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    guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people, compile a folder to include the following documents: an outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. In 1989 the Children Act was introduced and brought changes to the legislation in the area of welfare of children. This was to make parents/carers and those who work with children accountable for the child’s safety. Its main

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    14 -Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people are - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 - which ensure that children are safe and looked after, children have the right to be protected from all forms of physical

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    Introduction This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is ‘separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom has responsibility to do so’ (UNHCR, 1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right. Discrimination is the process of identifying that

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    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

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    of enquiry" This report looked into abuse within children's homes in North Wales between 1974 and 1976 The enquiry was conducted by Sir Ronald Waterhouse. The reports of abuse were made by children living in the Children's homes of North Wales. One of the Managers Named Alison heard the reports from the children themselves. The reports were taken to her superiors who did nothing about it. Further to that Alison took her reports to the police, the social services denied any further investigations.

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    Assignment 1 Current Legislation Covering Homebased Childcare And The Role Of The Regulatory Bodies Children Act (2004) This influential piece of legislation arose from the Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’ and identifies five outcomes for all children: * Be healthy * Stay safe * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive contribution * Achieve economic well-being Childcare Act (2006) This Act introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum into England and Wales, and place a

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    1.1 outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. There are many policies and procedures within the UK that outline the current legislation and guidelines to help with safeguarding children and young people. The Children Act 1989 The integral part of this act is to maintain the child is at the forefront of decisions; the best option in relation to the child’s welfare will be taken into account

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    1.1- Analyse legal requirements and guidance relating to the safeguarding of children. Law and guidance are put in place for everyone to follow to ensure children’s safety and wellbeing in and outside of the work place. 1. Legislation gives a broad directive on what must be achieved regarding child protection and safeguarding. 2. Statutory guidance is more specific and gives details on how the law should be implemented in early years setting and services. Laws and statutory guidance are compulsory

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    defined as “a person who has not attained the age of 18”. Children between the ages of 10 and 14 are deemed to be incapable of forming criminal intent. This presumption can, however be rebutted by proving that the child in question knew that his or her behaviour was ‘seriously wrong’ for example it was more than simply naughty. In accordance with the law young people between the ages of 14 and18 are treated like

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    within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people. The definition of child protection is the process of protecting individual children identified as either suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm because of abuse or neglect. The term child protection is increasingly being replaced by ‘safeguarding’. Safeguarding has been described as; ‘a broader definition of the range of ways in which adults and professionals working with children need to act when dealing with child protection

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