The wrong person could receive the information and put the adult and child’s safety at risk. • Every matter relating to safe guarding is confidential. • The staffs at the work settings need to know that they have professional responsibility to share information with other agencies in order to safe guard children. • The head of the centre or the designated member of staff will disclose any information about child to other member of staff on a need to know basis only. • All the staff at the work setting aim to ensure that all the parents and carers can share their information with confidence that will be used to enhance the welfare of their children • Development records ( observation, planning ,photographs,….)
HSC 3045 In my company we work using the BI.L.D positive behaviour support, as about half of young people with challenging behavior and learning disabilities are subject to physical interventions and restraint. We have intense training provided to us before we begin working in any of the homes and we are given examples of previous restraints, and how to calm the situation down and not needing to use physical interventions, we also have a in-depth procedure to follow if a restraint has taken place to protect the young people and staff involved and we also carry out a key work session with theyoung person afterwards and if needs to we take the young person to the gp to check them over if they request to do so. In my work setting we do not focus on physical restraints we focus on positive behavior and we focus on supporting positive behavior and ways to maintain it. Physical interventions are only ever used as a last resort. All organizations have a responsibility to ensure staff have the right skills to target young peoples negative bahaviour independently without the use of restraint We have a restraint policy and physical restraints can only be used by staff that are c.p.i trained to B.I.L.D standard, we have also recently introduced a restriction of movement policy which allows the staff team to lock certain doors and windows to prevent harm or injury to the young people, and to reduce the risks of them hurting themselves.
The behaviour policy should be clear for all staff, pupils and parents to understand and be followed at all times. Anti-bullying policy The anti-bullying policy is something all pupils should follow; staff should encourage good behaviour and respect for others and prevent any form of bullying. Any child that feels they are being bullied should feel comfortable enough to talk to any member of staff and all parents should feel equally as comfortable in talking to a member of staff knowing that it will get dealt with in the right way following the policy put in place. Attendance For children and young people to get the best out of their education it is vital they attend school regularly; regular time off school will seriously affect their learning and routine. It is an offence to keep children off school without a good reason and may result in the parents being prosecuted.
• All staff follow a set of rules for the setting where certain behaviours are not acceptable and we have strategies in place to discourage behaviour which may harm or distress others. • Observing and assessing children throughout their time at playgroup and put individual play plans/learning plans into place if they are needed. These play plans will be discussed with parents and any other agencies that may be needed – for example, speech and language therapy. • All staff to have up to date training and knowledge of the ways that children may be abused by others and are aware of signs of neglect and abuse and to know what to do in situations where there is cause for concern. Outcome 2 2.1 An example of a conflict or dilemma that has arisen in my setting between the duty of care and the child’s individual rights is that the child wanted to go down the slide backwards and take risks, but for the safety reasons due to the height of the slide and having no handles on the slide, I assisted the child down the slide backwards, and stayed close while the child climbed.
The nominated Health and Safety Officer will, normally carry out, the risk assessment. Once a risk assessment has been carried out and the hazards have been identified, then a method statement can be developed which takes account of the identified hazards. The method statement should be read and understood by all members of staff and volunteers who are directly involved with supervising the children with that activity. Understand how to support children/ young people to assess and manage risk themselves. The most obvious method of supporting children to manage risk is by acting as a role model to the Health and Safety children whereby an adult demonstrates a good approach to risk management by adhering to the policy, and generally displaying best practise techniques that can be understood by the
The Data Protection Act Over the recent years, the Data Protection Act has been put into place into organisations, such as the NHS, which prevents certain data being held about an individual without their permission. The data protection act prevents discriminatory practices take place in a health and social care setting. The Data Protection Act means that you have a right to ask an organisation not to hold or use information about you that causes substantial unwarranted damage or distress. The data protection act prevents this having a negative effect on an individual’s physical and mental wellbeing as revealing information would be an infringement of rights as it is a person’s human rights to have their data protected. If confidential data is shared publicly this could cause an individual’s self-esteem to decrease dramatically therefore the implementation of the data protection act in organisations is essential so this does not take place.
This means not to treat anyone with a disability different, and to treat them right according to their needs. Data Protection Act 1948 also influences me when working with children because everyone who works with children knows that confidentiality is one of the main priorities when working with children. The Data Protection Act 1948 makes sure that no child’s information is available to anyone, unless it’s to do with the courts. It also means that when working with the children you cannot talk about the children with family and friends. This law is all about making sure
The behaviour policy should be clear for all staff, pupils and parents to understand and be followed at all times. Anti-bullying policy The anti-bullying policy is something all pupils should follow; staff should encourage good behaviour and respect for others and prevent any form of bullying. Any child that feels they are being bullied should feel comfortable enough to talk to any member of staff and all parents should feel equally as comfortable in talking to a member of staff knowing that it will get dealt with in the right way following the policy put in place. Attendance For children and young people to get the best out of their education it is vital they attend school regularly, regular time off school will seriously affect their learning and routine. It is an offence to keep children off school without a good reason and may result in the parents being prosecuted.
As with all children and young people the activity they are participating in needs to be in a safe environment and all staff are responsible and accountable to ensure this. 2.In my place of work all staff are responsible for health and safety if for example we see a cracked or broken plug it is our duty to report it to our manager or an appropriate person and make sure it is not used until properly
You must always be aware of yours and the children’s surroundings as it is your vigilance that will keep them safe until they are able to develop the cognitive and physical skills they need to care for themselves. Your duty of care to the children also requires you to be conversant in the settings emergency procedures, as there is no time to stop and read once the alarm has been raised, for example, a missing child. Every minute the child is missing, the higher the risk of them sustaining an injury, or being harmed by someone outside of the setting. In the event of an emergency your duty of care will also extend to the parents/carers aftercare, as they