Disability Welfare System

The table below has a brief outline of the legal entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special

The social welfare in the UK is very different in practice for example benefits and services are delivered at minimum level as the coverage it widespread and can be too costly or even extensive. The social protection in which the welfare state provided is irregular and unpredictable and the services are rationed very tightly. As the services have been contracted out to self-reliant providers the control over the quality and reliability of social protection had been even more difficult to maintain. (Spicker2014)

Barriers and challenges to disabled children and young people’s participation sit within three broad areas: training, support and resources; knowledge, understanding and attitudes; process, systems and structures. Identifying and recognizing the barriers and challenges provides a good basis for planning to further disabled children’s participation.

Children Act 1989 – Protecting children’s welfare and to provide services according to the specific needs of children.

3.1. Explain the potential impact of disability on the outcomes and life chances of children

If we protect children from harm they are more likely to grow up into confident members of society. Children with a disability are three times more likely to experience abuse and neglect and it’s up to us as practitioners to recognise the signs and symptoms to protect all children.

1.identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities

This case set the precedent for “zero reject” as an accepted policy, currently without substantial debate, for all children covered under disability statute and legislation. As such, children with severe disabilities who are perceived to be uneducable due to the severity of their condition are not withheld the educational services granted their peers of lesser disability. The ability to receive and benefit from the education provided is not a factor

Adults working with SEN children spend the majority of their time supporting that child however sometimes it’s the practitioners that needs the support. The role of the practitioners can be hard work and isn’t taken lightly, the practitioner needs support from other people around them to help promote their confidence and provide the correct provision for the children. A helpful support to practitioners could be the charity Mencap. Mencap work in partnership with people with a learning disability and all our services support people to live life as they choose.

Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 places a duty on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need and to promote the upbringing of children by their families, so far as this is consistent with their welfare duty to the child, by providing an appropriate range and level of services. A child in need is one who is disabled, or unlikely either to achieve a reasonable standard of health or whose health or development will suffer unless services are provided.

Identify four legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities

Since the UK’s government hopes to reduce the deficit, it has altered the child benefit system on 7th January 2013. It will be a mean-tested rather than being a universal welfare paid to all households irrespective of the amount they earn. Specifically, families which include someone earning more than £50,000 a year will no longer to claim the full payment. It will not be entitled to any child benefit if households in which someone earn

Robert’s rights to inclusion is reinforced by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) which gave Robert the right to attend mainstream school and to be educated alongside his peer (Thomas and Vaughan, 2005). The Act strengthened further the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) which makes discrimination again Robert unlawful. The United Nation Convention on the Right of the Child Article 23, highlights that a child with a disability should have effective access to and receive an education ( Jones , 2004) Tassoni (2003) underlined that The Children Act (1989) spelled out the idea that all children have rights. It required protecting all children, but also highlighting the needs and rights of vulnerable children. As with Robert, he is a child in need and as such the school and LEA has legal duties to make sure that Robert is achieving within society.

The child benefits policy currently allocates £20.30 for the eldest child and £13.40 for any additional child. When this is added to the consumption function which is adjusted to the current income tax system, the function looks as follows;

Disabled people include veterans, survivors of a traumatic experience and people born with medical conditions. In one of the biggest work economies, China is left with a problem when the number of disabled people increases because of businesses and employers not hiring people with disabilities, this problem became a conflict because of China's one-child rule (Wrest). China conducted screenings for early-stage disability in children in 1,958 healthcare institutions in 1,662 counties, “48,000 children aged between 0-6 were diagnosed as disabled” ( Statistical Communique on the…). This is a prime example of how disabled people are unprivileged, they are not able to support their parents because of unemployment.