Cyp 3.3 1.1

In Northern Ireland, they take a special care in framing a policy to safeguard the children and the young people in the statutory, private, independent, community, voluntary and the faith sectors. They passed the policy of Co-operating to Safeguard Children and Young People in Northern Ireland 2016 replacing the Co-operating to Safeguard Children guidance issued in 2003, where they acknowledged the fact that a child can suffer harm inside a family as well, and evidences have shown that children with disabilities are more likely to be face abuse. They have classified the abuse in 5 categories – physical, sexual, emotional, neglect and exploitation. In physical abuse, they included hitting, biting, pinching, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning or suffocating. In emotional abuse, they stated that any psychological abuse that can severely harm a child’s emotional development is a crime that can involve deliberately telling a child that they are worthless, or not loved or inadequately loved, not letting the child to express their views, deliberately silencing them, or making fun of what they say or how they communicate. They have defined the emotional abuse as intentional ill treatment, manipulation or abuse of power and control over a child or to take selfish and unfair advantages of them or their situation for any personal gain …show more content…
They are supported by a number of sub-committees including five safeguarding panels located within the geographical boundaries of the country. The panels are independent, multi-agency, multidisciplinary who facilitate safeguard and child protection at local level and implement strategic vision. Sec. 10 of the Act of 2011 says that the SBNI and its statutory committees and sub-committees must co-operate each other in their exercise of power and perform their