Safeguarding is an important aspect of working with children as it ensures that children are looked after appropriately for example keeping children from having accidents and protecting them from any other unwanted behaviour in the nursery. It is also providing a safe environment with no hazards this could be by doing a risk assessment before the children play outside to stop them from being harmed. While playing outside or during an activity that use any equipment that they need to be supervised
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Safeguarding legislations‚ polices and guidelines are put into action so that children and young people are guarded from harm‚ abuse and any forms of mistreatment and so that their welfare is protected. The main current legislations‚ policies and guidelines are United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 is an international agreement that outlines the minimum requirements and standards for protecting the rights of children up to the age of 18 years. It states the basic rights of every
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legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies for safeguarding children and young | | |Report/Presentation |people | | |For new workers | | |B |B Questions |2 Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to
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Safeguarding Children Policy Statement: My primary responsibility and priority is for the children I care for. As a mother‚ I am acutely aware of how important it is to ensure your child is kept safe‚ especially when in someone else’s care. To become Ofsted registered I have to have an enhanced CRB disclosure (now called a Disclosure and Barring Service - DBS) as well as other members of my family over the age of 16. I am aware of the signs of different kinds of abuse‚ and if I have
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MU 2.9 Understand partnership working in services for children and young people. 1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people. Agencies working with one another in partnership is important as it enables information and concerns to be shared‚ this helps with the overall development of the child. It can be used to keep a child safe from harm‚(every child matters Victoria Climbie no agencies involved in her care shared information which resulted
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The current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people includes the following. The Children Act 1989 (legislation) – this act focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It identifies the responsibility of parents and anyone working with children to ensure the safety and welfare of the child is paramount. Local Authority has a ‘duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely
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SAM’S CHILDMINDING SERVICE’S A) Welfare Requirements W1: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare W1.1: The provider must take necessary steps to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the setting. 1) What dose safeguarding children’s mean? Safeguarding the children is my responsibility as being a registered childminder give me a legal responsibility to be able to safeguard the child/ren in my care in line with procedure laid out in LONDON CHILD PROTECTION PROCEDURE
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Safeguarding the minor in a hospital setting Who is a minor? “A minor is any person under the age of eighteen” (Children’s First‚ 2011). What is safeguarding? “Safeguarding is best thought as an umbrella term for a number of different‚ but related actions that ensure the well-being of children and young people‚ all of which may be encompassed within the professional activities of nurses and midwives” (Powell‚ ch.1‚ p.3‚ 2007). In my assignment I am going to discuss the importance of safeguarding
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Safeguarding is not a new concept though definition remains contrived. There is no mutually agreed definition‚ this makes the subject emotive and difficult to encompass‚ rather perceives “safeguarding” as a umbrella term that encapsulates key themes including child protection‚ safe conduct‚ duty of care to act and collaborative working. This definition differs greatly from the Oxford Dictionary (2009 p324) definition “to protect (someone or something) from harm or destruction” This definition is
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Partnership is the relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits of the business carried on by all or any of them acting for all. An essential element of partnership is to have an agreement and wherever a change takes place in this relationship it results in reconstitution of the partnership firm. Reconstitution of the firm may happen under any of the following circumstances and as a result there will be a change in the profit sharing ratio: 1) Change in the profit
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