Safeguarding Legislation Flashcards
What the purpose of the children act 2004?
The act was used to ensure all children in the uk are safeguarded and protected from harm.
Ensures all organisations who work with children have the responsibility to safeguard them and promote children’s welfare.
What are the key points of the children act 2004?
Children being healthy-reduces child obesity and lowers the risk of suicidal tendency’s.
Staying safe- protects children in care and reduces crime within young children.
Acts as a positive part in a child’s life- makes a positive and significant contribution to the lives of children in the uk.
Implementation of the children act 2004 in policies and practice.
This legislation reinforces that all organisation that work with children have the duty to help safeguard children making the uk a safer place for children to live.
Ensures al practitioners can recognise signs of abuse.
What’s the purpose of working together to safeguard children 2023 legislation?
To protect and safeguard children in the uk, guidelines and legislation changed due to the murder of Victoria Climbé.
Safeguarding is a primary concern of a child.
What are the key points of working together to safeguard children 2023?
How children are safeguarded-all agency’s must share concerns of any child.
Protect children from maltreatment- ensure the grow with consistent environment.
Creating strong relationships- ensure the relationships with the child and practitioners is strong so they can share feelings.
Implementation of working together to safeguard children 2023 in practice and policies.
Outlines how practitoners should work with others to safeguard children eg. Counsellors.
Ensures practitioners are aware of signs of abuse and neglect.
Allows practitioners to go about the situation in the correct way as the rules are clear and layed out.
What the purpose of keeping children safe in education 2023?
Sets out legal duties that govern all educational institutions when carrying out safeguarding and the welfare of the child.
Ensures all children are safe in education.
What are the key points of keeping children safe in education 2023?
Safeguarding is EVERYBODY’S responsibility
Longer and safe recruitment process for staff in educational institutions
The management of safeguarding eg. DSL,manager and governors.
Implementation of keeping children safe in education 2023 in practitoners and policies.
This legislation applies to all members of staff including supply teachers, volunteers and contractors.
Information on responding to allegations of the setting.
Ensures practitioners can spot signs if abuse.
What is legislation? Who creates legislation? Why do we have it?
Documents that set out laws that must be followed.
The government create them and they are the passed by parliament.
Encourages fair and equal standards across the whole country and keeps children safe.
