September 2014 Janice Munden – Heathfarm School – Level 3 SSTLS Unit 11 : Section 1 – Understand the main legislation, guidelines policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people * 1.1 – Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of C/YP The key pieces of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are The Children’s Act 1989 : Children’s Act 2004, Childcare Act 2006 and others. I have listed several below. 1. Children’s Act 1989 – sets out principals to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significate harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. 2.
* This act strengthens the rights of children with special educational needs to be educated in mainstream schools. It also provides parents of children with special needs with advice and information. SEN code of practice 2001 (revised 2002) - what does this do? * SEN code of practice 2001 provides guidelines for schools and LEAs about the practical help they can give to children with special educational needs. Statutory Assessment of Special Educational Needs- this means?
The EYFS specifies requirements for learning and development and for safeguarding and welfare. All early years settings must structure activities and experiences around the areas of learning and development. Providers must help children work towards their early learning goals and have arrangements in place for assessing and measuring progress and be able to fulfil the requirements for reporting to parents and carers. The EYFS covers the requirements that providers must take to keep children safe and promote their welfare. The EYFS has four overarching guiding principles that should shape early years settings these are defined as: *
Local Authorities have ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm’. The Education Act 2002 outlines the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs), Governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. The Children Act 2004 highlights the need for all agencies involved in children’s services to work together to improve the well-being of children and young people. It is the responsibility of teachers and teaching assistants to be familiar with and implement policies regarding safeguarding children. The Every Child Matters agenda defines what is meant by the ‘well-being’ of children through the five outcomes that schools and teachers aim for every child to reach: be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, achieve economic well-being.
There are more than just a couple of acts in place the education act 2002 is one of them which requires school governing bodies, local education and further education institutions to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, adoption and children’s act 2002 which amends the children act 1989 with definition of harm which now includes a child witnessing violence. There are also two main categories covering the legislation of child protection, civil law and criminal law, criminal law deals with people who have committed or who are at risk of committing an offence against children. The uk council for child internet safety was launched in 2008 in response to concerns about internet safety. Its role is to safeguard children in relation to this issue. The council has produced a strategy to increase awareness of internet safety, set out measures to protect children from unsuitable sites and establish codes of practice.
It sets out the duties and powers available to public authorities to support children and their families and to intervene when the child's welfare requires it. Under pressure over serious child protection cases, the 2001Scottish executive published a children's charter, setting out how carers and professionals should protect and respect rights of children. The Protection of Children Act 1999 was passed in England, aiming to prevent paedophiles from working with children; a similar act was passed in Scotland in 2003. (Scottish Executive Publications) Government Policies and Looked After Children Looked After Children fall into two main categories: 1) Looked After and Accommodated: children and young people placed by the local authority and/or the Children’s Hearings system with foster carers, adoption services, residential care homes, with relatives in kinship care. 2) Looked After at Home under a supervision order, at home with parents receiving support and assistance to address issues of why they are in need of care.
The requirements in this document have statutory force by virtue of Section 44 (1) of the Childcare Act 2006. Source: pg 7 statutory framework document National and local guidance materials that we use are the EYFS, OFSTED standards, our own council and Government standards, UN convention laws and the settings policies and procedures. 1.2 I tend to focus on a child led and centred approach to gain the full potential from the child, but I have found that an adult led approach can work for some children that are in the transition period as they feel that security from their key carer. I also focus on Piagets’ theory on “The preoperational stage” with the childs egocentrism in the birth to seven stage where the child only thinks for themselves and has no concept of the world around them and work from that. 1.3 The EYFS has a personal and individual approach because every practioner and child is different.
CYP 3.3 Understand how to Safeguards the well-being of children and young people. 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Current legislation, guidelines, Policies and procedures UK Home Nation for safeguarding children; The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 states children’s rights to protection from abuse; the right to express their views and be listened to; the right to care; services for disabled children, services for children living away from home. The protection of Children Act (1999), this act is designed to set out the child protection duties of local authorities; it defines the term ‘significant harm’. This must have provision for children and their families, every local authority has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their own area who are in particular need.
The intention of this assignment is to explore the roles and responsibilities of professional agencies working with children and their families. In this assignment police, health care, and teaching services will be looked at. In addition to this, this assignment will look at possible dilemmas faced by professional services that work with children and families, and how the Every Child Matters agenda has influenced service provision today. Every Child Matters is defined as; a policy strategy which is a shared programme of change to improve outcomes for all children and young people. It takes forward the UK government’s ‘vision of radical reform’ for children, young people, and families.
SAFEGUARDING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. Task1 There are currently the following legislations in place to safeguard children and young people. The Children Act1989 which identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals and states the Local Authorities duties. The Education Act 2002 sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities, governing bodies, head teachers and all other people working in schools. The Children Act 2004 provides Legal Framework, including a database between services responsible for children and young people.