QUESTION :1.1 Identify the current legislation, guidelines,policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including E safety. ANSWER: Current legislation is the result of The Children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and were clear about their responsibilitys and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made. Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect and child abuse were dealt with and found that vulnerable people in society were not being safeguarded. The Laming report led to the governments Every Child Matters paper and The Children Act 2004. The Every Child Matters paper is aimed at ensuring every child should be helped to have positive outcomes in life .They should: stay safe, enjoy and achieve,have economic well being and make a positive contribution.
E2: The children Act 1989 has influenced setting by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners and maintain when working with children. The Act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and that they form partnerships with parents and carers. This Act has an influence in all areas of practice within setting. For example; planning. The children Act 2004 this Act was introduced as a result of the death of Victoria Climbie and was the introduction of 'Every Child Matters' which ensures the wellbeing of children through its five outcomes.
The Children Act 1989 covers the following: Reforms the law relating to children Makes provision for local authority services for children in need and others Amends the law with respect to children’s homes, community home, voluntary homes and voluntary organisations Makes provision with respect to fostering, child minding and day care for young children and adoption, and for connected purposes. The act has also been updated with the introduction of The Children Bill which received Royal Assent on 15 November and is now The Children Act 2004. The government has placed great focus on children’s issues and worked hard to safeguard all children whether in the care of their family or being cared for. However following a catalogue of errors by Haringey Social Services between 1999 and 2000 the Victoria Climbie tragedy came to light. This led to Lord Laming compiling a report and guidelines which we now know as Every Child Matters.
4.1 Summarise each law and codes of practice affecting work in schools listed below | 4.2 Explain the school policies and procedures that follow these legislations. | Children Act 2006/ A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children 2010; A good relationship between agencies andsharing of information between agencies | Child protectionEveryone in school has a duty to help keep pupils safe.The Academy has systems in place to prevent unsuitable people working with children. Disclosure and Barring Service. DBS forms are completed. Our Academy has Cause for Concern (CFC) forms to fill out for when there is a concern about the well being of a child.
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1995 (RIDDOR) This Act requires the reporting of work related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. It applies to all work activities but not to all incidents. For example in my placement there is an accident form that staff have to fill in if there are any accidents while you are supervising the children. This ensures that parents are informed and enables management of the setting to review and monitor accidents in the setting. Special Education Needs and Disability Act 2001 This Act ensures that every setting meets the needs of all the children within the setting, either physical or educational disability, and that every child gets the help that they need.
8a 1 Outline the current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people within own UK Home Nation. Guidance under the Children Act 1989 In England, statutory guidance to help professionals to identify children at risk and on interagency cooperation was first published in 1991. The current version is: Working together to safeguard children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (PDF) (HM Government, 2013). The guidance sets out: • definitions of child abuse and neglect • what action agencies must take to protect children • roles and responsibilities • requirements for local safeguarding children boards • the process for serious case reviews (conducted after the death or serious injury of a child). Following the death of eight-year old Victoria Climbié in 2000, the Government asked Lord Laming to conduct an inquiry (Laming, 2003) to help decide whether to introduce new legislation and guidance to improve the child protection system in England.
I would like you to draw from your experience in your and give examples as much as possible. (pls reference your work appropriately and refer to your plagiarism document for further details) Please answer the following questions: 1.1 Complete the table below and provide examples for the last 2 columns: Current Legislation | Current Guidelines | Policies & Procedures | How these systems Safeguard the welfare of children & young people | How these systems safeguard the welfare of children & young people when using E-technology | protect children from maltreatment | Can be found in the children act 1989 and 2004 | I would report any concerns to my manager or deputy manager. | A child’s behaviour can say a lot about home life and concerns need to be addressed | No mobile phones
Section 17 states local authorities must put services into place to ‘safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need’. Children Act 2004. This Act provides the framework for Every Child Matters. It requires that services work more closely, earlier support is given to parents experiencing problems, that there is a database shared between agencies which is relevant to the welfare and safety of children and that there is a ‘common’ assessment framework to help the early identification of need. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
Unit 025 – Understand how to safeguard the well-being of children & young people 025-Outcome 1 AC1- The Children’s Act brought out in 1989 aimed to protect children and young people; it gave guideline to those working with them of ways we can work together when there are allegations of child abuse. In 2004 a child died at the hands of her carers and it was then they revised the Children’s Act adding things like Local Safeguarding boards and giving the Schools and health care system more powers to get involved and protect children. Common assessment Framework (CAF) was part of the Every Child Matters green paper and it was put in place to provide an early intervention strategy before a Childs situation reaches crisis point. In my setting I use the EYFS as a framework to ensure I am meeting the needs of my children 0-5. Its very important the only suitable people work with children and vulnerable people so in 2009 they started running checks on people these checks were done by criminal records bureau and they checked people past to see if they had ever committed any offenses that my might make them a risk to children in the future, in 2013 the discloser and barring service took over the responsibility for these checks.
Section 47 states that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm’. Section 17 states that services must be put into place to ‘safeguard and promote the welfare of children within the area who are in need’. The Education Act 2002 This sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs), governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. Children Act 2004 This provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters. It includes the requirement for: * services to work more closely, forming an integrated service * a ‘common’ assessment of children’s needs * a shared database of information