Safeguarding the Welfare of Children and Young People

safe guarding the
welfare of children
and young people

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Explain the various current legislation and polices related to welfare and safety of
children and young people..........................................................................................................4
1.2 Discuss the roles of various agencies which are included in safeguard of welfare of
children's and young people........................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Identify different sign and symptoms of illnesses at the time of childhood.........................6
2.2 Explain those actions when young people and children are injured.....................................7
2.3 Identify different situations when children's and young people are require to provide
urgent medical attention. ............................................................................................................7
2.4 What actions are take into consideration for emergency......................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Safeguard refers to a term which means to protect the health of human beings from any
abuse and neglect situation (Allardyce and Yates, 2018). It also includes various human rights
for adults and children's which make them to live their life with safety. Safeguards is not only the
responsibility of an organisation but everyone is responsible for it. Safeguards require that people
and organisation both are working together for reducing negative experience of abuse and
neglect. Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people is related to the health and
development of children's and adults. It ensure that children's are growing in a safe and effective
care and takes effective action so that they can achieve a best outcome. There are various laws &
polices related to protecting children's & adults from maltreatment, exploitation, abuse and other
unfair practices. This report includes various guidelines, policies and legislation for safeguarding
welfare and safety of children and young peoples. It includes different agencies for safeguarding
their growth and development. Other than this it identify symptoms of illness in children's.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
1.1 Explain the various current legislation and polices related to welfare and safety of children
and young people.
Safeguarding is a term which is derived from child protection (Boggis, 2018). It includes
various laws related to welfare of children and protecting them from any unfair activity. Their
are various legislation and policies which helps in providing safety and protections to children's
and young people. These legislation are mention below:
Legislation related to children's and young people safeguarding
United nations convention on right of the child (1989) sets different laws related to rights
and freedom of children's in a set of 54 articles. It includes various articles which ensure safety
and development of children's. It's article 19 provide safety to children's from any mental
violence, injury, abuse, exploitation and any physical violence. All those countries which are
singed up with Treaty are legally bound to follow all these legislation and polices related to
safeguarding. Various legislation related to children and young people are mention below:
 Children Act 1989- It refers to a act related to safeguarding children's and young people
which states that all parents and professionals are responsible for ensuring safety of their