There are many way in which national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affects the day to day work with the young people I work with. Firstly the Children’s Act 1989 is a piece of legislation that is in place to ensure that the best interest…
safeguarding and promoting children’s health and this requirement covers the day to day running of a nursery or setting ,so things such as planning activities and undertaking risk assessments, as well as the health and safety of children in the setting, and to ensure that you are meeting these practitioners need to keep up to date with all requirements ,specific legal and statutory guidance which cover things such as behavior management , children’s meals and making sure that the environment is safe for the children.…
All the Government legislative documents such as the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010, The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families 2000, The Protection of Children Act 1999, The Children Act 2004, Every Child Matters and The Department for Education’s Early Years Foundation Stage Framework as well as the requirements set out by local national councils govern the procedures and policies employed by professionals working with children and how this affects their day to day. For example the police service is required under national legislation to contact the LSCB whenever they are called to an incident where a child is or could be at risk of harm in the future. LSCB is then required to work with all the organisations and agencies that work with that child and their family including the local Children’s Centre, Health Visitor and/or GP, the child’s school or nursery to work in supporting the child’s welfare and safety. These agencies all work within the guidelines set out in legislation and determines the structures and time scales in which they must comply.…
We are also governed by the Children Act 1989 which was revised in 2004 due to shortfalls and the unfortunate case of Victoria Climbe and the Lord Laming report. Which then as a result introduced the production of the Every Child Matters initiative. In brief this outlines how we as care professionals should work together to/ safeguard Children and young people. It emphasises the need for sharing of information and multidisciplinary approach. In my care setting we are also governed by the Care…
Within childcare practice we must be aware that we have a clear and defined role in relation to child protection. Professionals working with children/young people i.e. teaching assistants, volunteers,…
A.C 1.3 – Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people.…
It provides statutory and non-statutory guidance to organisations and practitioners on how we should work together to safeguarding children. It applies to people who work in education, health and social care and also to the police and probation service. It states:…
In England the law states that all practitioners working with children have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004.…
The Education Act 2002 poses a duty on education authorities to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people. This affects my day to day work as I must be aware of the child protection procedures at all times, such as how to spot the signs of abuse, how and who to report my concerns, how to maintain a safe school environment, be aware of the health and safety of children and to be able to undertake any training required of me.…
Protection of children acts 1999, as part of this Act people who are seen as unsuitable to work with children are now placed on a register. The settings then have a responsibility to make sure that those seeking employment or volunteering to work with children are vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). This creates and safe environment for the children with adults who may keep the children safe.…
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 allow them to set the road of good practice. And to make it easier as the laws relating to children are so numerous we will focus only on three of the most influential ones. These are:…
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 being reviewed, changed or updated. From these many legislations, child care settings develop policies, according to the Oxford online dictionary a policy is ‘A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation or individual’. Policies are a guide for all those involved in the setting, to ensure and endorse the well-being of all families, children and staff and provide a common understanding of how these things should be done within the setting. Understanding the legislation involving children is vital to creating policies that are up to date, relevant, understandable and useable. In this essay I will be outlining some of the most up to date and important legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children.…
The purpose of the act is to “create a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children” (Protection of Children Act 1999, 2013, n.d.0). It means only people with enhanced CRBs may work with the children. At my placement all the staffs has enhanced CRBs and it was checked before they started working.…
That safe recruitment practices are followed, this will include training for those responsible for appointing staff, robustly scrutinising all references and seeking other checks at the appropriate level e.g. CRB, ISA etc…
Practitioners working with children do so within a complex framework of both national legislation and guidance, and local policy and procedure, directed at safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. For practitioners to achieve the best outcomes for children it is essential that they are familiar with the legislative and policy framework within which work.…