Unit 333 – Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 – Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. The safe guarding of children has only been developed in the last 50 years. However it is a vital part of working with children. The legislations, guidelines and policies for safeguarding are updated all the time for the best interest of the children. The current legislations are as follows;
CYP CORE 3.3: 2.1 – Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people. 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. As professionals, we have a duty to ensure that children and young people are protected while they are in our care and that where we have other concerns outside school, these are investigated fully. School
Principle 7 Support and enable risk management and risk taking to maximise independence and choice. Expound these 7 principles for discussion. Outline the procedure for protecting clients, patients, and colleagues from harm Stepped approach to safeguarding by the BMA: Step 1: Prevention – identifying adults who may be vulnerable . Identifying and recording factors that may contribute to a patient’s vulnerability can be a vital first step in ensuring that he or she receives necessary support
Nation for safeguarding children The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 was approved by the UK on the 16th December 1991. This includes: • Children’s rights to protection from abuse • The right to express their views and be listened to • The right to care • Services for disabled children • Services for children living away from home This convention is used as guidance and is not a part of U.K law. There is no one set legislation that covers safeguarding children
Current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within the UK affecting the safeguarding of children and young people There are legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures within the UK that are in place to help safeguard children and young people in the community. Some of these are; The Children Act 1989 This is an act to amend previous laws relating to children: To provide for local authority services for children in need and others: To make provision for those who foster, childmind
guidelines and policies inform safeguarding practices and outlines responsibilities for all practitioners. Children Act 1989 Allocates duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the UK to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It focuses on the idea that children are best cared for by their own families, however it also makes provisions for parents and families who do not cooperate with the professional bodies. The Data Protection Act 1989 All those involved
Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people. Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people. 1.1 Outline the current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people within own UK Home Nations. There is no one piece of legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people in the United Kingdom but there are countless that are constantly
current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Any individual who comes into contact with children in their daily line of work “has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”. Safeguarding means protecting and promoting the child’s welfare and putting measure in place to prevent abuse. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reason to believe that the child has suffered or are likely
! Safeguarding The Wellbeing Of Children And Young People! Safeguarding is a measure taken to having suitable policies, procedures and risk assessments as guide to protect service users who may for some reason under personal circumstances be vulnerable to abuse. It should be regarded as ‘everybody’s business’ and must commit to ensuring children, young people and vulnerable adults are protected from any form of mistreatment.! ! ! ! Purpose of the policy! ! To protect and promote
There are a variety of ways to deal with disagreements between children, young people and adults. These are some examples; 2 children have a disagreement at playtime and start to pull each others ' coat hoods, I would explain to them that this could result in them hurting the other person or they could damage the coat. That the behaviour must stop and if it happens again there is a consequence. 2 young people were having a heated debate. I would isolate them and give them time to calm down, and then