This essay offers to show how the different polices and legislations towards safeguarding children from abuse have evolved today. This essay will explore how the different ideas of policies are set into place and show how different policies go into different directions. From this it will show my knowledge and understandings of different events that have happened and made a development towards society. Showing from a historical perspective it will discuss how different acts have been set into place to stop prevention of cruelty towards children. Such as in 1889 as this was the first act in place of the parliament to protect children. Also this essay will summarise the main provisions which took place in 1989, as this was a huge act that give
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This act was very different to the 1889 act, as this act held more responsibilities giving people more rights to express their views. This act was set out in the hands of different local authorities and courts showing how children should be protected.The act actually came into effect in 1991, was supposed to strike a new balance between support and compulsory interventions in families (Beckett,2007). Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 states that it shall be the general duty of every local authority: to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need; and so far as is consistent with that duty, to promote the upbringing of such children by their families (HM,Government, 2013). Over 600,000 children in England in 2011-12 were referred to local authority children’s social care services by individuals who had concerns about their welfare (HM,Government 2013). Within the cultural context of child abuse it was found that in Australia between 1999-2005 figures had doubled to 107134 to 252831. This shows that more children were getting harmed in 2004-2005, and this was released by the Australian institute of health and welfare (Johnstone,2009). This act provides a range of services which are available to help children who are in need. The act was important as it did not only follow child protection produces in the way they operate, it was able to see harm which was going to occur. Therefore professionals were there to help before the harm occurred as this act supported families and children (Cronin & Smith,2010). In 2001 there was several reports that was published under the children act 1989. These reports had been widened to provide more support to ‘high risk’ families, it looked into provisions within the family services based on risk rather than children in need. From this it prevented serious problems from
This act was very different to the 1889 act, as this act held more responsibilities giving people more rights to express their views. This act was set out in the hands of different local authorities and courts showing how children should be protected.The act actually came into effect in 1991, was supposed to strike a new balance between support and compulsory interventions in families (Beckett,2007). Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 states that it shall be the general duty of every local authority: to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need; and so far as is consistent with that duty, to promote the upbringing of such children by their families (HM,Government, 2013). Over 600,000 children in England in 2011-12 were referred to local authority children’s social care services by individuals who had concerns about their welfare (HM,Government 2013). Within the cultural context of child abuse it was found that in Australia between 1999-2005 figures had doubled to 107134 to 252831. This shows that more children were getting harmed in 2004-2005, and this was released by the Australian institute of health and welfare (Johnstone,2009). This act provides a range of services which are available to help children who are in need. The act was important as it did not only follow child protection produces in the way they operate, it was able to see harm which was going to occur. Therefore professionals were there to help before the harm occurred as this act supported families and children (Cronin & Smith,2010). In 2001 there was several reports that was published under the children act 1989. These reports had been widened to provide more support to ‘high risk’ families, it looked into provisions within the family services based on risk rather than children in need. From this it prevented serious problems from