Unit 25 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of Children and Young People. Outcome 1 1. Outline current Legislation, Guideline, Policy, Procedure within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Legislation, Guideline, Policy, Procedure. Brief Description.
Unit 4222-345 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people (CYP M3.3) 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation. The legislation, guidelines and policies that affect safeguarding children have come about due to the Children’s Act (1989). This act was updated in 2004 to include the principle of integrated children’s services and to also incorporate the five main principles of Every Child Matters. I will list the main legislations, guidelines and also my workplace’s policies and procedures: Children’s Act (2004) - The Act was created with a certain set of goals. Its primary purpose was to give boundaries and help for local authorities and/or other entities to better regulate official intervention in the interests of children.
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
Unit 4222-345 Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 345.1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in England and Wales are a result of the Children Act 1989 and in Northern Island of the Children (Northern Island) Order 1995. The Children Act 2004 introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised in England and Wales.
This document aims to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the many recent changes to UK legal and policy, the organisational frameworks and recent service provisions for children and family. This piece of work will also analyse the roles, responsibilities and dilemmas of professional agencies who are working with children and their families. Lastly it will demonstrate the theoretical understanding of some of the main issues which are related to childhood and parenting. In response to Lord Laming’s Inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié, policy and legislative changes were introduced which have shaped the immediate future of children’s services. The Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda is, as argued by Walker (2008), the most radical programme of change yet seen, aimed at improving the outcomes for all children and families.
3.3 Understand how to safeguard the well-being of children and young people Some of the UK policies and procedures that affect safeguarding children are: Welfare Requirements, they are now part of the EYFS framework they are compulsory and are relevant to my play centre because we only have children in years reception and one. General Welfare requirements are; Safeguarding and promoting children's welfare, Organisation, Documentation, Suitable people, Suitable premises and equipment. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 1 (Definition of the child): The Convention defines a 'child' as a person below the age of 18, unless the laws of a particular country set the legal age for adulthood younger. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the monitoring body for the Convention, has encouraged States to review the age of majority if it is set below 18 and to increase the level of protection for all children under 18 Article 2 (Non-discrimination): The Convention applies to all children, whatever their race, religion or abilities; whatever they think or say, whatever type of family they come from. It doesn’t matter where children live, what language they speak, what their parents do, whether they are boys or girls, what their culture is, whether they have a disability or whether they are rich or poor.
TDA 2.2 : Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Task 1.1 Identify current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) • Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004 • The Education Act 2002 • Policies which safeguard (safeguarding and protecting, and procedures for reporting, e-safety, bullying, including cyber-bullying) • Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006) • What to do if you’re worried that a child is being abused (2006) (http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/training_and_awareness/pages/lscbs.aspx Task 1.2 Describe the role of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of the children and young people. When looking or assessing the needs of individual children, there are agencies that work together in partnership to safeguard the child’s safety and welfare and there may be meetings between the child and family, health services, social services and the school. The bullet points below include agencies that work in partnership to safeguard children. The school is responsible for Following the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSC) procedures All staff attending child protection training Work with parents except if it is conflicting with the need to guarantee the child’s safety Report any concern or incident to senior colleague because confidentiality is essential and write or record a clear, accurate and truthful account of their observation on the same day Ensuring that if a referral is made to social services, that the head of the school most make sure that the report of the incident is sent to the social worker dealing with the case with in 48 hours Any child who is identified as ‘at risk’ or who has being placed in the Child Protection Register should
1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people The Children Act 1989. Local authorities, courts and parents, together with other agencies in the UK have duties to ensure children and young people are safeguarded and to promote their welfare. Any delays in the system when a child’s welfare is at risk will have a detrimental impact on their wellbeing. The child’s welfare is vital. It is important that children are listened to and their wishes are taken into account alongside physical and emotional needs, age, sex, background and circumstances.
Understand how to safeguard the well-being of children and young people. When concentrating on Safeguarding a few aspects to bring into account is current legislation, policies , and procedures within own UK Home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people , I will outline these below . Childrens Act Every child matters : When focusing on this act I will firstly state that this act was Launched in 2003 relating to the Death of Victoria Climbe. This Act has some Aims for every child , Stay Safe , be Healthy , enjoy and acheive , make a positive contribution and acheive economic well-being . In order to acheive all the aims I satated above , multi- agency partnerships need to work together i.e children centres, early
Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people Unit 4 1.3 | Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people | | The Children Act 2004 requires each Local Authority to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB). The LSCB is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in each area will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children within the Authority, and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.In my area, the East Sussex LSCB has drawn up its own Sussex Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures in compliance with Working Together to Safeguard Children (March 2010), to ensure that on a day to day basis: * All those working with children and young people know what to do if they are worried about a child's safety * When concerns are reported, action is taken quickly and sensitively to support the child and their family * Agencies working with children work effectively and follow legal guidelines.Under current legislation, schools are also required to have their own child protection or safeguarding policy and procedures covering the following areas:Childcare PracticeAll professionals working with children must be Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checked prior to employment and fully trained in safeguarding as a minimum every 3 years. They are also required to demonstrate the correct safeguarding procedures and follow the school’s policy when working with children, and in reporting any concerns. For example, before starting at Bede’s I was required to be DBS checked and to attend a Child Protection and Safeguarding Course with the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).Child ProtectionIt is the responsibility of all professionals working with children to be aware of