Unit 2.
Assessment Criteria 2.1.1.
Outline current legislation. Guidelines, policies and procedures within England affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
The Children Act of 1989 introduced comprehensive and wide reaching changes to the legislation in England and Wales, which directly affected the wellbeing and welfare of children and young people. It remains an important piece of legislation as it’s main focus is safeguarding children and the roles and responsibilities of the local authorities.
The Every Child Matters Guidelines led to the Children Act of 2004, a revision of The Children Act 1989, as a direct result of the death of Victoria Climbe`, and the manner in which this was handled.
108 recommendations for change to the piece of legislation were made in order to improve child protection and safeguarding within the United Kingdom. The 5 main recommendations were, a closer working relationship between all agencies working with children and young people, a central database of all children and to which agencies they are known, an independent children’s commissioner to protect the rights of children and young people, a child and families board chaired by a government minister, and finally OFSTED will set up a framework, which will monitor all children centric services.
The United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child essentially states that children and young people have the same rights as every other human being, be that civil, cultural,
1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment should have instructions to help the child. This could be referral to an outside organisation or internally.
Children Act 1989 – Determines the duty of early year’s practitioners to identify and meet the separate and distinctive needs of children and to keep them safe. It initiated the belief that the child ought to be at the centre of planning and that a child’s well-being and safety are vital when judgements are made concerning them. This act also recognises the accountabilities of parents in keeping their offspring safe. In this act there are two particular segments that relate to the duty of local authority with concern to child protection, these are-
The report made 108 ‘sweeping recommendations’ (Laming, 2003) about modifications that were needed in the child protection system as a response to the errors made by professionals who had accountability for Victoria’s care. These involved the creation of a children and families board, a children’s commissioner, new local authorities management boards and the creation of a national children’s database. The thrust of the report was to address the integration of children’s services, bringing the relevant sections of the professional sector together to improve co-ordination and communication as that would directly lead to effective collaboration.
Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect and child abuse were dealt with and found that vulnerable people in society were not being safeguarded.The Laming report led to the governments Every Child Matters paper and The Children Act 2004. In the last year this has now been renamed Every
Children Act 1989 – Protecting children’s welfare and to provide services according to the specific needs of children.
1.1 outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
Child Act 1989- “the Children Act 1989 aimed to ensure that the welfare of the child was paramount, working in partnership with parents to protect the child from harm” http://www.careandthelaw.org.uk/eng/b_section2 appendix 3
1.1. Identify current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
The children act 1989- the children act is a legislation that ensures the welfare of children. This would promote anti-discriminatory practice by protecting children and treating them all equally. This could be by stopping abuse and giving children a safe and secure
The children act 1989 has influenced some settings by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners sustain and maintain when working with children. The act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and form partnerships with parents or carers. It requires settings to have appropriate adult to child ratios and policies and procedures on child protection. This act has had an influence in all areas of practice from planning a curriculum and record keeping. The every child matters framework has
1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people
The main current legislation guidelines policies and procedures within own UK home nation for safeguarding children and young people.
1. Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
Legislation surrounding child protection was first introduced in the late 1800’s. It was then that parliament launched their first act for the prevention of cruelty towards children, otherwise known as the ‘children’s charter’. A cause for concern was raised regarding the welfare of vulnerable children and abuse being inflicted upon them. It allowed the law to intervene if a child was being maltreated. (Safeguarding children, N.D). In the early 1900’s this act was amended and replaced by The Children Act (1908) this allowed children the right to a voice and to give evidence at regarding their abuse claims. Following on from these, further amendments were made over the years. After the death of Dennis O’Neil whom was 13 years old and murdered