Its includes the requirements for: * Services to work more closely together forming an integrated services. * A common assessment framework to help early identification on needs. * A shared database of information which is relevant to the safety and welfare of children. * Earlier support for parents who are experiencing difficulties. Policies which safeguard: Schools must develop a range of policies which ensures the safety, security and well being of their pupils.
* Encourage partnership between statutory authorities and parents. * Restructure the framework of the courts, in particular with regard to family proceedings * Redefine the concept of parental responsibility. The Every Child Matters guidelines, which led to the Children Act 2004, came about as a direct result of the Laming Report following the death of Victoria Climbie. The report was highly critical of the way in which the Climbie case was handled and made 108 recommendations to overhaul child protection in the UK. As a result of this, the main points that emerged were as follows: * Closer working relationship between agencies such as health professionals, schools and welfare services * A database to be created holding records of all children and whether they are known to different services.
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.
P4a: In this part of the assignment i have been asked to outline and give the main points of all the key points of all legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The main points of this act, is that it: * Requires people who work with children and vulnerable adults to be registered * The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) are to be responsible for deciding who should be barred from working with the vulnerable * The Vetting and Barring Scheme will check on individuals suitability to work with vulnerable people This applies to those who are employed and volunteers alike. There are separate but linked Barred lists for those who work with children and adults and checks must take place before an individual can work with the vulnerable. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 * Enables some convictions to be ‘spent’ or ignored after a period of rehabilitation or non-offending All health and care employment is usually exempt from this act and requires full disclosure of any previous offences. The Police Act 1997 * Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks, under this act, are the norm in health and care organisations The CRB will work closely with ISA to ensure that a more detailed check is carried out.
Unit 16: Understand Safeguarding of Children and Young People There are many policies and procedures that are in place to protect children whether you work closely with them or not at all. The following are just a few that I recognise and have researched that bit more because I feel that these would be more useful to me when we have visitors to the care home that are children or young people. Children Act 1989: This provides the legislative framework for Child Protection in England. This Act allocates duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom, to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. Children Act 2004: This Act strengthens the Children Act 1989.
CYP 3.3 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people The legislation, guidelines and policies that affect safeguarding children have come about due to the Childrens Act 2004. This act was put in place to highlight children’s rights, make the laws simpler and ensure that anyone working with children understood their duties and where to seek advice. It also highlights the importance of working together to protect children. Other guidelines include Working together to Safeguard children 2006 which is a national document to help agencies work together to protect children. The Vetting and barring scheme was introduced in October 2009 to prevent unsuitable people working with children.
These bodies now have a duty to safe-guard and promote the welfare of children in relation to all functions relating to the conduct of a school. Children’s Act 2004 The death of Victoria Climbié at the hands of the people who were supposed to be caring for her resulted in an independent inquiry lead by Lord Laming in 2003. The report led to the Green Paper: Every child matters, which then led onto the Children’s Act 2004 in England and similar Bills and Acts in all four countries in the United Kingdom. The Act includes: Earlier support for families experiencing difficulties. The introduction of local authorities children’s directors with overall responsibility for
Hannah McCormack Unit 11 – Safe guarding children and young people Legislations and Guidelines That Affect the safeguarding of children and young People The Children Act - 2004:- Limits the use of defence of reasonable punishment to the point where it can't be used if a person causes bodily harm to a child. The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act :– 2006:- A single body is established to make decisions about who should be barred from working with child and maintaining a list of these people to keep children safe. Protection Of Freedoms Act:– 2012:- The Safeguarding Authority and the Criminal Records Bureau,(CRB), formed together to make the Disclosure and Barring Service,(DBS), who choose who should be barred from working with young children. Adoption and Children Act – 2002:- It amends the children act 1989 by expanding the definition of the word 'harm' to include witnessing domestic violence. Children & Family Act:- 2014 Encourages 'fostering for adoption' as well as allows young people to stay with foster family until they are 21, if both are happy to do so.
EVIDENCE SHEET UNIT 3 1.1 Out line current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children & young people.The children's act 1989 introduced many changed to legislation in England & Wales on the welfare of children. Its main aims were:Achieve a balance between protecting children & the rights of parents to challenge state intervention.Encourage partnership between statutory authorities & parentsRestructure the framework of the courts, in particular with regard to family proceedingsRedefine the concept of parental responsibilityEvery child matters guidelines (children act 2004) main points:There should be a much closer working relationship between agencies such as health professionals, schools & welfare servicesThere should be a central database containing records of all children & whether they are known to different servicesThere should be an independent children's commissioner for England to protect children & young peoples rightsThere should be a children's & families board, chaired by a senior government ministerOfsted will set a framework which will monitor children's servicesThe Children Act 2004 required that these recommendations became a legal requirement.The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) (UNCRC), the UNCRC is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally. Under the treaty there is a list of rights to which every child under the age of 18 should be entitled. These include the full range of human rights- civil, cultural, economic, social & political- through articles such as:The right to services such as education & health careThe right to grow up in an environment of happiness, love & understandingThe right to develop their personalities, abilities & talents to
Supporting emotional development of a child. This essay is going to discuss how multi-agency working can meet Cal’s emotional needs. Some of the educational children’s rights and acts will be explored. Furthermore, various practitioners who can be involved in trying to help Cal will be discussed. Hetherington et al (2006) see a child’s development as influenced by factors such as genetic inheritance, the environment into which the child is born and raised, family and peer interactions and others.