unit 4227-071 1.1 explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people: 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. This is used in residential care to ensure that children and young people are safeguarded and are given the right amount of care that they need, ofsted will look at how well children are looked after in any setting where a child is being cared for outside their home setting.if standards are not met then the home will either be shut or given tasks to improve the quality of care that children and young people are recieveing. Children Act 1989 - Parents and professionals must work to ensure the safety of the child. Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child suspect that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. It is important that care givers follow this as if a child comes to harm or has suffered neglect the caregiver could face legal action.
CYP3.3 1.2 Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people. Every school or establishment that deals with children, are required to have a safeguarding policy in place, which should be re-evaluated as well as updated on a regular basis. The term “Child Protection’ is increasingly being altered by that of “Safeguarding,” Child protection is idiosyncratically about abuse, it also comes under an umbrella term called safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we do, all the policies and procedures we have that help keep the children safe. Safeguarding a child or young person is also to ensure that they have the outlook to achieve their true potential and have the right to be protected from abuse, such as: Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional abuse Neglect Exploitation This also shows the consequence of shared responsibilities as there can be many different agencies involved in dealing with each case.
Outline current legislation, guildelines, policies and procedures within own UK home National affecting the safeguarding of children and young people • That it is not easy for a CYP to make a disclosure of abuse, ill treatment or neglect and that the consequences of such a disclosure are likely to have profound effects on the CYP. Therefore I would need to: Listen and acknowledge what it being said Be reassuring and calm Be aware that the CYP ability to recount their concerns or allegation will depend on age, culture, language and communications skills and disability. That I do not promise full confidentiality & that I will explain what I will do next. That it is not my role or responsibility to investigate allegations. • The importance of undertaking and updating safeguarding training As a foster carer the protection and safeguarding of CYP is paramount to the work I undertake as a foster carer.
Abstract This paper will analyze the practice of intercountry adoption and its legal and human rights implications. Much debate exists in the international community as to the justification for intercountry adoption and how to best ensure the well being of children around the world. This analysis will illustrate a brief historical account of intercountry adoption and how this practice has come to be, explore the various arguments in support and opposition of intercountry adoption, then turn to existing international law relevant to the issue. This analytical process will demonstrate how intercountry adoption poses various challenges to international law, and will argue that the international legal system is currently ill-equipped to govern this system in a safe and secure manner. I.
Current Legislation that Underpins the Safeguarding of Children and Young People. There is a lot of legislation relating to children and young people in the UK. Such as: Children’s Act 1948 Children and Young Person Act 1963 The Children’s Act 1989 Protection of Children Act 1999 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child The Human Rights Act 2000 Data Protection Act 1998 Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 Adoption and Children Act 2002 Education Act 2002 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Everychild Matters 2005 Children Act 2004 Equality Act 2010 (Amended 2012) Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013 These frameworks have changed over time as our understanding and thresholds for concern about children have changed. One thing that leads to legislation or at least a review of old is a Serious Care Review (SCR). Upon investigating SCR I have found from Working Together to Safeguard Children Guidance 2010 chapter that.
Anti-discriminatory law has changed mostly in relation to disability with new legislation now covering discrimination by association, perception and indirect discrimination. The law relating to direct disability discrimination now covers access to goods and services and not just work related discrimination. Under the new Act reasonable adjustments must be made where there is a substantial disadvantage. Service providers are now required to take steps in advance to address barriers that impede disabled people and not wait until a disabled person experiences difficulty before making a necessary adjustment. The UN convention on the rights of the child – adopted by the united nations in November 1989, spells out the basic human rights to which children everywhere are entitled.
TDA 2.4: Equality, Diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people. 1.1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. Child Act 1989 - This allocated duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom, to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It centres on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however, it also makes provisions for instances when parents and families do not co-operate with statutory bodies.
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.
Unit 16 - P5 Understanding Safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) Policies, procedures and practiced in place for safe working with children include Children Acts 1989 and 2004 which discuss protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development, both directly linked with the safe working of children and young people. There are four types of ‘child abuse’. They are defined in the UK Government guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010’ (1.33 – 1.36) as follows: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual abuse, and Neglect. Behaviours indicating possible concern with regards to safeguarding children are as follows; Physical abuse - bruises to the eyes, mouth, or ears, fingertip bruising (grasp mark), bruises of different ages in the same place. Outline bruises (hand prints, belts or shoes).
It also involves protecting children and young people from maltreatment and preventing impairment of a child’s health and development by ensuring children are raised in positive circumstances by providing safe and caring environments. Parents and carers who fail to protect or care for their children could then be taken to court and the child be then removed from the home and placed in care. The UN Convention is a set of principles about the way how to protect children from discrimination, neglect and abuse. It is the principal children's treaty, covering a full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It grants rights for children in peacetime as well as during armed conflict, and provides for the implementation of those rights.