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The Human Rights Act-The human rights act is legislation which ensures that all people have their basic human rights which includes the right to food, clean water and warmth.
This applies to challenging behaviour because the children receiving care in the residential care home must be receiving care which follows the guidelines of the legislation. For example all staff must be fully trained in how to handle challenging behaviour if caring for patients with these behaviours because if not then the care staff won't be meeting the standard and guidelines of the legislation.
White paper:valuing people: A new strategy for learning disabilities for the 21st century- This is a government document which provides 4 goals key principles for treating children with learning difficulties. These are avoiding long stays in hospitals, a national forum for children with learning disabilities, extra funds for self advocacy organisations and more money for care.
This links to challenging behaviour because children with learning disabilities may show challenging behaviour because of lack of communication or because of change in environment which they don't feel comfortable with. This means that they may break things or damage objects around them. So this legislation which tries to avoid long stays in hospital may help a child's challenging behaviour as they will more than likely mostly be at home where they feel comfortable and safe.
This links to challenging behaviour because long stays in hospitals can distress a child and make their challenging behaviour worse, this means that the legislation will enable a child to be at home or wherever they are being cared for long term and won't have a tragic change for a long period of time. This also applies to challenging behaviour because it gives clear guidelines on how to treat children with learning disabilities and the national forum will be able to give carers information about challenging behaviour as they will be able to relate to each other which will overall improve the standard of care for the children and may minimise their challenging behaviour.
This links to challenging behaviour because even if a child has a challenging behaviour they are still entitled to enjoy these things that the guidelines say they need. So a member of staff looking after a child with challenging behaviour will have to take into account that they need to enjoy and achieve in the things that they do such as sports even if it is difficult for them doing so.
Mental health act- The mental health act is to protect those with a mental disability, this means that they will be forced to go into hospital for assessment and treatment if needed, this is called sectioning. Also the act allows people with mental disabilities to be treated within the community and to be supervised while living at home.
This applies to challenging behaviour because children with challenging behaviour may suffer with a mental disorder. Therefore staff treating them in a residental home will also have to take into account aspects of the mental health act guidelines while treating them. If a child is showing challenging behaviour staff will also have to observe how this links to their mental disorder.
This applies to challenging behaviour because it effects how we treat children with challenging behaviour. This is because if a child with challenging behaviour poses a risk to themselves or others then they can be admitted to hospital for assessment even without parents permission. Also if a child who has challenging behaviour has a mental disability then the act will allow the care for the child to be based around the child staying at home and being supervised rather than going straight into residential care.
Health and care professions council (HCPC)- this is an organisation which registers health care staff who meet certain standards to protect people receiving care.
This links to challenging behaviour because it means that all staff in the residental hone will have to meet these standards to look after the children. It means that staff will have to have training to help them understand challenging behaviour and how to intervene safely for themselves and the patient. This means that staff will be better at managing and caring for children with challenging behaviour if they are trained according to the guidelines of the HCPC.
This links to challenging behaviour because staff will have the basics of what is expected of them while treating a child with challenging behaviour, they will be able to go to the NHS constitution and may be able to get advice or information on training on challenging behaviour and overall improve the treatment of the child.
This links to challenging behaviour because the NHS constitution will be able to ensure that children with challenging behaviour are cared for up to the standard of expectations that the NHS has. This means that children with challenging behaviour will have proper access to resources and will have appropriate treatment for their challenging behaviour.
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