Safeguarding (CT229) 1.1 Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety • E-saftey- where children are taught about the dangers of the internet. This can include the dangers of social networking sites and how children can protect their identities, themselves from bullying, and protecting their data. • Safeguarding- Any setting that looks after children must do safeguarding. This includes protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health and development; and making sure children have safe and effective care. Legislations and laws: The children act 2004: places a duty of care on organisations such as nurseries, doctors, schools and agencies to protect and promote the wellbeing of children and young people.
Norfolk Adult Education C&G 5329- LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING Assignment 1. Unit 333 Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as *Protecting children from maltreatment. *Preventing impairment of children’s health or development. *Ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care. Child protection is a part of safeguarding and promoting welfare.
School If a teacher or member of staff suspect a child is being abused or if a child has told someone they are being abused, they have the responsibility to contact the child protection officer at the school who would then contact social services and/or the police. NSPCC The charity organisation raises awareness of abuse and provides support to families and children. It also provides a helpline for people with concerns about a child or for a child that is being abused. There role is to protect children from
Child protection is part of the wider work to help safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, in regards to the activity that is used to protect children who are being abused or neglected. It involved protecting children from being mistreated. And prevent impairment of a child's development and health to ensure that they are raised in a positive way, and in a safe and caring environments. Parents and carers who fail to protect or care for their children might have to go to court, and they may have their child/children taken away from them and put into care. This doesn't happen very happen and each case varies on how critical and important the case was.
1.1 Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. Current legislation in place for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people are Children Act (1989 and 2004), Every Child Matters Framework, Health & Safety at Work Act, Education Act 2002 and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006 and 2010). This legislation’s are in place to help safeguard children and young people and to try to prevent abuse. This Act includes two important parts, which states that the local authority has a duty to investigate when “they have reasonable cause to suspect harm to a child and that services must be put in place to protect such children. The Education Act sets out the responsibilities Children’s Act 1989 This act identifies the responsibilities of parents and professionals who must work to ensure the safety of a child.
Section 47 states that the local authority has ‘ a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or likely to suffer significant harm’ Section 17 states that services must be put into place to ‘safeguard and promote the welfare of children within the area who are in need’. The Education Act 2002 sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities, governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. The Children Act 2004, which provides the legal framework for every child matters, includes the requirements for: * Services to work more closely forming an integrated service * A common assessment of children’s needs * A shared database of information which is relevant to the safety and welfare of children * Earlier support for parents who are experiencing problems. Schools must always have a policy that includes E-safety, which is the protection of young people whilst they are using the internet. They must also have policies on bullying and cyber bullying.
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.
Overall legislation is there to protect people of all ages, race, sexual orientation and cultural differences. In regards to safeguarding it is to protect children and young people. Current child protection is reviewed in response to high profile child protection cases, e.g, Maria Colwell, Victoria Climbie and Peter Connely (Baby P). There are many of pieces of legislation, which regard to safeguarding children and young people: Prevention of cruelty to children act 1889, renewed in 1904 Children Act 1908, renewed 1948, renewed in 1989, renewed in 2004, renewed 2006 Children and young people Act 1933, renewed in 1969 Sex offenders act 1997 Data protection act 1998 Human rights act 1998 protection of children act 1999 adoption and children act 2002 sexual offences act 2003 domestic violence, crime and victim act 2004 family procedure order 2005 Children’s Act legislation As a consequence of the inquiry into Victoria Climbie, the act was amended. Its purpose is to give boundaries, and help for local authorities.
It helps prevent further harm to children from intentional physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or neglect by a person responsible for a child’s health or welfare. CPS provides care for children who do not have parents or guardians and children who have little parental care provided to them. In addition to these services, it also provides services to help youth in foster care make the transition to adulthood, places children in foster care, and adoptive
TDA 2.2 : Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people Task 1.1 Identify current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) • Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004 • The Education Act 2002 • Policies which safeguard (safeguarding and protecting, and procedures for reporting, e-safety, bullying, including cyber-bullying) • Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006) • What to do if you’re worried that a child is being abused (2006) (http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/training_and_awareness/pages/lscbs.aspx Task 1.2 Describe the role of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of the children and young people. When looking or assessing the needs of individual children, there are agencies that work together in partnership to safeguard the child’s safety and welfare and there may be meetings between the child and family, health services, social services and the school. The bullet points below include agencies that work in partnership to safeguard children. The school is responsible for Following the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSC) procedures All staff attending child protection training Work with parents except if it is conflicting with the need to guarantee the child’s safety Report any concern or incident to senior colleague because confidentiality is essential and write or record a clear, accurate and truthful account of their observation on the same day Ensuring that if a referral is made to social services, that the head of the school most make sure that the report of the incident is sent to the social worker dealing with the case with in 48 hours Any child who is identified as ‘at risk’ or who has being placed in the Child Protection Register should