Discrimination and Child

If you fail to take note and report any concerns of child development the child or young person’s development could be affected in various areas.

Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment should have instructions to help the child. This could be referral to an outside organisation or internally.

In order to not only promote the welfare of children within a setting but also to protect them from harm and abuse there are a number of pieces of legislation and statutory guidance that must be adhered to. Both laws and statutory guidance are mandatory and so legally enforceable and must act as a foundation of which policies and procedures within any setting can be based upon.

Be accountable for my practice and take responsibility for maintaining and improving my knowledge and skills.

1.1 Legislation is a set of laws that have been created by the government to make sure all childcare settings are run correctly. To promote positive behaviour, legislation’s such as the Children Act 1989, Human Rights Act 1998, Every Child Matters 2004, Equality Act 2010 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are followed by the setting. These Act’s include rules and regulations that a setting is required to follow in order to promote positive behaviour.

1.1 outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

It is everybody’s responsibility to safeguard children – This means every single staff member within a setting; irrelevant of what role they may have there. This also includes non-staff members, such as volunteers, student’s third-party companies (visitors, service providers etc). Each setting should therefore adopt their own safeguarding policy, of which has to be kept up to date and followed at all times.

The children act 1989 has influenced some settings by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners sustain and maintain when working with children. The act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and form partnerships with parents or carers. It requires settings to have appropriate adult to child ratios and policies and procedures on child protection. This act has had an influence in all areas of practice from planning a curriculum and record keeping. The every child matters framework has

1. Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

All aspects of my job role are regulated by policies and current legislation. The mandatory training that we attend has been designed to cover all aspects of legislation such as the Children's Act, which provides a Code of Practice to enable us provide the best possible care and support for children and young people. We also have inspections from OFSTED who ensure we are meeting, not only care standards, but also those relating to behaviour and

Remain aware of the limits of one 's own knowledge and expertise. Example: Proper recognition of stress (and understanding how to treat it) is important in helping Frank maintain his health while on the job.

In adult cases involving mental impairment(s) or mental functional limitations, this statement should also describe the opinion of the consultant about the claimant’s capacity to understand, to carry out and remember instructions, and to respond appropriately to supervision, coworkers, and work pressures in a work setting.

Discrimination is portrayed as simply as recognizing the difference between someone and a group. In addition, discrimination has extended even more than what it is defined as because it trigger pediatricians who treat children with racist parents, and for this reason the children see the reactions from their parents and mimic them. Although there are controversies as to why pediatricians experience discrimination, other believe this issue is not important.

In this article, it talks about the impact of racial discrimination on health outcomes of children of color within the United States. Close to 30 percent of the American population consist of these children that are of color. At a very young age, children of color may experience negatives actions of see negative images of their race in their daily social interaction and get the feeling that they are not equal. Most of these experiences can become very personal and deep within the history of the family causing the children's health to decline by affecting biological functioning such as your immune function making it more likely for children of color to become sick and it also impacts the mental state causing depression which can lead to more

I was never discriminated because of race, religion, gender. There is one type of discrimination that many people don't think of, your age. Normally peers don't discriminate, because for now we are all around the same, but I am a year, maybe two younger than most of you. This lead to some problems with the school system. There is a rule that if you turn 5 before a certain date you are eligible for kindergarten. I was after that date so instead of Kindergarten I went to a program called Kindersteps or Pre - Kindergarten. This normally leads into Kindergarten then into First Grade, but I skipped the kindergarten part making me a year early into the school system. Going into first grade a year early lead to some complications with the school system and it took more work than necessary to get in.