Acts

Question 1

Name the 3 Acts?

Answer 1

Mental health Act

Equality Act

The children Act

Question 2

Features of the Children’s Act?

Answer 2

This Act brought in the paramouncy principle.

Gives children right e.g. To be protected from abuse.

Try to keep children within the wider family circle.

Decisions are made and quick as possible in hopes children get over trauma as quick as possible.

Multi-disciplinary team- make sure all the professionals are working together e.g teacher and doctors.
Care orders/ emergency orders.

Question 3

Strengths of Children Act.

Answer 3

Paramouncy principle ( children are consulted).

Decisions are made quickly

Children get to stay with their family.

Provides guidelines for staff to follow.

Question 4

Weaknesses of Children’s Act

Answer 4

Children aren’t aware of their rights/legalisation.

Professionals are to busy/ workload is too high to spend enough time with each family. There isn’t enough social workers or money.

Question 5

Features of equality act?

Answer 5

New acts that replaces all other discrimination acts.
Introduced 9 protected characteristics
Covers direct and indirect discrimination
Introduced 3 new types of discrimination
Covers harassment and victimisation

Question 6

Strength of equality act?

Answer 6

Simplifies ..

Protects us against discrimination

New groups are covered e.g. Trans people

Gives rights

Gives redress

Question 7

Weaknesses of Equality act

Answer 7

Discrimination still goes on… e.g. Women still get payed less.

People don’t know how to report discrimination/victimisation.
People are too embarrassed/scared

Time

Hard to prove

Burden on employers

Giving people rights over ruling other people’s rights.

Question 8

features of mental health act

Answer 8

Defines mental health..
Care and protection for people with mental health conditions..
Control of people with these conditions
Introduced ‘sectioning’
Place of safety
28 days - 2 signatures,2 doctors need to agree
Emergency protection-immediate threat for 72 hours
Mental health tribunal apeal
Oral n written information passed on to patient

Question 9

Strengths of mental health act

Answer 9

Provides protection
Prevents from harm
Informed Apeal - given rights even if you gave a mental health condition.

Question 10

Weaknesses of mental health act

Answer 10

Stigma ( a label, don’t want to admit it)

Traumatic (to get sectioned)

Not enough places in hospitals

People don’t know how to seek the help