Improve decisions about whether further specialist assessment is required and, if necessary, provide information to contribute to it. Provide better, more evidence base information to targeted and specialist services. The holistic approach adopted by the common assessment focuses on three assessment areas for the safeguarding of the children. • Development of the child or young person How well the child or young person is developing, including their health, emotional and social development, and progress in learning. • Parents and carers How well parents and carers are able to support their child or young person’s development and respond appropriately to their needs.
Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people birth – 19 years. 2. Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice. 3. Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following expected pattern 4.
* The role of Local Safeguarding Children boards. * The process to be followed when there are concerns about a child * The action to be taken to safeguard and promote the welfare of child experiencing risk or harm. * The important principles to followed when working with children and families, * Training requirements for effective child protection. Above taken from: https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/00305-2010DOM-EN.pdf This act is supported in my school in the “safeguarding policy”. It states that “all staff are required to read chapters 1 & 2 of working together to safeguard children and to understand the principles in order to perform their roles effectively.
In England the main current legislations and guidelines that apply are: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2008, Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004,Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010, Protection of Children Act 1999,Police Act 1997. Children Act 1989 – This act was brought in to reform and simplify the existing laws protecting children and young people in the UK at the time. It gave children and young people equal rights, feelings and wishes, and that their welfare is paramount. It also made clear that local authorities have a duty to provide services for children in need, their families and others. Children Act 2004 – The Children Act 2004 was brought about following an independent inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié by Lord Laming.
Assessment task – CYP 3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety Important: Within the evidence for the tasks below where relevant you also need to show examples of how you embed the knowledge into your own /the settings practice. Please remember you must show your own knowledge and practice do not copy what is in your research materials. Plagiarism is taken seriously. Providing a safe environment for children and young people requires knowledge of understanding of hazards and an ability to assess and manage risk. Task 1 links to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4.
The Act appointed lead councillors for the local child welfare responsibilities. The statutory guidance Working together to Safeguard Children 2006gives advice on how different agencies should work together in order to promote the welfare of the children and young people and how they should work together to safeguard children. This was then updated in 2010 to reflect the law changes and the recommendations in Lord Lamings report. The UN
Tassoni. P (2007) says that “we need to work as part of a team to provide a quality service for children and their parents”. We also need to work with the parents and show respect towards them and encourage parent’s involvement within the setting. Tassoni says that “early years setting will have a management structure which should clarify practitioner’s responsibilities”. A responsibility practitioners have is to make sure the health of the child is paramount this could be by preventing hazards and carrying out risk assessments and safety checks.
Guidelines should be drawn up to outline what is expected of each department, how reports should be written and discuss the best way to work as part of a multi agency team. 1.6 Explain the assessment frameworks that are used in own UK Home Nation The assessment framework used in the UK is the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). The CAF is designed to be a working framework between all professionals who work with children in the Early Years. The aim of the CAF is to make sure that any needs that have been identified for a child, are addressed and dealt with using the correct professional. It is set out to achieve a goal that all agencies work together, with the same common denominator.
The tasks below will help you to become more familiar with them.Task 1 - [1.1,1.2]Outline the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. Include how child protection within the wider concept affects the safeguarding of children and young people.Task 2 - [1.3] Analyse how national and local guidelines,policies and procedures for safeguarding affect the day to day work with pupils in school. For example - child protection , risk assessment Task 3 - [1.4]Explain when and why inquiries and serious case reviews are required and how the sharing of the findings informs practice. Task 4 - [1.5] Provide an explanation on the processes used by own work setting -
Unit 140 Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people Outcome 1, Ac 1 There are several main pieces of legislation that cover the safeguarding of children and young people. They are: • The Children’s Order 1995 (Northern Ireland) was put together to provide a practical guide to child care laws in Northern Ireland. It affects all those who work with children including parents or carers (paid or volunteers). All those who work with children should work together in the event of allegations of child abuse. If possible children are to be brought up with their own families and social services aim is to provide support to help families instead of moving children form their home.