Some examples of Legislation in which we have to follow whilst working with children and young people are: * Health and safety at work act (1974) * Children act (1989&2004) * Safeguarding Vulnerable groups act (2006) * Data protection Act (1991) * UN convention on the rights of the child (1991) There are guidelines which detail acts of law these are shared with the public. And explain what parts of the legislation apply to you and explain to you what you must do to comply with the law. Some examples of guidelines are: * Every child matters (2004) * The framework for assessment of children and their families (2000) * Common assessment framework (2006) * Working together to safeguard children (2013) The guidelines are used to create policies and procedures which are in turn used to implement the laws. 1.3 Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people. National Legislation and guidance influence the development of local policies and procedures which affect the day to day
It is important for myself to understand relevant legislation and it’s purpose, as this will help me in my role as a teaching assistant and make me aware of my responsibilities. The rights of all children and young people are stated in the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The UK Government must ensure that the right’s of children in the UK are protected through law. These rights include the right to education and the right for children to have views respected. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Protects the rights of all those with disabilities.
The convention states that every child has: * The right to protection from any form of discrimination. * All children have an equal right to education. * The right to be heard and their views considered. * The right to be treated fairly (including changing laws and practices that are unfair on children). * The right to be healthy.
The local authority are responsible for alerting schools and staff to any changes in education policy, and will be expected to offer staff training through their local EDC or through school training INSET days if needed. National Government The role of the Department for Education (DfE) is to be solely responsible for education and children's services. As well as being responsible for actually
The Legislative and Litigation History of Special Education. The Future Of Children, 6(1), 25. This article discusses the fact that public education was not always available to disabled students and that the laws have changed in favor of protecting the students and providing them with the best possible education. This article discusses the many different laws as well as court cases that have led special education to where it is today. McAfee, J. K., & Greenawalt, C. (2001).
Unit 2.5 4.1 The main statues are: • The Convention on the rights of the Child (1989) • The Education Act (1981), (1993) and (1996) • The Children Act (1989) and (2004) • The Equality Act (2006) • The Care Standards (2000) • The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) • The Race Relations Act (1976) and amendment (2000) • The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and (2005) • The Public Order Act • The Religious Hatred Act 4.2 All these laws influence the rights of individuals. Every early years, childcare and educational organisation needs to have policies and practices that put these laws into action: Codes of practice- Codes of practice provide guidance and rules on ways of implementing legislation and good behaviour. The purpose of the code should be to promote positive behaviour, so rules should be expressed in positive terms. The code should outline the schools expectations for pupil behaviour in the classroom and around the school. A system of rewards and sanctions should be used to support the code of conduct.
Unit tittle: Schools as organisations. Unit number: TDA 3.2. Understanding the purpose of school policies and procedures. 5.1 Explain why schools have policies and procedures. All organizations need rules and regulations to make the organization survive.
This is especially so where the environment or human life is at risk. In schools there are several legislative requirements and codes of practice that must be adhered to in order to create as safe an environment as possible. The key aspects of current legislative requirement relevant in the teaching profession include: 1. The disability discrimination Act (1995): it is illegal for colleges or LEA to discriminate against a disable learner or potential learner for a reason related to a disability. 2.
I will be evaluating the regulation of care provisions by explaining the role and responsibility of each regulator. There are different types of regulators such as; OFSTED the Office for Standards in Education, CQC Care Quality Commission & HCPC Health and Care Professional Council. OFSTED regulates and inspects many types of provisions such as childcare and children’s social care, schools, colleges and the children and other learning based organisations. This organisation reports directly to the parliament as they are dependent from the government OFSTED also inspect services from looked after children and you people ensuring each child is safe and protected within education by making sure schools and other provisions working with children are meeting standards including safeguarding policies and child protection. This regulator is important as they ensure teachers training are kept up to date, to allow children and young people the ability to gain the best education possible, meeting and providing for individual needs/requirements.
School policy states: Data will not be processes fairly and lawfully, data shall be obtained/processed for specific lawful purposes, data held must be adequate , relevant and not excessive , data must be accurate at all times and kept up to date, data shall not be kept for longer than necessary, data shall ne processes in accordance within the rights of the data subjects, data must be kept secure and data shall not be transferred outside of Shelfield community academy unless there is adequate protection. The school: Shelfield community academy will ensure that there is always one person with the overall responsibility for all the data protections, provide awareness for all members of staff who handle personal information, provide clear line of report and also supervision for compliance with data protection and carry out regular check to monitor and assess new processing of personal data and to ensure Shelfield communication academy’s notification to the information commissioner is updated to take account of any changed in processing of any persons