When working with children and young people it is important to know the aims and responsibilities for your setting. The government frame work, Every Child Matters (ECM) places great importance on partnership working. The five outcomes for ECM are • Be healthy • Stay safe • Enjoy and achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic well-being It is very important that everyone working together with children and young people finds out about the five outcomes and bases their working practice
D1 In this report I am going to be evaluating the regulation of care provision for looked after children. I am going to be talking about four and evaluating what the benefits and barriers are with each one. The four I am going to be discussing are CRB/DBS checks, OFSTED, General Teaching Council and the General Social Care Council. CRB/DBS Checks CRB checks are checks that have to be carried out on anyone person who works with children or vulnerable adults in either a paid or voluntary position
Why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families. Children become looked after when their parents are unable to provide on-going care in either a temporary or permanent capacity. The number of looked after children and young people has increased every year for the last decade – but the number who are looked after as a result of their own offending behaviour is small. Instead, the overwhelming majority are looked after for their own care and protection: o Some have
Unit 087: Work with Children and Young People in a Residential Care Setting 1 Understand the legal, policy, rights and theoretical framework for residential care for children and young people 1.1 Explain Current theoretical approaches to residential provision for children and young people: Attachment theory – a model of psychology that tries to how long-term and short-term interpersonal relationships between people develop. Separation/Loss theory tries to explain the insecure attachment behaviour
Is foster-care the best place for a looked after child? Every child is entitled to feel respected, safe, loved and feel that they belong. It must, however, be recognised that society and families are changing and become acquainted with the life-changing impact these changes have on children. Every 22 minutes, a child comes into care in need of a foster family. But is foster-care the best option for these children or is foster-care becoming a cost-effective blanket approach for children requiring
Contribute to Children and Young People 's Health and Safety. 1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting; Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) is an essential piece of legislation to have within a work setting. Employers are legally obliged to follow all regulations of the HSWA in order consistently maintain a safe setting, and ensure all employees and service users are protected. The HSWA states that employees must
to: ‘the impact of multiple breakdowns in long term fostering or permanency (Adoption) placements in the UK for looked after children and young people. Little (2010) study had attempted to explain the impact on the children due to placement breakdowns and the reasons behind the breakdowns. The strengths identified was taken from Little (2010) study, according to Little (2010) children have enjoyed the changes from non-government organisations and the central government, from the other article findings
regarding looked after children in the UK, dating back to the late 1970’s. It will examine how the policy has evolved over the last thirty years, and whether political and economical influences have impacted on its development. This essay will also seek to explore what impact the policies regarding looked after children have on the members of society it is aimed at assisting. The definition of a ‘looked after child’ is an individual, up to the age of 18 who has been placed in the care of the local
Within this assignment I will evaluate the regulation of care provision for looked after children. I found that two organisations supports and give guidance to schools and services which support looked after children (OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission). They are both similar but highly different in which institutes they inspect. I have analysed the OFSTED report for Pool Hayes Arts and Community School. This showed and supported the roles and responsibilities I have explained in my previous
Care for Children and Young People. Q. Describe health and social care services provision for looked- after children and young people (Pass 3). Organisation of care provision. Care is provided for children and young people by the following agencies; -Central and local government. -The voluntary sector. -Private providers. -Provision for young offenders. Central government. There are a number of departments and services within central government as detail below. Department of