While at university I developed knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and 2004 and how to apply them in practice along-side other legislation required children and family social worker. The Children Act 1989 allocates duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies to ensure that children's welfare is paramount and are safeguarded. This legislation supports children being brought up by their families and making provisions for families that are experiencing challenges and when families
improve the child and young protection system in England. The Government’s response was the Keeping children and young people safe report (DfES, DH and Home Office, 2003) and the Every Child Matters green paper (DfES, 2003), which led to the Children Act 2004. The Children Act 2004 does not replace or even amend much of the Children Act 1989. It covers England and Wales in separate sections. Mainly this act creates the post of Children's Commissioner for England, and it places a duty on local authorities
1.1 The Children’s Act 1989 and 2004: This act is all about ensuring that the children are kept safe from harm and are developing healthy. It’s important that settings support children and their families and work together with them to provide the best for the children. In 2004 the act was revisited because of the Victoria Climbie case and the every child matters came into place where five main aims were made: be healthy, stay safe, achieve through learning, achieve economic well-being and make
anguish and eventual murder of Victoria in 2000 from hypothermia, caused by malnourishment and damp conditions, provoked ‘the most extensive investigation into the child protection system in British history’ as described by Batty (Macleod-Brudenell, 2004). The high media profiled incident exposed a clear lack of precision and communication between all professionals and agencies involved. This is shown by the fact that the mistreatment Victoria was suffering had gone unnoticed by the social services
The role of interagency is about evaluating and monitoring the needs of the vulnerable children and families, with a clear vision to ensure that mutual outcomes are attained to promote the safeguarding, well-being, learning and development of the vulnerable children ( Barnardos, 2007) Furthermore, this essay will discuss the serious case review of Victoria Climbie with the dilemma of how the interagency working to benefit to children’s learning and development has failed to safeguard a vulnerable
main current legislations and guidelines that apply within the uk . The Children Act 1989 introduced changes to legislation in England and Wales to the welfare of children. It points out that the welfare of children is the responsibiity of not only the parents but that of people that work with children to ensure their safety at all times. The main aim of the act was to ensure a correct balance of not only protecting children but allowing parents to challenge state interventions. Partnerships between
An outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation (England), affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Keeping Children Safe in Education, July 2015 • Statutory Guidance from the Department for Education (DfE), replacing March 2015 and 2014 versions. • Covers four main areas; i. Safeguarding information for all staff (including reporting responsibilities). ii. The management of safeguarding iii. Safer recruitment iv. Allegations of
The policies and procedures I will be talking in this essay to help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after include: The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989, The Children Act 1989, The Children Act 2004, The Data Protection Act 1998, Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Parents 2000, the Human Rights Act 1998 and Every Child Matters 2003, The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989 The United Nations
wellbeing to children and young people. These vary within the home nations, but all have the same end goal. An element of legislation is the United Nations on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UN, 1989)(UN, This officially validated within the UK in 1991, although various UK governments Within England the following Safeguard legislation applies: Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) provides guidance for practitioners and organisations that are working with children/young people. T Children Act 1989
Before a safeguarding policy is written, there are some issues to consider. It is necessary to learn the potential risks to children. The situations in which risk is increasing should be learned too. The inspection of people who work or volunteer with children is very important part of safeguarding policy. The organization should have a plan for responding to concerns or allegations of harm. The safeguarding policy must follow other policies and procedures. The training for staff or volunteers should
safeguarding of children and young people. All practitioners working to safeguard children and young people must understand fully their responsibilities an duties set out in government legislation,regulations and guidance.WORKING TOGETEHR TO SAFEGUARD CHILDREN: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children(2010) provides statutory practice guidance on how organisations and practitioners should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and youngpeople
This assignment shall explore how the practitioner can support children through relevant legislation, policies and procedures that help safeguard children. The assignment will look at how to empower children but also how to support them during transitions. Also, this assignment will include the causes and effects of discrimination in society. E1 AND E2 - There are many pieces of current legislation that link in with policies and procedures in the setting. Each legislation has influenced the setting
A brief outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Safeguarding means to protect and promote what is best for the welfare of the child and ensuring that there are sufficient measures in place to prevent the child coming into contact with abuse or an abusive situation. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reasonable belief that the child may have suffered or may be at high
have an overarching responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people in their area. Under the 1989 and 2004 Children Acts they have clear statutory functions, duties and roles. All adults, and in particular those who work with children, have a responsibility to safeguard children and young people from harm. It is essential that they all play there part to safeguard children and young people as they are unable to protect themselves alone and are far more vulnerable
welfare of children and young people. This includes policies relating to the health and wellbeing, safety and security, personal care and individual rights. These legislations were developed in response to recognition of childrenâ€TMs rights as individuals, increased focus on the need to protect vulnerable children, independent inquiries into the tragic death of children and failure of multi agency teams to work together, share information and provide support services to the children and their families
guidelines, policies, and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting safeguarding of children and young people. The UK’s nations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have their own child protection system and laws to help protect children from abuse and neglect. They have a framework of legislation, guidance, and practice to identify children who are at risk from harm and to protect them and act in preventing further abuse. In England, the dept. for education is responsible for child
Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People. 1) Give a brief outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. There are many different types of legislation and guidelines affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. The Children Act (1989) outlines that duties are assigned to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the UK to ensure that children and young people are
and the driving force behind such behaviors. However, to what lengths have we gone, to address the issues with those at the heart of the matter in order to establish policies that works? Part of our role as carer’s/professionals is to listen and act upon information given to us. However, it may be the case that these young people may disagree whether the latter is true.
The piece of work I have choosing to reflective upon is an Initial Assessment of a family of asylum seekers from Pakistan. The family consisted of a father, mother and their five children ageing from 12 years old to 2 years old. “An Initial assessment serves as a blueprint it will be mortified as ideas are tested out and new data and information is gathered. The social workers will continually reassess the nature of the problem, and the need for support when doing an initial assessment” (Pincus
Both national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day-to-day work with children and young people in many ways. They uphold a standard of what is expected and how best to protect children and young people under the age of 18 years. Safeguarding is more than protecting children and young people from direct abuse or neglect. The wider responsibility is that the welfare of the child as a whole is protected. National legislations provide guidance for local policies and