Children Act 1989

Introduction The aim of this report is to outline key legislation and guidance in relation to safeguarding children, and to identify key actions relevant in early years settings; in order to evaluate the impact these actions have on practice. Legislation Legislation is defined as "a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament". (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2006) Legislation is applied within the early years sector in order to promote safeguarding and the welfare of children. The Children Act 1989 One of the most often referred to set of laws is The Children Act (1989). The general philosophy of the Act is to promote the idea that it is best for a child to be brought up in their own family, and the act sets out guidelines for local authorities to support…

Safeguarding relates to the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm, and is defined as: • Protecting children from maltreatment • Preventing impairment of children’s health and development • Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and • Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. Some of the legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures which help to safeguard children…

Children and young people are protected by an extensive range of legislation, guidance, policies and procedures. These cover health and wellbeing, safety and security. Personal care and individual rights. These have been strengthened over the years in response to increased need after several well publicized failings of multi-agency teams to protect vulnerable children and recognition that children and young people are individuals with their own set of rights. Legislation and guidelines now in…

The Government sets out policy and statutory guidelines for how organisations must operate with respect to safeguarding of children and young people. Working together to Safeguard children 2015 provides the statutory guidelines and non statutory guidelines that support the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. Other policies and guidelines include Keeping Children Safe in Education 2015 and Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education 2007. A school must produce internal…

Years framework is for England. England: Early years Foundation Stage. Wales: Foundation Phase Northern Ireland: Foundation stage Scotland: Pre-birth to three and curriculum for excellence The children's act 1989 Legislates for England and Wales, was put into place to ensure that the welfare for a child is dominant. The children's act 1989 made those who worked with children and parents held responsible for the childâ€TMs safety. The main aim was: For protection of children and rights of parents…

The Children’s Act (1989) (2004) The children’s act 1989 was amended in 2004. The children’s act has placed organisations to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children and young people. The children and young people are being protected because they are unable to protect themselves from harm and danger. The act is designed to guide principles that are in mind for the care and support of children. It allows children to: - Be Healthy - Remain safe in their environments - Enjoy life - Assist…

All settings working with children and young people should establish and maintain a safe environment and deal with circumstances where there are welfare concerns. Through their protection policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people, settings which work with children and/or young people have an important role in the detection and prevention of abuse and neglect. This includes helping children and young people to protect themselves from abuse, as well as dealing with…

Contents 1. Page 2 Task 2, 2.1 analysing a child protection referral • Introduction • What is a child referral? • Analysing a referral 2. Page 3 Task 2, 2.2 • Explaining working together • Good practice 3. Page 4 /Task 3 • Justifying social work intervention in a given situation in relation to the legal framework protecting children 4. Page 5 • Bibliography Task 2 Introduction The Children Act 1989 allows local authorities to intervene in order to safeguard children that are…

after children and young people M1: Discuss how policies and procedures help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after…

I have got the principles for each one from the child care and education book by penny Tassoni. ‘The principle of Positive Relationships is that children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person. The principle of Enabling Environments is that the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning. The principle of Learning and Development is that children develop and learn in…