Every child has a right to protection as they need to be protected from harm. this harm could be from accidents such as falling over or from deliberate abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. By protecting children from these we are therefore protecting them from harm and this is known as child protection. Child protection is important as we should all be trying to make sure children don’t encounter harm. However, there are different levels of harm and there are some children who may fall into different categories which will result in them being monitored more closely as we are trying to make sure they are protected from much more serious harm that isn’t accidental. These categories are when children are identified as either suffering, or likely to suffer or children that have been put through significant harm because of abuse or neglect. When children fit into these categories measures and structures are put in place to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect which is therefore known as child protection. …show more content…
Safeguarding is a used as a wider concept for child protection as by safeguarding children you are protecting them from harm, but you are also trying to promote their welfare. Safeguarding means that you are protecting children from cruel or violent treatment which would be things such as physical abuse or neglect. It also means that you are preventing impairment of children’s health or development. This means that you are ensuring that you provide children with an environment that is consistent and has safe and effective care on hand for them. Safeguarding also means that you are acting so that you are enabling the children and young people within your setting to have the best possible
1.1: List current legislation and guidelines relating to the health and safety of children Laws relating to health and safety in the childcare setting: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Data Protection Act 1998 Children Act 1989, 2004 Regulatory Reform ( Fire Safety) Order 2005 Health and Safety ( First Aid) Regulations 1981 Childcare Act 2006 Healthy and Safety at work Act 1974 Personal Protective Equipment at work 1992 2.1: Identify policies and procedures relating to the health and safety of children Every setting will have to make sure that the children are safe when entering the setting, leaving the setting. When children arrive to the setting, you will have to make sure that they enter the setting safely. When leaving the setting you as a early years practitioner has to check who is collecting the child. There even is a policy in every setting that is about parents and carers collecting their child.
Laws, 2014). This entire chapter on child protection laws does not mention how and if a child is to be protected from government agencies that fail to properly perform their functions. This leaves children vulnerable to the harms of being placed in unfit foster homes or under the supervision of under or unqualified adults. It also puts the child at risk of not getting the appropriate help in time to prevent a tragedy from occurring, which ultimately makes for a counterproductive
The Every Child Matters policy applies to the welfare of children and young people aged 0- 19 years of age. It was established on the thought that every child should receive sufficient support throughout their years regardless of their status, circumstances or background. There are five key principles to the policy which the government think children should be supported with, which are to be healthy, to stay safe, to enjoy and achieve, to make a positive contribution and lastly to achieve economic wellbeing. There are five key principles to the policy which the government think children should be supported with, which are to be healthy, to stay safe, to enjoy and achieve, to make a positive contribution and lastly to achieve economic wellbeing.
Explain child protection within the wider field of safeguarding children & young people. Safeguarding is the term given to the work carried out to ensure children and young people are kept safe and healthy whilst in the learning environment, referring to the way in which a wide range of policies and procedures are adhered to within the work place. Child protection is part of the wider work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. It refers to the work carried out to protect children and young people who may be suffering from any form of abuse or neglect and involves working to protect them from maltreatment and the impairment of their health and development.
Safeguarding is the action that taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. The Children 's Act of 1998 put procedures in place that mean local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom have been given specific duties to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. The UK has policies and laws around education, health and social welfare which cover most aspects of safeguarding and child protection. Laws ' are passed to prevent behaviour that can harm children, or require action to protect them and informs what agencies should do to play their part in keeping children safe Guidelines and procedures have been put in place for people who work with children.
This act is a complete agenda for the safety and protection of children. It ensures that children’s welfare and needs are met through local authorities. Its main points include: The children’s welfare is most important, children need to be protected if they are in danger and children’s opinion matters and should be taken into account. In 2004 the act was made around the ‘every child matters’ framework. It has guidelines for the care and support of children: every child should be allowed to be healthy, children should be allowed to be safe in their own surroundings and aid children to enjoy and succeed in
A rights-based approach to children accused of committing offences with a procedure-based framework was represented after the implementation of the Act effective form 1 April 2010 (NPF 2010). The Child Justice Act No 75 of 2008 is still in the foundation phase with regards to infrastructural responses. Although some existing prison facilities were converted to cater to the needs of children, the nature of the building complex and character thereof leaves a bitter reminder of the dark past of our nation. Some new facilities have been developed in recent years but much is still to be learned in the successful handling of children in conflict with the
They enable parents to feel empowered and to play a vital role within protecting their child’s rights and making sure their child is receiving the best supports and services. Without these safeguards, parent’s opinions on what their child needs and deserves could be
The main principle of the recently updated Children’s Act (2004) is to protect children and make sure their health and well-being is paramount. The Act was updated due to mistakes made in the Victoria Climbe case as well as various other reasons. The Victoria Climbe case involved an eight year old girl who was failed by local authorities she later died from her injuries in February 2000 after being tortured and starved to death by her great auntie and her boyfriend. Victoria was brought to London, England for a better life from the Ivory coast by her aunty and the abuse started once she moved in with her boyfriend Carl.
There are a numbers of policies with the UK that affect the safeguarding of children and young people. The United Nations brought in the Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989 which sets out the rights of children. Included in these rights are the right to an education, the right to privacy and the right to be protected from physical harm, abuse and exploitation. The rights apply to all children and ensure that they are protected and looked after in an appropriate way.
1. Know about legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, including e-safety. 1.1 Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, including e-safety. Children Act 1989 This act was bought about to simplify the laws that protect children by bringing private and public law together.
Answer: Ensuring children and young peopleâ€TMs safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school, practitioners act in †̃loco parentisâ€TM 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 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 achieve the five basic outcomes: be healthy; stay safe; enjoy and achieve; make a
Child protection is an aspect of safeguarding and it refers to protecting individual child from maltreatment. Professionals in Setting X are able to recognize the signs and symptoms of child abuse that are identified in document Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015 as physical, emotional, sexual and neglect. Knowing about the forms of abuse allows the practitioner to identify them and report to stop the abuse from happening. Other forms of abuse according to NSPCC (2016a) are also Bullying, Female Genitals Mutilation (FGM), child grooming, child trafficking and online abuse.
Learning Outcome 3.4 Every setting has a set of policies and procedures regarding the protection and safeguarding of children. These safeguarding policies will give practitioners guidelines about how they should work with children in a way which protects both the children and the practitioner within their everyday practice in the work setting and on off site visits. This is important as the setting will need to be aware of, and pass on to staff, how they should best protect themselves against incidents of alleged abuse or inappropriate working practices. Policies and procedures for safe working include, for example: • Working in an open and transparent way - It is important that practitioners prevent any situations and protect themselves
The school have to apply the national policies which are related to children, young people and families and have a good knowledge of the policies, one of these important policies that the school have to follow is the Every Child Matters policy, for children nationally this has had great impact on them. Schools will need to create their own policies in accordance with the national guidelines, such as the safeguarding policy for children and the child protection policy, in following guidelines from the local education authorities. It is the school’s responsibility to make sure that staff, parents and carers of children and visitors are informed about the policies in school, which apply to them. The Every Child Matters policy has 5 key aims for