Summarise The Importance Of Adopting A Child-Focused Approach

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Recommended: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children


The importance of adopting a child-focused approach is found in Section 9 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 which specify that in ‘any action or decision concerning a particular child or young person, the safety, welfare and well-being of the child or young person is vital’.
To have a child-focused work practices, it means to ensure their immediate safety, to help them develop to their highest potential, to uphold and safeguard their human rights (Open College, 5.1.3)
As an educator, the four ways that I can routinely employ child-focused in my role and to uphold the rights of the child are:

 To promote the rights of the child to choose by giving them a choice in what they eat and allowing them to

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