You are required to submit a report on your observations (labeled observation report) of 2 young children. As discussed in class‚ the subjects of your observation should be one boy and one girl who are 3 and 4 years of age. The report should be presented in narrative format and include a description of the center in which the study took place. Included in the report should be a description of each student studied
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