Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People

Child Care (Understand How to
Safeguard the Wellbeing of
Children and Young People)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3

QUESTION AND ANSWERS
1.1 Explain current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation
affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.
In the UK children's and young people safeguarding is the key responsibility of legal
authorities and public. In context to which UK Home nation is managing different legislation,
guidelines and polices. The main objective of safeguarding is protection of health, well-being,
and enabling the positive living free of the harm, neglect and abuse. Such as the Children Act
1989, United Nations Convention in the Rights of the Child 1989, provide the legal guidelines
and standards of children's safety and development. By assuring their protection from the
maltreatment, safe and effective care, prevention impairment of the children's health. The
Children Act 1989- This is the legislative police of the UK parliament, which allocate the
responsibility and duty of children safety to the local authorities, parents, courts and other
agencies. According to this Act children should best care within their family and other place
of interaction. In context to which all essential efforts should be made to support that. Children
upbringing should be done in right circumstances. By assuring that children are happy, safe,
educate, or succeed, they should also be protected from abuse and exploitation.
1.2 What is child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people
Child protection in wider concept of safeguarding children and young people, which is
incorporating the rules, regulation and responsibilities of children safety in relation to the
different risk factors of children harm. Chide protection is about the management of positive
growth and development environments along with the prevention of their physical and mental
harm. In context to the positive environment management that is important to prevent the
behaviour which can harm the children. Safeguarding is the protective concept, which use to
support the effective growth, development and health of the children and young people. By
assuring their good access to the health care and well stay. In context to the vulnerable
children's and young people this is the most important concept or protecting part of the UK
legislation. According to which vulnerable individuals are equality treated by the professional
and supporter by the public.

1.3 Analyse how day to day work get affected by National and local guidelines, policies and
procedures for safeguarding children and young people
There are the various national and local guidelines, police, procedures, for the children and
young people safeguarding which affects the day-to-day work with the children. Such as
the Childcare practices guideline of The Education ACT 2002, affects the day-to-day
responsibilities of the education authorities to promote and manage the children's and
young people’s safeguarding, welfare. In education setting teachers have to implement the
child care and protection activities, like they have to make sure that children are getting
equal opportunities and should keep away from the harm, abuse and harassment. In their
education plan there should be incorporation of effective development strategies.
According to the child protection act teachers, parents and care taker have to manage the
everyday safe and suitable environment for the children's along with the availability of all
essential assets. Another important guideline of the safeguarding is risk assessment, which
is essential in context to the prevention of children's and young people harm from the
different elements of leaving environment. Such as in education setting there should be
proper management of the risk factors along with the effective guidelines, in home
children's have to kept away from the risk. Each and every member of the society have to
make sure that they should ensure the effective listening of children's voice. According to
the national standards and provision of the children's advocacy 2002 day to day activities
in the children presence setting, should make sure that they listen to the children and
advocate from their side, in order to help and support them in their right choice.
1.4 Define when and why inquiries and serious case reviews are essential and how the sharing of
the findings informs practice.
According to the legislation and guidelines of the UK for child protection and safety
inquires and serious case reviews are required at the situation of children and young
people inappropriate growth facilities, abnormal development, growth, behaviour and