Level 5 Child Protection

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Child Protection Every Child Matters (ECM), was launched in 2003. Following the death of eight – year old Victoria Climbie in 2000, the Government asked to conduct an inquiry to help decide whether it needed to introduce new legislation and guidance to improve the child protection system in England. The Governments response to the Victoria Climbie inquiry report (Laming, 2003) was the Keeping children safe report and the Every child matters green paper, which in turn led to the Children’s Act 2004 Every Child Matters covers children and young adults up to the age of 19 to 24 for those with disabilities. There are 5 main aims for every child, whatever their background or circumstances, to have the support they need to: 1. Be Healthy - enjoy good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle 2. Stay Safe – being protected from harm and neglect 3. Enjoy and Achieve – getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood 4. Make a positive contribution – being involved with the community and society and not engaging in anti – social or offending behavior 5. Achieve economic well – being – not being prevented by economic disadvantage from achieving their full potential in life What the outcomes mean Be healthy Physically healthy Mentally and emotionally healthy Sexually healthy Healthy lifestyles Choose not to take illegal drugs Parents, carers and families promote healthy choices Stay safe Safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation Safe from accidental injury and death lying and discrimination Safe from crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of school Have security, stability and are cared for Parents, carers and families provide safe homes and stability Enjoy and achieve Ready for school Attend and enjoy school Achieve stretching national educational standards
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