TDA 3.2 Schools and Organisations Criteria 1.1 Summarise entitlement and provision for early years education. There are different types of childcare options available for 0-5 year olds, these include:Sure Start - Giving every child the best possible start in life is an initiative called Sure Start which is government led. They offer a broad range of services focusing on Family Health, Early Years Care and Education and Improved Well Being Programmes to children aged 4 and under. Sure Start makes contact with parents as soon as possible in the child's life and can offer support to families who have developmental concerns or other worries about their child. They can also give them support in making referrals for other services.
Task 1 Knowing about the legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for the safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. 1.1. Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safe. The current legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people are:- * Health & Safety at work act 1974 (a) RIDDOR (b) COSHH * Children’s act 1989 * Data Protection act 1998 * Education act 2002 * Every Child Matters 2004 * Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006 * E-Safety 2008 1.2 Describe the role of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. The roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding then welfare of children and young people are:- Children’s Charities: NSPCC, Barnados, Childe Line which are there to support children and allow the child to talk with confidence knowing help and support is at hand.
It identifies five outcomes which relate to all children: * be healthy * stay safe * enjoy and achieve * make a positive contribution * achieve economic well-being Childcare Act (2006) – This act introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in England Care of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations (2002) – This deals with the identification, storage and use of potentially harmful substances, such as cleaning fluids. Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) – Protects children from discrimination on the basis of disability, and settings must make reasonable adjustments to their provision to meet the needs and rights of the child. Data Protection Act (1998) – Prevents confidential and personal information being passed on without your consent; this consent must be that of the
451 knowledge K6 Please cross reference with Ass15 9c Please cross reference with PRJ1 K11 In 2009 the Children's Trust arrangements in Essex undertook a review and from this recommendations were made to the Children's Trust Board. The purpose of the Children's Trust is to provide the county-wide strategic lead of the Children’s Trust in Essex by bringing together in partnership those authorities with the duty to co-operate and other organisations co-opted in order to secure improvement in the well-being of children and young people in Essex, as defined by Section10 of the Children Act 2004. They work very closely with the Essex Safeguarding Children Board, a statutory multi agency organisation which brings together agencies who work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in Essex. This in turn leads to how we support young people as a team as there are clear guidelines from the Children and young person plan how and what support young people of Essex’s . Within the workplace there are clear guidelines within the statement of purpose of the home on how we work as a team and what support is offered to the team.
The Children Act 2004 does not replace but instead amends the Children Act 1989. It establishes Local Safeguarding Children's Boards with the power to make sure that social services, police, education services, the NHS and other services work together to protect any vulnerable children. Common Assessment Framework (CAF) which uses a holistic approach for assessing identifying and meeting individual needs in children and young people. The Every Child Matters initiative that aims for all children and young people to have the support they need to achieve the five outcomes which are: • Be Healthy • Stay Safe • Enjoy and Achieve • Make a Positive Contribution • Achieve Economic Well-being United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – This legislation states that all children and young people have the basic right to be protected from harm while being able to learn and develop into adults. They also have the right to be heard and make their own choices.
The act sees that child protection is improved and there is better communication of services. The Act introduced the children’s commissioners who are there to protect the rights of a child. It also bought in the tracking system which enable all information on a child who was known to the services to be uploaded and flag any warnings. It builds a profile on the child and ensures better communication between services. The Act appointed lead councillors for the local child welfare responsibilities.
These are guidelines set out to help children and young people achieve more. The children’s act 2004 is dedicated to improving the every child matters outcomes. The 2004 act brought in the integration of children’s services and the introduction of children’s directors responsible for local authority education and children’s social services. The establishment of local
Local authorities are required to provide services that meet the needs of children who are identified as being at risk. The goal of the 2002 act was to improve the lives of all children who receive informal or professional care. It covers all services that children might use such as school, day care and children's homes. The Convention on the rights of the child (1989) This convention introduced rights for
Social care governance: A practice workbook (NI) (2nd edition) The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was established by Government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the United Kingdom. We achieve this by identifying good practice and helping to embed it in everyday social care provision. • disseminate knowledge-based good practice guidance • involve people who use services, carers, practitioners, providers and policy makers in advancing and promoting good practice in social care • enhance the skills and professionalism of social care workers through our tailored, targeted and user-friendly resources. First published in Great Britain in April 2013 by the Social Care Institute for Excellence
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