The aim of The Children’s Act 1989 is targeted at local organisations, agencies and services such as schools to ensure that children are safeguarded within that setting from harm and abuse and that their health and wellbeing is encouraged/promoted.…
* Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCB) with powers to make other services work together to protect vulnerable children…
All adults who come into contact with children and young people in their work have a duty of care to safeguard and promote their welfare. The Children Act 2004, through the Stay Safe outcome of the Every Child Matters Change for Children programme, places a duty on organisations to safeguard and promote the well-being of children and young people. This includes the need to ensure that all adults who work with or on behalf of children and young people in the organisations are competent, confident and safe to do so.…
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act: The purpose is to restrict contact between children and vulnerable adults and those who might do them harm. The barring aspects of the Act came into force in October 2009. The Government is currently reviewing the implementation timetable for other parts of the Act, such as the provisions requiring employees to become ‘ISA-registered’.…
The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ document (2006 revised 2010) looks at how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act (1989) and the Children Act (2004). It is directed at practitioners and frontline managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and to senior and operational managers in organisations that are responsible for commissioning or providing services to children, young people, and adults who are parents/carers also organisations that have a particular responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.…
When children and young people are being cared for by other people in a school, nursery, foster care etc. there are rules and regulations that have to be followed. And all health care providers who have main contact with the children or young person, will need to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the setting will need to be inspected by the local authority and also by the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED).…
- The children act 2004 was introduced following high profile enquires into safeguarding children & young people.…
Great Britain. Local Authority Social Services Act 1979. Elizabeth II. Chapter 42 (1970). Lexis Library [online]. Available at www.lexixnexis.com. Accessed 10th January 2013.…
may form part of the action taken to protect young people and children from abuse when…
Develop and implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people.…
516 1.1) The policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people all stem from the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by Ian Huntley. From this horrific act of evil the Safeguarding Vulnerable Group Act 2006 was born (see evidence ‘6’ – 520 1.3). Another public enquiry was set up to address the failure of the law after the death of Victoria Climbié. Within this enquiry, Lord Laming called for changes to be made in child protection policies. From this there was a new incentive born called ‘Every Child Matters’ in 2003. This became one of the most far reaching policy incentives to be released in the last 10 years. It covers children and young adults up to the age of 19 or 24 for those with disabilities. This also led to changes in the Children’s Act in 2004 and provided a detailed framework for working with children within multi agency partnerships. The themes that were adopted by all agencies working with children are –…
As the Crown sated the facts, the Accused was arrested in September 13, 2011 for distribution of narcotics and prohibited firearms position. The offender was released on conditional sentence due to the judge was satisfied that the offender did not pose danger to the community. The offender has been on house arrest until the date of his trail and he breached his condition five times. On March 2nd, 2013 the accused was having an argument at home with his family and he decided to leave the house for a walk to cool down and the police spot him and ran his name through…
Local authorities now provide support groups aimed at specific needs. In the past this was never recognised so families would struggle on their own without being offered any help/support from the government.…
The Protection of Children Act came into force in October 2000 and gives the Secretary of State the power to keep a list of people unsuitable to work with children and young people. All regulated childcare organisations have a statutory duty to refer individuals for inclusion in the list and must not employ individuals and volunteers, in posts that bring them into contact with children, whose names are included in the PoCA List. Similarly, the Act also allowed for other organisations that work with children and young people to refer individuals and carry out checks on prospective employees and volunteers. In addition the system of Criminal Record Bureau disclosure checks was created for organisations that work with children and young people.…
The children act was put into place to maintain the safety & protection of children. The local authorities have the responsibility of children in schools and public places to ensure their safety. The children’s act also ensures that all children are cared for at all times within schools and nurseries as all children have the right to be protected from harm. Also children living in care must be receiving the correct amount of help and support needed, to improve their quality of life.…