Relevant Aspects of Human Rights Law Impact and Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Social Work

This case study analyzes the impact of Human Rights Law and the incorporation of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice in social work. It focuses on the case of Keisha and Kyron, examining how social care can provide better support and protection for children. The study explores relevant acts, such as the Children and Social Work Act 2017, Children and Families Act 2014, and Children Act 1989, along with statutory guidance and policies and procedures. It emphasizes the importance of safeguarding children's rights and promoting their well-being.

The Case Study

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
Relevant aspects of Human Rights Law impact and demonstrate how to incorporate anti –
discriminatory and anti – oppressive practice.............................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
The case study will analyse the situation of the Keisha and Kyron that affected their mental
health and how the social care was provide to them along with the services of the social worker
care systems.
The report will analyze local authority social worker allotted to the case of Keisha and
Kyron which will help in assisting with the laws, statutory guidance, policies and procedures
which is being applied. Along with this, the needs of the children are met or not by applying
these three factors will be analysed and whether the children are having any problem is also
analyzed. Furthermore, aspects of Human Rights Law in the case of Keisha and Kyron is also
analyzed which will also help in demonstrating of how the incorporation of anti – discriminatory
and anti – oppressive practice will be defined and explained. This also help in ensuring that the
main things which are required in the aspect of how the social worker which will help in getting
along with all the rules and regulations which will be being framed.
MAIN BODY
Children and social work act 2017:
It is one of the major act with regard to children in terms of improving support, welfare
and safeguarding with respect to children along with making of provisions regarding regulating
social workers (Worsley and et.al., 2020). It enables the guidance and regulations regarding the
local authorities that they need to take with regard to protecting children and enabling care. This
act also applies when the parents are not able to enable adequate care and this care is need to be
provided by social care centre (The Children and Social Work Act 2017: an overview, 2021). As
this act sets the rules and regulations with respect to the social care centre which will lead to
enable and entitle best care and safeguarding with respect to children. This act along with
enabling best environment and protection towards children also contain various rules and
policies with regard to local authorities to become corporate parents and take care of the children
in terms of preventing them from harms (DfE, 2017). As per this aspect it is being expected that
every possible and best moves in terms of enabling best interest towards children and their
protection are being expected by the local authorities including social care and care homes too.
This is because in the absence of parental support it become dual responsibility of the concerned
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authority that they should take adequate and appropriate steps in order to safeguard the children
and ensuring protection with respect to negative terms.
Children and families act 2014:
This act is all about those children which are vulnerable. This act also provides
safeguarding to children. Its coverage includes all those children which are in foster care and are
in need of additional care (Landmark Children and Families Act 2014 gains royal assent, 2021).
This act also made ensure that the health and care, education will be produced for all those
vulnerable children who want additional needs. This act also implies over care centre and ensure
that best care will be provided to children in terms of enabling virtual classes in order to grab
education, development of better qualities and various other good habits. The main purpose may
include enabling safety and care with the development of education and good habits among
children.
Children act 1989:
It is also an important act with regard to children and their protection. As per this act the
children and their right are being protected by the law ensuring that they will be free from
abusement and exploitation (Lindsey, 2020). This is not only related with the children protection
from the negative moves and abuse but this act also ensures a secure mental peace and treatment
of children. This act is specially devoted toward protecting and safeguarding the children from
abuse, mental trauma and exploitation (Get in on the Act: Children and Social Work Act 2017,
2021). This act also ensure that the welfare of the children will be implemented with a cordial
relation between the family and the authority. Here it is also ensures that the children will not be
removed from the family until there is will an occurrence of such event wherein there is no other
option regarding removal of children from their family as a means for their betterment and good
life (Ryan, 2019). This act ensures that every effort will be raise in the direction of protecting
children from the exploitation and preserving it with its family (Bridgeman, 2017).
Statutory Guidance -
The Statutory guidance means that the governing bodies and the local authorities should
follow the guidance which helps the social workers in this case to take concern of the children so
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that they are taken in the safe hands and that the social care centre takes care of the children and
get them rid of the mental abuse which had while they stayed with their parents (Feldon, 2017).
This also affected their performance in school and hampered their mental peace which had to be
improved. The main thing in all of this is that the social worker should follow the statutory
guidelines which aids in explaining the factors of how the social worker would take concern of
the in helping the children. The statutory guidance is the wellbeing of the children Keisha and
Kyron so that they do not suffer from the mental torture which they have been facing. The
statutory guidance is as follows –
 The wellbeing of children should be the major concern and it should be taken into
consideration that full care is taken of them and that they do not face any difficulty
(Romeo and et.al., 2017).
 Support and arrangements for the practice of effective and efficient working of the social
workers should be done so that they are able to make the decisions which will help the
children gain of what they have been losing at their mental peace.
 Quality assurance in the social work practice which the social workers follows should be
taken into consideration so that the social care terms and conditions are fulfilled which
helps the children and make secure their patterns of living a good life (Dugmore and
et.al., 2018).
 The local authority should take the concern of the changes which are to be observed for
the process of how the children are to be safeguarded and that they are able to take care
of them.
 The local authorities and the social workers should also make sure that the children are
also taking care of themselves and are improving on the scales of how they are creating
positive environment around themselves (Jones, 2018).
Therefore, the statutory guidance will help local authorities and the social worker to initiate the
duties and facts that will make the difference in taking concern of both the children that are
Keisha and Kyron (Domakin and et.al., 2018). This will also ensure that social workers would be
able to make the changes for the growth and the development.
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Policies and Procedures –
The policies and procedures which are to be applied for the local authority social worker
defines what are the functions of the social worker and that how they take care of the individuals
who are under their guidance (Gibson, 2017). The social worker policies and procedures which
the local authority also has to follow concerns the major aspect that it changes the most effective
ways in which the caring is taken into consideration of the individuals who are in need of. The
local authority social worker is responsible of taking the major decisions which are the most
effective for the purpose of what is being initiated and this makes the key concern of what and
how the social care is to be taken (Forenza and et.al., 2018).
The various aspects in social care which is taken by the social worker considers the
growth and development of the individual which initiates the process of how the things are to be
taken into and how the major steps are taken which initiates the policies and the procedures
which are being framed for the growth and development of the practices which are to be done by
the individuals (Featherstone and et.al., 2018).The policies and procedures are framed for the
development of the society at large scale and through this the social worker is able to learn from
what are the various factors which can be helpful in initiating the changes which are to be taken
in consideration of the mental health of the children (Greene and et.al., 2019). Thus, this is the
major part in which the policies and procedures which concern the wellbeing of the society at
large scale is the most effective term which is initiated by the means of developing the mental
health care. Policies and procedures of wellbeing are concerned with the practice which is
initiated and this has made the fact of being very prompt in the first place of taking concern of
the social activities which are being taken for the productive purpose of the children on large
scale (Wilson, 2020).
In case of applicability of Children and social work act with regard to children and the
concerned case it will enable the Keisha to have better progression of life. This means that with
the implication of this law and sending of Keisha to social care would enable to have better
dealing and treatment of Keisha. This law will not only protect and safeguard the children but it
is also made equally assist the social care to take best steps with the betterment of children. So in
case of Keisha this law will safeguard it from the bad mental pressure and health along with
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enabling better environment which will lead to help in learning new thing and grabbing
education.
Children and family act 2014 also applies over the case of Keisha and Kyron because the
age of both the children are around 13 and 9. And irrespective of leaving with their family they
are in need of additional safeguarding. This is because the studies of Keisha is being affected
with the environment of its family and home and it is also leading a negative impact over its
school life. Applicability of this act and sending the children to social care centre will lead to
have better development of Keisha along with raising interest towards the studies. Applicability
of this act in this case will lead to have better development of Keisha in terms of good habits and
learning knowledge.
Children act 1989 is also made applicable in case of the Keisha which was in need of
protection but there is little difference in terms of eliminating it from the family. This is because
as in the case, Keisha’s studies and education is badly affected with the environment of family
and the nature of its parents. Keisha need to perform the whole work of home in the age of
studying and going to school. Also due to inadequate schedule of the Keisha, studies are also
being affected at large. This is the situation where applicability of this law will work in the
direction of safeguarding the interest of Keisha and enable the best life in terms of education and
studies. Thus, this act will not only protect the Keisha with respect to entitlement of best
education and life but it will also lead to a thorough implication of the objective of the act with
respect to child protection from adverse environment and entitle best and positive environment.
This act also applies over social care in terms of enabling best protection to children and thereby
enabling Keisha to have better life with regard to good education and learning habits.
The application of the policies and procedures to ensure that the needs and the
requirements of the children Keisha and Kyron is met is done by following these policies and
procedures which are beneficial for both the children and they are not being affected by anything
abusive which destroys their mental health (Levenson, 2017). Therefore, the policies and the
procedures which are the major concern for the following aspect that the children will be
safeguarded and through social care they will be concerned for the following aspects.
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Relevant aspects of Human Rights Law impact and demonstrate how to incorporate anti –
discriminatory and anti – oppressive practice
The relevant aspects of Human Rights Law impact in this case of children who are Keisha and
Kyron defines that the Human Rights Law are must for the children too and that they should be
treated equally on the scale that they have processed for the further information and the laws are
being processed to be followed by them and are applicable to them (Smith, 2018). The Human
Rights Law infer the factors such as –
 The Right to Liberty and Freedom which defines that the freedom and the liberty should
be provide to the children in this case (De Schutter, 2019).
 The probation of torture and inhuman treatment defines that if anything happens to the
children Keisha and Kyron then there will be major action taken in the eyes of law.
 The Right to life Human Rights Law helps to assist in the functioning that children
Keisha and Kyron also have the right to live and lead their own life (Oomen and et.al.,
2018).
Anti – discriminatory practice is the core of social work values. This is an approach which
reduces and eliminated the oppression and discrimination which removes the barriers and helps
the individuals to access the guidance and the services which are being framed under the practice
(Tjelflaat and et.al., 2017). Anti oppressive practice is the practice which is an approach which is
interdisciplinary and is rooted within the practice of social work that focuses on stopping the
oppression of socio – economic unhealthy practices which are being initiated (Sarantakis, 2017).
The incorporation of the anti – discriminatory and anti – oppressive practice will inculcate
the minds and the knowledge of the social workers so that they can take the initiate and make the
changes within the society on large scale. The anti – discriminatory and anti – oppressive
practice will help the social workers that they initiate to stop the abusive practice which is being
formulated within the society (Fraser and et.al., 2017). This is the main purpose of how some of
the practices bring changes in the society and this takes the initiative of what is to be done in
applying the practice in positive sense. The anti – discriminatory practice focuses on path which
initiates the purpose of how the things are to be changed for prospect of not giving and not
promoting the discriminatory practices. The social worker takes concern of these practices which
involves the practices of how the individuals may suffer due to discrimination which they are
facing from the society on the higher note (Hulko and et.al., 2019).
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CONCLUSION
Thus, it is concluded from the above report that local authority social worker allotted to the
case of Keisha and Kyron helped in assisting with the laws, statutory guidance, policies and
procedures which were being applied. Along with this, the needs of the children are met or not
by applying these three factors was analysed and whether the children are having any problem
was also analyzed. Furthermore, aspects of Human Rights Law in the case of Keisha and Kyron
was also analyzed which also helped in demonstrating of how the incorporation of anti –
discriminatory and anti – oppressive practice was defined and explained. This also helped in
ensuring that the main things which are required in the aspect of how the social worker helped in
getting along with all the rules and regulations which were being framed. Child Act was also
described what the major changes and initiatives were taken effectively.
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