Failure Of A Safe Environment For Children And Young Children

Within my job I have a duty of care towards all of the children and young people. This is a requirement to exercise reasonable care, attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to the harm of others. I have to make sure that I keep these children and young people safe at all times giving extra attention towards the younger more venerable children and ensure they are safe throughout. We protect them not only from physical harm but also emotional and sexual harm. It is guarding the rights of a child as they have the right to independence and be treated with respect and dignity. This extends to respecting the rights, cultural beliefs and values of the parents and family.

1.2 My expectations as a members of staff in my setting is to become a valuable practitioner, to be reliable and build good relationships with children and parents. I encourage children to play, learn and explore and I always keep in mind their best interests. I work well as a part of a team both with members of staff and parents in order to support learning and development. This will help children feel confident, safe and secure. It will make parents feel confident as well. I make sure I always follow policies and procedures in order to keep my work place safe following all the regulations and codes of practice.

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It is important to ensure children and young people are protected from harm within the setting, as the parents are leaving their children in your care with the expectation that they can trust you and your colleagues to keep their children from harm. It is difficult for parents to leave their children in an education or care setting and then go to work; they need to be confident that their children will be in safe supportive hands with people that will help them develop.

All adults who work within the secure care environment have a responsibility to themselves and Clayfields. We must exhibit a high standard of behaviour, both in 1:1 dealings with the young person/group, care affiliated professionals and the public, as our example of behaviour has a significant influence on the children’s behaviour. Good, strong teamwork between RCW's encourages good behaviour from the young people. Clayfields behaviour policy that staff should be aware of and adhere to; all new staff follow an induction programme to guarantee a dependable approach to behaviour

Working together to Safeguard Children (2013) – This significant guidance establishes the duty of care for all organisations as well as voluntary ones such as Scouts, youth groups etc., that offer services for children up to the age of 18 years old. This framework must also be obeyed by schools, social workers, health services, leisure services and police. It concentrates on the significance of shared accountability and how organisations ought to liaise and work together to safeguard children and encourage and support their welfare. There are two main principles of the framework – • Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility when working with children. •

Ensuring children and young people’s safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school, practitioners act in ‘loco parentis’ while their parents are away. As part of their legal and professional obligations, practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school, and therefore should always act in their best interests and ensure their safety – the welfare of the child is paramount (Children Act 1989). The Children Act 2004 came in with the Every Child Matters (ECM) guidelines and greatly impacted the way schools look at the care and welfare of pupils. Children and young people should be helped to learn and thrive and be given the opportunity to

There are many social, economical and cultural factors that impact on the lives of children and young people. In my role as a Young Carer’s Support Worker, I work with a number of families living with the consequences of these factors. Every Child Matters (ECM) aims to improve the outcomes and life chances of every child and young person, therefore, it is important we understand and do all we can to help them achieve the 5 outcomes of the ECM, stay safe, be healthy, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, and, achieve economic well-being.

It emphasises the important principles to be followed when working with children and young people: settings must provide a safe and secure environment, if any children are identified as suffering from abuse or likely to suffer the appropriate action must be taken.

Safeguarding is an important part of integrated working. When professionals work together in an integrated way, they put the child at the centre of all activities to help identify their holistic needs earlier to improve their life outcomes. It is important to see safeguarding as

It is important that every child feels safe no matter what environment they are in. They should feel safe when attending an early years setting as well as feeling safe in their home environment. Parents should protect their child in every situation and ensure that the child’s health and safety is the main focus when making any decision and when taking care of the child. In the early years setting practitioners should also make sure the child feels safe as they will be spending most of their time in the setting and it’s important that they feel safe when socialising with other children and early year’s professionals. The practitioners can make the child feel safe when coming into the early years setting by greeting the child and their parents.

Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners.

Working together to Safeguard Children (2010) sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. Working Together is addressed to practitioners and frontline managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and to senior and operational managers in:

As a youth worker a child/young person safety is very important. It is important to remember to notify line-management immediately if a young person discloses abuse. You should never promise a young person confidentiality as this must be broken depending on how bad the situation is. There have been many cases in England where departments have not acted fast enough resulting in a child's death

Anyone who works in the field of community service or a comparable profession has an inherent duty to children and young people. The duty is both one which is part of the humane contract that exists between individuals and the legal and ethical written contract that all professionals must be aware of. The first duty is that as a professional one needs to be aware of the rights of children: "Children and young people have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. It follows that trusted adults are expected to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and well-being of children and young people. Failure to do so may be regarded as neglect" (tameside.gov.uk, 2008). The duty of professionals revolve around keeping children safe, and protecting them as adequately as they can from any harm or abuse of a physical, sexual or emotional nature (tameside.gov.uk, 2008). Part of the duty of working around young people or children is being aware of the signs of abuse or potential problems and being able to identify those signs in the real children in front of one. For example, a child at risk could just be a product of poor parental supervision and discipline, or it could be even more serious such as parents who abuse substances or engage in domestic violence (dpc.nsw.gov.au, 2010). The professional's duty is having the ability to know the signs and know whether a problem is something that she can assist in repairing, or if it's something