329 Supervise children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting 1.1 Explain the organisational and legal requirements for supervising children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside the setting. There are various organisational and legal requirements for supervising children on journeys, visits and activities outside of the school setting. These include policies and procedures which should be carried out by the school including risk assessments of areas that will be visited. Risks assessments will identify any hazards and/or dangers and who might be harmed and how this may happen, allow the risks to be evaluated and check if the precautions are sufficient. They also allow staff to record their findings and review and revise assessments if necessary.
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.
Data Protection Act 1998 | Affects schools by having to follow the following guidelines: Schools must register all personal data they hold and state the purposes for which it is required to be held and all processing undertaken by schools must be fair and lawful, accurate and up-to-date, and the data held must be adequate, relevant, not excessive and be held for no longer than is necessary. | Children’s Act 2004 | Affects schools by having to follow the following guidelines: Schools must follow the every child matters framework which needs to be delivered following the 5 basic outcomes. They have to offer parents extended school via breakfast club and extra-curricular activities and ensure all staff have received sufficient guidance or training on the every child matters framework in order for it to be delivered effectively.
* Written Questioning CYP 3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety Providing a safe environment for children and young people requires knowledge of understanding of hazards and an ability to assess and manage risk. 3.1) Explain why it is important to take a balanced approach to risk management. 3.2) Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and Health and Safety requirements. 3.3) Can you give an example from your own practice of supporting children to assess and manage risk? 4.1) Explain the policies and procedures of your setting in response to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness.
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.
208.1.1 Describe how current Health and Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the school The key points of this act are to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons in the workplace. For protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of people at work. To find this information I researched HSE.gov.uk The School promotes Health and Safety for children and staff and others using the school premises. The school always sends a letter to parents to ask if their children have any disabilities, ailments or allergies that we need to know of, inhalers and relevant medication are kept in the school office. There is a strict rule that needs to be followed concerning children being picked up from school and if parents cannot pick their children up, meaning someone else picking them up, the school needs to know to avoid any risks of child abduction.
The most widely used safety symbol is the kite-mark. Many items must also meet European regulations and they will carry the CE symbol to show that these regulations have been met. Another symbol which can also be seen on equipment, usually toys is the Lion Mark. Equipment used within the setting is also age and ability appropriate to avoid any unnecessary accidents which may occur if the equipment isn’t used correctly. The schools health and safety policy also states that all employees have a legal obligation to take reasonable care for their own health and safety, for the safety of others and to cooperate with the Head Teacher in fulfilling the
Children need to be able to feel safe and comfortable in their surrounding and who they are with. It’s vital to teach them about possible dangers that may arise and how to deal with them. A great way to learn about certain safety issues is to incorporate it within the themes that Is being taught to the children such as road side awareness explaining to them about crossing the roads and teaching them the green cross code - stop, look and listen etc. When teaching the children all about the bodies, letting them learn the names of body parts we can also explain to them during this time that it’s their body and what is normal and what’s not. Depending on age they can be provided with child friendly websites that allows them to read for themselves.
The purpose of a SCR is to; -- establish whether there are any lessons to be learnt from the case about inter-agency working. -- to clearly identify what these lessons are, how they will be acted upon and what is expected to change as a result. -- to improve inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children" CU2940 A partnership is an arrangement between two or more groups, organizations or individuals to work together to achieve common aims. The term is now widely used, and sometimes it’s applied to situations where one powerful organization is doing no more than consult with others, or where one organization is simply buying something off another. But these are not real partnerships in the true sense.
It sets out recruitment best practice, some underpinned by legislation, for the school, local authority, and further education education sectors. All schools should protect children and promote their welfare by providing a safe environment for children to learn in. Creating a culture which recognises and understands the importance of safeguarding - including listening to and discussing with children. Identifying children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, both at school and at home, and referring immediately any concerns to the local authority children’s social care services. Preventing unsuitable people from working with children.