training. By providing this it will ensure children are kept safe as the employees will have the relevant training. The Children Act 1989: The Children Act 1989 provided a stepping stone towards the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) being implicated within the UK. The act came into force in 1991. The Children Act 1989 is important as it emphasises the importance of putting the child first. The Children Act 2004 underpins all services for children and aim to focus on improving
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Children Bill (2004). (Now known as the children act 2004). The Children’s act is a joined system of health‚ family support‚ childcare and education services so all children get the best start possible. Through the range of measures brought in under Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme‚ organisations providing services to children‚ such as schools‚ hospitals and the police‚ they all work together and share information between each other‚ so that all children‚ and especially those from
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Critically analyse Hart’s Ladder of Participation. What are the types of decisions children and young people can be involved in‚ and what is the link between the children and the adults when the participatory approach is put into practice? When should adults be more active in guiding children‚ and when should they step back and allow the children to work autonomously? Roger Hart (1992) developed a model‚ the Ladder of participation‚ which is made up from eight steps‚ each step indicate increasing
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establishes clear obligations for member countries to ensure that their legal framework is in line with the provisions of the convention‚ to reinforce the importance of fundamental human dignity and to endorse the principle of non-discrimination. The UNCRC is also divided into articles. Some articles which may be relevant to children and young people are: Article 2 – the right to be protected against all forms of discrimination. Article 3 – the child’s best interests are paramount. Article 12 – each
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EDUCATION AND CHILD RIGHTS The importance of education cannot be denied because‚ it gives confidence and awareness of the world outside. However‚ not all the children around the world are not lucky enough to receive an education. There are various reasons why children cannot go to school. The main reason of missing out on an education is poverty. Poor families cannot afford to pay for school expenses such as books and uniforms. This leads to another problem:; parents make their children
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Unit 333 – Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 – Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. The safe guarding of children has only been developed in the last 50 years. However it is a vital part of working with children. The legislations‚ guidelines and policies for safeguarding are updated all the time for the best interest of the children. The current legislations are as follows;
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Disability Discrimination Act 1995/2005 • The Data Protection Act 1998 • The Equality Act 2006 4.2 I will describe briefly how each of the above Laws or Codes written for Schools links to each child’s well-being and achievement. The first‚ UNCRC (UN convention of the Rights of the Child 1989) is a set of 54 Articles written for schools to ensure the child has a right to be protected against any form of discrimination. It also states that the main consideration of the child is paramount and
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The setting should be aware how to look after the children in the eyes of the law therefore they must allow the children to be healthy‚ this means that the setting provides children with healthy foods however ensuring that they know if a child is allergic to a certain foods‚ practitioners ensure that the children are safe within the setting by doing things such as risk assessment. Another principle of the Children Act 2004 states ‘helping children to enjoy life’ practitioners do this by carrying
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Legislation Some of the main legislation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Children Act (1989) allocates duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents‚ and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It centres on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances when parents and families do not co-operate with statutory bodies. Ref: https://en.wikipedia
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Ella O’Gorman Task 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
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