What is Megan’s law? And how can this seven-year-old save you and your family from becoming a statistic? Megan Kanka was a seven-year-old second grader with a candid smile and pudgy cheeks, who was violently raped and killed by a known child molester who moved across the street from her family (crime.about.com/od/sex/a/megans_law.htm) along with his roommates who were also known child molesters. Back then child sex offenders could leave prison and quietly slip into the anonymity of any neighborhood without raising an eyebrow, their checkered past remaining a well guarded secret from unsuspecting neighbors (www.pennlive.com/news/express times/stories/molesters5_main bar.html).
Partnership working is a key concept, driven by professional values within the social care field and underpins all recent legislation relating to health or social care provision. The idea being that a multi disciplinary team is formed around a child or young person to promote better outcomes for the individual by providing a person centred service. Partnership working is about working closely with the young person, their families, professionals and other agencies to improve their outcomes and safeguard from harm. Following the deaths of children, a consistent theme which has been reported in Serious Case Reviews has been weaknesses in agencies working together to safeguard the young people (Horwath, 2010:29). In Lord Lamings Inquiry Report into the death of Victoria Climbie many of the same concerns noted during the 1980's and 1990's regarding weaknesses in partnership working were echoed in his report.
This approach is also a very important part of the government framework of Every Child Matters which states that we should be working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for children in our care. The Early years foundation stage, states that different professionals working together will help to improve outcomes for children both in their learning and development. So by sharing records or observations of a child by a professional such as a speech or language therapist may contribute to further assessment. Inclusion is an important
Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure Who could have ever imagined that on Wednesday, October 14, 1987, Jessica McClure would become the most famous child in the country? Known by many as “Baby Jessica”, her ordeal captured the hearts of many. Jessica McClure, just 18 months old, fell into an 8-inch-wide abandoned well in her aunt’s yard; where she became trapped, 22 feet underground. Rescue efforts unfolded live for 58 hours while America watched on CNN. (Jessica, 2015) Jessica McClure Morales was born March 26, 1986, in the oil city of Midland, Texas.
A responsibility practitioners have is to make sure the health of the child is paramount this could be by preventing hazards and carrying out risk assessments and safety checks. A practitioner should be aware of the day care standards provided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) so the children are receiving the highest standards of care. “The EYFS sets standards to enable early years providers to reflect the rich and personalised experience that many parents give their
Unit 7 Assignment Work in partnership in Health and Social Care of Children and Young People’s settings. Question 1 1.1 The features of effective partnership working begin with the knowing that it is everyone’s responsibility for partnership working in order for it to be successful. The benefits of working in partnership are enormous allowing families to share information about their children’s development or learning and supporting those children with particular needs to receive support. Colleagues, professionals and others must be active in working alongside, sharing expertise, knowledge and a common purpose to improve the lives of individuals in their care. Respecting each other’s skills and contributions enables everyone working together share their expertise, recognise and utilise the strengths of all involved.
The Act sought to emphasize the importance of inter-agency work and cooperation in meeting the needs of children and to ensure that children’s views are ascertained and represented, improve outcomes for all children, as well of those defined as “in need” under the Children Act 1989, by focusing services more effectively around the needs of children, young people and families. The laming Report following the death of Victoria Climbie was highly critical of the way the case was handled and made 108 recommendations to overhaul child protection in the UK. As a result The Every Child matters guidelines, led to this
The principles of Early Years Practice The principles of Early Years Practice By Sherri Green By Sherri Green Inclusive practice Inclusive practice means that everyone is treated as an individual. In addition to everyone being treated as an individual it means that despite our differences whether that’s health, wealth, race or religion or any of the other differences that we are all treated as equal and unique. Inclusive practice is an important part of everyday life… including everyone makes them feel part of a community and equally as important as every other person. In an early years practice there is a policy of inclusive practice to make all the children reach their full potential. We use this practice to prevent or stop children feeling unwanted, not good enough, left in the dark, lost, small, nervous, worn down or have a negative self-image.
The Department of Education roles cover:- • Developing voluntary community organisations & charities who work with children • Developing workforce reform • Funding research into projects for Education • Promoting integrated working for all children & young people Local Government The Local Government provides services to local schools, their key role is to provide advice & support which covers:- • Behaviour Management • Curriculum/EYFS • Development of Schools Policies • Promoting Community Cohesion • SEN • Staff Training & Development It is the Local Authorities role to produce guidelines for policies for a uniformed approach across the local area and to provide information to schools, which demonstrates the vision & plans of developing the Government based initiatives. In addition to this, if there are any changes to an education policy it is the LA responsibility to
Well-Being Essay Well-being in the early years is paramount and highly contributes to form a healthy child. (Veale, 2013). Stratham and Chase (2010) define wellbeing as ’the quality of people’s lives’, which include aspects such as emotional and social well-being, health status and other objective measures. In this essay, I aim to explore three separate case studies which all interlink with children’s well-being. The predominant purpose of this essay is to analyse the effectiveness of integrated working.