The Children Act 1989 Flashcards
The children act
1989
Aims to safeguard and promote children’s wellbeing
Key featured of this Act?
Aims to protect children from abuse or discrimination
Gives children rights
Paramoucny principle
Children consulted wherever possible/ have a voice/ to be heard
Stay within wider family circle
Issues determined as soon as possible
Working in multidisciplinary teams
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Care orders/ emergency protection orders
Created children’s database
ECM five key outcomes
Director of children’s service
Strengths of children act
Aims to ensure children are listened to
Aims to keep children safe
Give them legal protection
Keep families together
Gives them a voice
Gives children rights
Raise awareness
Benefits of a multi disciplinary approach
System of redress
Weakness of children act
Communication errors
Still many cases where children have not been protected e.g. Baby P
Cost and time
Not all professionals follow procedures
All children covered by legislation so less focus on the most vulnerable
Difficult for children to know about legal protection/ understand act .
Who might notice a child is being mistreated or neglected?
Teacher
Family members
Neighbour
Nurse/doctor
How may it be evident that a child is being mistreated or neglected?
Change in character e.g they need more attention or go quite.
Where should this be reported to?
Social services
Where might the child go?
Another family member
Foster home
Who else would be kept involved?
Family
School
Doctors
Multi disciplinary teams and professionals should be taking to each other
What is paramouncy principle?
Child is the most important things , all decisions made according to what’s on the best interest of child.
