Level 3 diploma for the children and young peoples workforce - Safeguarding

Understand how to plan & provide environments & services that support children & young people’s health & safety.

when the child or young person may become seriously ill or a family member or close friend

The student does not have the right to decide his punishment. The school official in

Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people.

Physical: is non-accidental use of force against any person that results in physical pain, injury, impairment or confinement. Signs of physical abuse are, injuries that are consistent with physical abuse, present of several injuries of a variety of ages, Injuries that have not received medical attention, a person being taken to many different places to receive medical attention, Skin infections, unexplained weight changes or medication being lost, behavior that indicates that the person is afraid of the perpetrator, change of behavior or avoiding the perpetrator.

Safeguarding children and young people is everybody’s responsibility.   It should be a concern of the whole community and all public services, not just ones providing directly to children and young people.

records must be taken of what has been said by the individual; these records must also include the date, time and place

Unit 051 – Promote Communication in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young Peoples Settings.

The risk need only be of some harm – not of serious harm, LARKIN (1943). An act aimed at property can still be such that a sober and reasonable person would realise the risk of some harm, GOODFELLOW (1986). There must be a risk of physical harm; mere fear is not enough, DAWSON (1985). The unlawful act must cause the death. The normal rules of causation apply; the act must be the physical and legal cause of death.

* Help managers to monitor and evaluate the quality and performance of the service to children and young people

“Single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress including physical, emotional, verbal, financial, sexual, racial abuse, neglect and abuse through misapplication of drugs.”

* Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Making sure children and young people are safeguarded with in the setting is of major importance.

Ed.2d 305 (1986), which stated “more than loss of pay is required to demonstrate discipline or discharge,”

The workers’ main focuses on ensuring the social, physical, psychological and emotional well-being of the children served. This is done by investigating allegation of neglect or abuse, do home visits, and providing assessments to determine whether a guardian or