1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Children Act (1989) - Legal framework in relation to safeguarding young person. It brings together all previous legislation. Section 17 focuses on children in need and is updated in the children’s act (2004) Part V relates to safeguarding children and young people. Duty of the LA to investigate concerns of suffering child/young person. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 - which ensure that children are safe and looked after, children have the right to be protected from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect, negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse by those looking after them.
Unit 2.5 4.1 The main statues are: • The Convention on the rights of the Child (1989) • The Education Act (1981), (1993) and (1996) • The Children Act (1989) and (2004) • The Equality Act (2006) • The Care Standards (2000) • The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) • The Race Relations Act (1976) and amendment (2000) • The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and (2005) • The Public Order Act • The Religious Hatred Act 4.2 All these laws influence the rights of individuals. Every early years, childcare and educational organisation needs to have policies and practices that put these laws into action: Codes of practice- Codes of practice provide guidance and rules on ways of implementing legislation and good behaviour. The purpose of the code should be to promote positive behaviour, so rules should be expressed in positive terms. The code should outline the schools expectations for pupil behaviour in the classroom and around the school. A system of rewards and sanctions should be used to support the code of conduct.
Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. The current policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, are: The Childcare Act 2006. This is the first piece of legislation that is primarily concerned with early years education and childcare, and introduces the EYFS which supports settings in delivering high quality early years education. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child 1989. This is to ensure children are safe and cared for.
2.2(1.1) Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. Legislation: Children Act 1989/2004 The Children Act 1989 is a piece of legislation intended to ensure that the welfare of the child is paramount. It describes the responsibilities of professionals and parents/carers who must work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and protect the children from harm. The Act contain information about the child’s legal position and to give him/her equal rights. It includes the requirement for services to work more closely, share a database with information relevant to the safety and welfare of children, earlier support for parents who are experiencing problems.
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.
Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Outcome 1: Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 The Children’s Act 1989 introduced comprehensive changes to legislation in England and Wales and remains an important piece of legislation due to its focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. This Act identified the responsibility of parents and of those who might work with children, ensuring the safety of the child. Its main aims were: * Achieve a balance between protecting children and the rights of parents to challenge state intervention. * Encourage partnership between statutory authorities and parents.
Unit 025 Outcome 1 1.1 Within our own UK home nation there are two main types of legislation that affect the safeguarding of children. These are The Children Act 1989 and The Children Act 2004. The Children Act 1989 was introduced to shake up changes to legislation in England and Wales and to identify the responsibilities of parents and those who work with children to ensure the safety of each individual child. Its main aims were as follows, • To redefine the concept of parental responsibilities. • To reconstruct the framework of the courts, in particular with regard to family proceedings.
Unit 11: safeguarding the welfare of children and young people * – current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures to safeguarding The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). This treaty sets out the rights and freedom of all children in a set of articles. Those countries who signed up to the Treaty, including the UK in 1991, are legally bound to implement legislation which supports each of the articles. Children Act (1989). This act identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of the child.
CYP 3.3 - Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Children Act 1989, this act aimed to simplify the laws that protected children and young people in the UK. This act made it clear to all who worked with children what their duties were and how they should work together in the event of allegations of child abuse. England and Wales produced separates documents – Working together to safeguarding Children (1999) – which emphasised the responsibilities of professionals towards children who are at risk of harm. Policies and procedures for safeguarding and child protection in England and Wales are the result of the Children Act 1989. The children Act 2004 introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised in England and Wales.
NVQ Support Teaching and Learning In Schools Level 2 Unit TDA 2.2 – 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-safety. Policies include:- The Childrens Act (1989) – This states that parents and professionals must work to ensure the safety of the child. 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 in place to promote and safeguard the welfare of children who are in need.