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.
Understanding the legislations involving children is important in creating policies that are up to date, relevant, understandable and useable. (http://www.studymode.com/essays/1-1-Outline-The-Current-Legislation-That-Underpins-59737581.html) The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is the most important reform of the law relating to this century. It brings together for the first time the law relating to the care, protection and upbringing of children. It addresses a wide range of situations from protecting children from physical and sexual abuse, through to providing support to help keep families together when times are difficult, for example, by providing services such as family centres. The order includes statements on the powers and duties of Health and Social Services Boards and Trusts.
The Act sought to emphasize the importance of inter-agency work and cooperation in meeting the needs of children and to ensure that children’s views are ascertained and represented, improve outcomes for all children, as well of those defined as “in need” under the Children Act 1989, by focusing services more effectively around the needs of children, young people and families. The laming Report following the death of Victoria Climbie was highly critical of the way the case was handled and made 108 recommendations to overhaul child protection in the UK. As a result The Every Child matters guidelines, led to this
Unit 4222-345 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people (CYP M3.3) 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation. The legislation, guidelines and policies that affect safeguarding children have come about due to the Children’s Act (1989). This act was updated in 2004 to include the principle of integrated children’s services and to also incorporate the five main principles of Every Child Matters. I will list the main legislations, guidelines and also my workplace’s policies and procedures: Children’s Act (2004) - The Act was created with a certain set of goals. Its primary purpose was to give boundaries and help for local authorities and/or other entities to better regulate official intervention in the interests of children.
The Government also recognises the important role of the local community. To ensure that local children's services reflect the needs of children and young people, local authorities and partners are required to ensure there is a good level of participation of children and young people in the design and delivery of services. A key element in the implementation of children's trusts is the development of a strategic plan by the local authority and its partners - the Children and Young People's Plan (Section 17 of the act). Integrated Services Programme The Children’s Act 2004 and the Education Act 2005 made it a statutory requirement for local authorities to change the way they provide services to children and young people. In June 2005, in Leicester, it decided to replace Education and Lifelong Learning and Social Care and Health departments with two new departments called Adult and Community Services (ACS) and Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS).
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.
CU2938 – 2.1 The duty that a setting has to safeguard its children, staff, parents carers & support its community & regulators in their inspection processes is paramount, this means that recommendations within serious case reviews offer the opportunity to examine current practice, what's happening and how it happens, within the setting and externally with other organisations/agencies/service providers. Through this, practitioners can pass on information via their meeting agendas or promotion of their open door policy for raising concerns about practice or other, that anyone feels has the potential to contribute to or cause children's vulnerability. It helps everyone look at information and sharing it, storing it, transporting it,
1.1 – Identify the features of effective partnership working The policy of person centred care has become a mainstay of efforts to reform care services in the UK. Government policy is now built around this core concept, a major aspect of which is enabling individuals to participate in decision making about their care and care planning at every level. By concentrating on the individuals wishes and aspirations and placing them at the centre of a “planning circle” the care team can assist with goal setting to ensure their best interests are maintained and the individuals preferences are considered. Working in partnership is a key element of practice within social care settings. The concepts of power sharing, consultation and joint ways of working are essential for effective service provision.
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 -
When we take care of children, we are also helping the human species find the truth and understand the world. (Gopnik et al. 1999: 211) This chapter begins by looking at what elements need to be in place to ensure that children develop to their full potential and have opportunities to explore and extend all their capacities and capabilities. It will further explore the generalized impact on children’s development of social breakdown because of war and conflict – looking in detail at the developmental processes of early childhood, and noting what happens when that progress is interrupted. The major theories of play will be outlined, with the emphasis here on play not only as a necessary feature of childhood and essential component of development, but also as a means to regain ‘lost childhoods’.