Introduction: The smell of a new newspaper, the weight of it as you settle down to read and the way its words inform you of the world's happenings, these are only a few of the reasons why people continue to buy print media. Unfortunately, many articles now contain misrepresentations, for example in the article Baby Found Crying After Hour Locked in A Bus written by Hanna Sbeghen, childcare workers are showcased as undertrained, incapable and inattentive to their jobs and positions the reader to accept this misrepresentation of untrustworthy supervision in childcare. Found on page 10 of the Courier Mail, this article tells the tale of an 18-month-old girl who was left on a bus after being picked up by the Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Parkwood. …show more content…
With this specific audience in mind, the journalist has constructed an article with the purpose of informing parents about the risks of childcare workers and their inattentiveness, especially when Lisa states, "The same driver comes every day and Violet is her only pickup." A second purpose found in the text is the call for action for childcares to improve procedures if similar accidents ever occur and not label them in an “… incident report … as an accident or injury”. This action taken by the childcare further supports the journalist’s misrepresentation and alludes to the belief that childcare’s worry more about their reputation than the children. The journalist has used specific quotes from Lisa to support her support her misrepresentation and to create three readings throughout the …show more content…
Colloquial language is used throughout the article especially in Lisa’s interview to create a relatability to the audience with words such as, “… I went into a complete panic attack.” The use of everyday language positions the reader to be able to see themselves in the same situation and worry about the security of their children. The silencing of childcare workers is also used to stop the audience from viewing the incident from a different perspective because while the event is extremely ill-fated, the reader is not aware of events leading up to the event which could have influenced the result. This silencing positions the reader to further accept the misrepresentation and to not think about a second perspective. The image taken by Richard Gosling in the article has been placed to be one of the main focal points with a caption expressing, “DEHYDRATED: Lisa Easton’s daughter Violet was left in a hot bus.” Along with the image and caption, the visual layout consisting of an enlarged heading and by-line, and the breakout quote, “I left Violet on the bus for a long time. I’m sorry.” Affects the way the audience accepts or rejects the dominant reading. The enlarged emotive language in the by-line, heading and breakout quote and the usage of the photograph and caption, persuade the reader to focus on the emotions and effect of this
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”.
In the article “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone” by Lenore Skenazy, she expresses her disagreement with over-protectiveness of parents in our society. To persuade her audience, she most effectively uses analogies and comparisons to appeal to different types of audiences, personal anecdotes to show that she has experience with children and being a parent, and, last but not least, acknowledging the other side to show the common misconception between two opinions. Using these three types of rhetorical strategies in her article, Skenazy is able to convince readers that vigilance to children is limiting their ability to be responsible and make decisions on their
Children Act 1989 – Determines the duty of early year’s practitioners to identify and meet the separate and distinctive needs of children and to keep them safe. It initiated the belief that the child ought to be at the centre of planning and that a child’s well-being and safety are vital when judgements are made concerning them. This act also recognises the accountabilities of parents in keeping their offspring safe. In this act there are two particular segments that relate to the duty of local authority with concern to child protection, these are-
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
1.3 Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day-to-day work with children and young people
More than ever, Child protection is a topical issue. That’s why many years ago the British government, aware of the fragility and vulnerability of children to adults, has implemented a number of laws relating to children and young people in the UK. These laws are made to define the inherent right of children, and also to define the implication of their rights for all those responsible of or using any childhood services; but more specifically what we will see through the legislation concerning the rights of children, is how they may impact the work of childcarers, how they can
This assignment will discuss “Amie’s case study” and will explore some of the risks that she is exposed too and how they can have effect on her welfare. I will start by defining what is child safeguarding centred on the legislation framework of the Children Act 2004. I will also look on what is abuse and naming types of abuse, and establish the knowledge and understanding of Assessment Framework in Amie’s case. I will also look at multi-professional strategies that can provide help and protect Amie and her siblings according to legal legislation.
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.
In addition adults which working with children have an big impact on keeping children and young people safe within the setting, policies and procedures are very important an all staff that are working with children should have been informed and learned this is important because the workers must know what they have to do, what’s expected when they are working with children. Furthermore the policies in the setting will state what is expected as well as approved of the workers; they explain what the organisation does and how it should be carried out so that the child or young adult can be safe from abuse.
The nursery promised they had done all the legal checks required by the law this was later proven to be true by the police but the damage Due to the incident involving Miss George was already done and quite a few members of society lost faith in the schools and nursery’s which in turn had a huge impact on the businesses which owned them many children were removed from them for a time until society were more confident to return their children to the nursery’s.
This is a report which has been created to introduce new childcare practitioners to safeguarding within a childcare setting. This will help new practitioners to understand current legislations within the United Kingdom.
Policies and procedures are set in place to not only protect children and young people but also adults who work with them. It is vital that all professionals follow safe working practices to ensure that not only children are protected but also themselves. I have chosen to talk about in a childcare setting for this unit. An example is, if a disclosure is made by a child to a member of staff, it is vital that it is always taken seriously even if it is proven to be untrue or inaccurate. The child or young person should be listened
In each workplace there are child protection policy and procedures that set out the settings Safe working practices. As one of the past critics according to Laming inquiry is that professionals do not understand each other’s roles and did not work together in a multi-disciplinary manner. This term makes reference to how practitioners work to protect children and to protect themselves from accusations of abuse.
There are ethical issues relating to children being participants in the looked after setting. Therefore, the TMA03 study carried out debates about multi breakdowns in the care system and explored the extent to which children should be regarded as valued sources in social research instead of children being positioned as vulnerable, incompetent and relatively powerless in society and this relates to how this conceptualisation of children can be used in social research, in order for them to have reliable or consistent involvement in their decision-making.
Staff were not aware of who they could talk to, this critic’s poor management and lack of training. Staff have a duty of care according to section 11 of Children Act 2004 and yet they could not protect Daniels safety and wellbeing and failed to take any action to save his