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.
E1 Collate evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in working Gather and present information about how the practit ioner works in promoting towards a healthy lifestyle and environment for children a healthy lifestyle and environment. E2 Provide information about legislation which supports the rights of children Present information about relevant legislation th at underpins the rights of to a healthy lifestyle children to have life, development, health, health care, education and so on. Give the full title and date of each law, eg information about The Human Rights Act 1998, Smoking, Health and Social Care Act 200. E3 Provide information about a range of factors which may affect children's Gather and present information about the range of fa ctors (which may be health and well-being at differing times in their lives positive and negative) that can affect children's health and well being. These may include social, psychological and physical factors such as: holistic view of health and well being, age/stage of children, parental health and lifestyle, environment, illness, disability, diet and exercise, rest and sleep.
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.
; This skill involves being able to recognise when a child or young person is not achieving their developmental potential or their health may be impaired and be able to refer to appropriate sources of help. It is important to identify concerns as early as possible in order to move from intervention to prevention. Children and young people go through a number of stages as they grow. These may include school or family changes and are commonly referred to as transitions. It is important to understand a child or young person in the context of their life and the impact of the transitions they may be going through.
Assignment 026 Understand How to Safeguard the Well-being of Children and Young People Task A Produce briefing notes or a report for an induction presentation aimed at new workers. The purpose of the presentation is to explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people. The presentation needs to cover the following sections. Section 1 The main current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children and young people. 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.
Since the introduction of the Children’s act 1989 the Uks policy for looked after children has concentrated on the stability and quality of the placements offered to them, and improving educational and health and other outcomes to improve their life chances. Priority areas that will be looked at are Attachments outcomes: Children entering the care system may have been abused or neglected they may have witnessed domestic violence, substance misuse, poverty, loss of a parent or inadequate parenting. They may display challenging and aggressive behaviour either before being taken into care or as a result of being taken into
• Evaluate different parenting styles and their influence on development during infancy and early childhood. Include which parenting style you feel is most effective and why. • Discuss early childhood education and its influence on cognitive development. • Include at least two references. • Format your paper to APA standards.
Play Hard" campaigns, and petitions like, change.org, forcechange.com and thelunchtray.com, these were all steps in the process of getting our kids the nutrition and health changes they needed. Now, that the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act has been implemented our schools now follow the following guidelines to ensure we are promoting a healthily eating and physical environment for our children. 1) We use a coordinated approach to develop, implement, and evaluate healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices. 2) Establish school environments that support healthy eating and physical activity. 3) We now provide a quality school meal program and ensure that students have only appealing, healthy food and drink choices offered outside of the school meal program, i.e.
Task One, Part B What interventions by schools may promote better health in children? For the purpose of this essay I will explain what intervention through schools have on the individual, and look at the importance this has in providing better health and understanding to its pupils. The main issues I will be discussing are health education, physical activity
This can include the culture in which an individual lived or was educated in as well as people or organisations they interact with. The topic of Morawska (2011) article is whether the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is acceptable to Parents from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds, it explores whether families with a culturally diverse background benefit from this programme and just how well does it aid the families who have kids with behaviour problems and does it retain the family harmony. “We examined the cultural acceptability of program materials, preferences for delivery methods, and barriers to use of the Triple PPositive Parenting Program.” Morawska et al (2011) The triple p-positive parenting programme is a parenting and family support system which had been designed to prevent behavioural or emotional problems within children as well help treat any existing issues in this matter. The aim of the programme is stop any problems that can occur in the family or school before they actually take place, it is there to help create and support family environments that encourage a child to recognize their full potential. It’s a multilevel system family intervention that provides five levels for increasing