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What is the Children Act (1989/2004)?
What is its role/ purpose & key features?
Aims to provide services and support for children, young people, children with disabilities and their families.
Gives children the right to be:
*heard
* protected form risk e.g abuse
(the paramouncy principle)
* have support to their family together
* there wishes and needs to be considered and acted upon
* introduced the 'every child matters policy' that outlines the 5 key outcomes:
making sure that children are safe, healthy, have the ability to enjoy and achieve, make positive contributions and achieve social and economic well-being.
* be given all information regarding there care
What are the Strengths & Weaknesses of the Children's Act (1989/2004)?
Strengths:
- means that children are protected from harm through the 'paramouncy principle'
- Children are able to express their views and be heard
- Promotes children rights
Weaknesses:
- Children under the age of 10 are not considered to be accountable.
- Social workers are not accountable or monitored when working with children. This could mean that abuse could take place or go
unnoticed.
What is the Human Rights Act (1998)?
What is its role/purpose & key features?
Is a set of values that reflect the way an individual should act towards somebody.
The human rights act gives people the right to;
* marry
* be free from torture
* free from slavery
* the right to life
* the right to a fair & public trial
Human rights encourages the acceptance
of others
What are the Strengths & Weaknesses of the Human Rights Act (1998)
Strengths;
* Prevents discrimination
* Promotes freedom
* Encourages quality practise in health and social care settings
* Makes people think about how decisions are going to affect others e.g when a manager is thinking of laying people off.
Weaknesses;
* public authorities are not defined
* hard to prove if your human rights have been broken
* does not stop stereotyping
* discrimination still takes place
What is the Equality Act (2000)?
What is its role/ purpose and key features?
Protects people against discrimination of unfair treatment. The people this act protects;
* people with disabilities
* people from different cultures
* people who are marriage & civil partnership
* people of a different race
* people of a different sexual orientation
* people of older to younger ages
* gives women the right to breastfeed in public
What are the strengths & weaknesses of the Equality Act (2000)?
* Helps stop direct/indirect discrimination
* Raises awareness of equality
* Gives people the right to redress if they are discriminated against
* Promotes equal opportunities
* Discrimination still takes place and does not stop stereotyping
* Indirect discrimination is hard to prove in court
* There is still a £5000 difference in the pay
between men and women
* Many people are unaware of there rights
What is the Sex Discrimination Act (1975)?
- The Sex Discrimination Act covers direct and indirect discrimination towards either men or women illegal.
- it makes it illegal for marital discrimination
What are the Strengths & weaknesses of the Sex
Discrimination Act (1975)?
* Promotes equality
* Prevents victimisation
* Promotes equal opportunities for both men and women
* discrimination against women still takes place e.g women are payed £5000 less then a man for doing the same job
* the physical and emotional cost of court may not be worth seeking redress
* It is hard to prove indirect discrimination
* Fear of a hostile work environment and possible unemployment may stop discrimination being reported
POVA (protection of vulnerable adults)/ Safeguarding Vulnerable groups Act (2006)?
The safeguarding vulnerable groupies act;
* checks the suitability of an applicant before employment
* enforces DBS checks
* prevents staff from working with vulnerable groups
* provides a list of unsuitable staff
* Applies to: all paid & none paid workers, all care workers who work with vulnerable adults &
children
* checks suitability of applicants
DBS (discloser and baring scheme) comes under this. This is needed in order to work with
vulnerable adults
What are the strengths & weaknesses of POVA/ the
Safeguarding vulnerable groups act (2006)?
* Protects vulnerable adults
* Stops previous offenders or criminals from working with vulnerable adults.
* Sets out a standard of care for service providers working with vulnerable adults
* Provides a list of unsuitable staff
* not every venerable adult/ group is protected
* they may not know there rights
* emotional and physical cost of seeking redress may be to costly and time consuming
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