Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults: Understanding Legislations and Evaluating Recommendations

This report discusses the concept of safeguarding and the legislations used to protect young adults. It critically evaluates the legislation and makes recommendations for care providers and parents. The report includes an overview of a case study and the sociological factors that need to be taken into account. The legislation used to safeguard young people is also discussed. Subject: Social Care. Course Code: N/A. College/University: N/A.

Unit title & code Safeguarding Children
Young people and Adults

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Overview of case study..........................................................................................................3
Understanding of the legislations used to safeguard the young adults...................................4
Critically evaluate the legislation and make recommendations.............................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The concept of safeguarding is generally an action which is taken so as to promote the
welfare of the children as well as protect them from any injury or harm. It is generally a crucial
process and involves its concept which consists the protecting of the children from any kind of
the abuse and the maltreatment as well. The prevention of any injury or harm towards the health
and development of an individual, taking the several actions to allow every child as well as the
young people in order to have the best possible results. The professional role which is being
chosen here is the social care service provider that can provide help to achieve the healthy well-
being. This report will cover the various safeguarding practices which must be considered to
protect the people form any harm. In this report there is a discussion about the policies or
legislations which are generally important for protecting the life of the adults or children's,
keeping them safe as well as prevent them from being threatened (Maul and et. al., 2019).
MAIN BODY
The safeguarding is the protection of the well-being, as well as the rights of the vulnerable
people. It is basically aimed at protecting the people from particular harms. In this, the harm can
specifically come from various different sources containing the other vulnerable people, the
family members or even the people themselves. In this, the safety as well as the well-being of the
children and the adult people as well are essential as they come into contact with the particular
services which the educational institutions as well as the workplace can generally provide.
Overview of case study.
The case study is about young people which involves the character such as Julie and
Mark which have been in a relation for 2 years. Julie has two sons named as Kieron and Anthony
having the age 12 and 15 as well. Mark has been shifted to Lisa's flat as he is homeless. Mark has
a daughter named as Samantha who generally stays with Mark on the weekend alternate days.
Julie and Mark have a past history of the drug abuse as well as abuse of cocaine. From the past
history it is also identified that mark can drink alcohol heavily on daily basis. In their past, they
both have been treated for their drug misuse and they have been discharged from the treatment as
they are generally failing to take the treatment. It is also identified from the case study that the
police have been called at home on the very two occasions such as the case of domestic violence
in front of their children's. Julie's son Anthony is also not doing well in his studies as the

influence of their parents make impact over him which make him to adapt the bad habits. In the
recent, he has been arrested for involving in the gang which are involved in burglary. Anthony
also started skipping his schools so as to be ganged up with the other people who are at a age of
18 the whole gang was arrested by the police in the case of car stolen (Eule, Borrelli, Lindberg
and Wyss, 2019).
The greater impact of things in Anthony's life is that he thinks that his mother pays more
attention towards his father and Samantha instead of paying attention towards his brother or
himself. Recently, Anthony is being involved in case as he generally injured the pedestrian while
joy riding the care. In addition to this, there is an issue with Kieron also, as he is been doing
much well in his education, but it is identified recently as his schoolwork is begin to deteriorated.
Kieron is been told to wear the glasses but he did not wear them as they are quite broken and his
mother did not afford to fix the glasses. It is also identified from the case study that Kieron has
also a issue of bed wetting and in the school he has a same problem which he cannot control. By
these such things he feels very much stressed (Weine and et. al., 2017).
In this, the sociological factors which are need to be taken into account in the provided
case study is the isolation of the Julie from her children’s as she is heavy abusive of drugs and
due to all these, she was not able to spend more time with son’s. In this, the both environmental
factors as well as the educational factors are not good and generally have the negative impact
over Anthony and Kieron’s life.
Understanding of the legislations used to safeguard the young adults.
The understanding of the safeguarding here means that it is generally a way to prevent
any type of mistreatment, whether it is physical, emotional, financial or it can be mental also. It
is quite not sufficient to stop the vulnerable young adults from being injured or harmed as they
generally required to have more opportunities to learn, acquire, can improve as well as enjoy the
very positive experiences. Safeguarding the vulnerable young adults is generally a major concern
for the well-being care professionals across the United Kingdom and, consequently there is a
need to have particular understanding of their rights and the responsibilities towards the people
(Meren, 2021).
In context with case study, it is very crucial for Julie and Mark to understand the
safeguarding of their children's so as to protect them from any harm or injury. It is the
responsibility of the parents to look upon their children's as they are facing any type of difficulty

in their lives or not. It is a specific duty of every parent to safeguard as well as promote the
welfare of the children. And in the case study, Julie and Mark they both fails to safeguard their
children in this case. There are various legislations, or the policies which generally intimates the
professional safeguarding practices such as The Care Act 2014. This Care Act generally sets out
a clear legal framework for how the local authorities as well as the other parts of the settings
which usually can protect the young adults or adults who are at a risk of having a drug abuse or
misuse or being neglect. The legislations which are present to safeguard the young people are as
detailed below:
 The Children Act 1989
 The Education Act 2002.
 The Equality Act 2010.
 Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
 The Children and Families Act 2014.
 The Children and Social Work Act 2017.
 Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019.
 The Human Rights Act 1998.
And here, the legislation which is being followed in the given case study is The Children Act
1989. The necessity of this Act is to enable the children to be healthy, enabling the children so as
to remain in the safe environment. This legislation also includes that aiding the children so as to
enjoy their life, the parents must assist children in their search to succeed. This can also aid in
making the positive contribution towards the lives of the children. This can aid to accomplish the
economic stability for the future of the children. This particular legislation can aid the Julie and
Mark to fulfil the requirements of their children so Anthony and Kieron can live their lives
healthier (Van den Hoonaard, 2018).
Critically evaluate the legislation and make recommendations.
The current legislation for safeguarding of young people is the Children and Social Work
Act 2017, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
Act 2006, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021. These such legislation are generally the
foundations from which the procedures as well as the policies are drawn. In contrast with the
safeguarding, the legislations or rules needed the guides the childcare settings as well as the
educational foundations so as to put collaboratively the rules and the instructions. The effective

practice in safeguarding simply means that protecting the children from the various maltreatment
or preventing the impairments of the well-being of the children or the development which
generally ensures children enjoy the provision of safe as well as the effective care. The actions
which are taken to allow the children to generally have the best possible chances. The role of the
policy The Care Act (2014) can lead a multi-agency local adult safeguarding system which seeks
to prevent the abuse or misuse as well as can neglect or stop quickly when it happens or occurs.
In this the broader concept of the safeguarding here means that the parents can protect their
children from any injury or maltreatment (Whitty, Barton and Pollard, 2018).
They are generally preventing the impairments of the well-being of the children or their
development. The parents must ensure that their children are growing up in the circumstances
which are generally consistent with the provision of the safe as well as effective care. It can also
include the actions which are taken to allow the young people or the children to have the best
possible results. The protection of the children is also an essential part of the safeguarding as
well as promoting the welfare. It is evaluated from the given case study that if Julie and Mark
would have controlled their substance abuse as well as they both would have taken the care of
their children, they their children must have live a healthy life. Their own relationships had
impacted over their children in a negative way which had ruined the lives of their children. The
care act 1989 mainly concentrates on the thought that children are generally best cared fro within
their own families as well as every effort which are generally made to encourage that where it
can be possible. It mainly stresses on the welfare of the children's which is a paramount when
making the decisions on the upbringing of the children's as well as their feelings that can be
taken into an account (Meren, 2021.).
The recommendations for safeguarding generally includes such as care providers or
parents must ensuring the protection the children from the harm or an injury. The care providers
or parents must prevent the impairment of the well-being as well as development of the children.
The care providers or the parents should ensure the children can enjoy the provision of safe as
well as an effective care. In addition to this, it is also ensured by the care providers or parents
that taking the actions to allow every child to have the best possible chances and also live their
life more healthier. In context with case study, Julie and Mark both together have taken care of
their children. they must have to develop an effective communication among them so that the
conflicts which have been arises among them can be overcome. An effective communication can

lead to aid Julie and Mark to deliver the quality of care towards their children. This can also aid
their son Anthony to separate from the negative company or people and can help to live the life
more healthier (Munny and et. al., 2019).

CONCLUSION
Here, the concept of safeguarding can involve all the agencies who are working with the
young people, children as well as their families and taking all the possible or reasonable
measures so as to ensure that the risk of harm or injury towards the welfare of the children are
generally reduced. Safeguarding generally means about protecting the rights of a person to live
in a safety, free from any abuse and being neglected. It is concluded from the above report that
safeguarding is an action which is generally taken so as to encourage the children's welfare as
well as they can protect them from any kind of injury or harm. It is also concluded from the
above report that it is very important for the care providers to take care of the children from the
various acts which are conducted so that the children can live their life more happier.

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