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1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

In order to not only promote the welfare of children within a setting but also to protect them from harm and abuse there are a number of pieces of legislation and statutory guidance that must be adhered to. Both laws and statutory guidance are mandatory and so legally enforceable and must act as a foundation of which policies and procedures within any setting can be based upon.

Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect and child abuse were dealt with and found that vulnerable people in society were not being safeguarded.The Laming report led to the governments Every Child Matters paper and The Children Act 2004. In the last year this has now been renamed Every

Children Act 1989 – Protecting children’s welfare and to provide services according to the specific needs of children.

Child Protection aims at prevention and reactions in relation to exploitation, violence, and abuse against children. Children obtain protection against activities such as sexual exploitation, labor, trafficking, and harmful traditional practices. Most children are vulnerable to these abuses hence require much protection for full growth and development.

All children and young people have a right to be protected from abuse regardless of their age, gender, disability, culture, language, race, faith, belief or sexual orientation. All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately. Working in partnership with other organisations, children and young people and their parents and carers is essential. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined has protection of children from maltreatment & preventing impairment of childrenâ€TMs health or development. Ensuring those children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, and undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have

THE MAIN CURRENT LEGISLATION, GUIDELINES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN OWN UK HOME NATION FOR SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AS FOLLOWS,

Outcome 1 – Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people.

The necessity to safeguard children applies both to charities working in the UK and other countries where children may face different or additional risks of abuse or exploitation. These safeguards should include a child protection policy and procedures for dealing with issues of concern or abuse. For the purposes of child protection legislation the term ‘child’ refers to anyone up to the age of 18 years. • the welfare of the child is paramount • no child or group of children must be treated any less favourably than others in being able to access services which meet their particular needs • all children without exception have the right to protection from abuse regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or

Children and young people are to be protected from any physical harm including sexual and emotional maltreatment neglect and exploitation. Safeguarding is designed to have the child's bests interests in mind and is there to prevent any of these types of harm if the child's needs are not being

Children Act: The Children’s Act came in to force in 1989 and was drafted complement the Human Rights Act but be specific to children. The act puts into law the rights of children, in particular it makes it clear on the laws concerning looked after children and our duty of care to them. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004- promoting the welfare of children was published in

Within England there are a number of legislative frameworks and policies relating to child protection. The House of Commons Education Committee (2012) report that the Children’s Act 1989 is the legislative framework for England’s child protection system and

Legislation surrounding child protection was first introduced in the late 1800’s. It was then that parliament launched their first act for the prevention of cruelty towards children, otherwise known as the ‘children’s charter’. A cause for concern was raised regarding the welfare of vulnerable children and abuse being inflicted upon them. It allowed the law to intervene if a child was being maltreated. (Safeguarding children, N.D). In the early 1900’s this act was amended and replaced by The Children Act (1908) this allowed children the right to a voice and to give evidence at regarding their abuse claims. Following on from these, further amendments were made over the years. After the death of Dennis O’Neil whom was 13 years old and murdered

The Children’s act has set up a national child protection register which will include the names of anyone who cannot be employed to work with children because they have been found guilty of child abuse. It also contains information about abuse or suspected abuse of children. The Act also stipulates how to handle children who are in need of care and protection which includes taking them to places of safety; youth care centres or foster homes.

• “The Act incorporates child friendly procedures for reporting, recording of evidence, investigation and trial of offences.”[9]