Safeguarding Children & Young People: Legal Framework Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of child safeguarding in the UK, focusing on the relevant legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures. It details the Children Act 1989 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, emphasizing the legal duties of local authorities, parents, and other agencies in ensuring children's safety and well-being. The report explores child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding, highlighting the importance of creating positive environments and preventing harm. It analyzes how national and local guidelines affect day-to-day work with children, including childcare practices and risk assessments. Furthermore, it defines when and why inquiries and serious case reviews are essential, particularly in cases of abnormal development or child death, and how the sharing of findings informs practice. The report also addresses data confidentiality and compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. It underscores the value of safeguarding children and young people, the efficiency of child-centered practices, and the importance of partnership working among various organizations such as social services, schools, and healthcare providers in protecting children from abuse and harm. Finally, it outlines the policies and procedures in place to protect both children and adults working with them, emphasizing the need for suitable personnel and safe working practices.

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

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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

condition and most importantly in the case if child death. In every work place or setting
where the children are present, practitioners, parents, teachers and care takers. Have to
make the continuous children's growth and development measurement. In order to assess
the health and safety of the children's and young peoples, if in any case any abnormalities
found in the children's behavioural and development then this needs inquiries and serious
case reviews. If the growth and development of the child is abnormal and child is not
developing the normal skills of their age group them teacher, parents have to report that
care to the health care practitioners who can further assess the problem and take right
action. In the case of child death, a very Serious Case Reviews should be taken by local
authorities, children's safeguarding Board. In context to that situation sharing of the
findings inform practice’s, should be involve assessment of the full circumstances of the
death, harm of the child, role of the services, exposer of the key practices and issues
which might be the reason. In all these situations serious is require because all these
factors consider under the legislation and comes under the legal authorities. This action
should start immediately after the analysis of any issue and complication.
1.5 Describe how the processes used by own work setting or service comply with legislation that
covers data confidentiality.
In the own work place of children's safety and safeguarding that is important to follow the data
protection rules and regulation according to the Data Protection Act 1998. because that is
essential in every work place for the reduction of legal issues and assurance of client
protection. In my own work place effective process of data protection and handling is use
along with effective services process. Such as the all collected information of the parents, care
taker, staff, students, kept safe, confidential and secure away from the view of others. This is
achieved by the safe storage, regular disposal and destruction of the unnecessary information.
Safe authorisation, system protection.

2.1 Define the value of safeguarding children and young people.
National economic growth and population health or well-being is the important for the
development and important aspect of the human right. And in context to accomplishment, one
of the most important and essential or initial step is prevention and management of the initial
risk factors which contribute to the unhealthy, abnormal growth, lack of success and suicide or
death. Which involves the care of children's from the beginning, along with the prevention of
any risk factor which can cause negative impact on the children's growth and success.
Assurance of the children's and young people safety is important because this helps to prevent
the harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation of the children's and young peoples, with the
influence of which children's and young people mental and physical heath maintain effectively
and contribute to their success in life.
2.2 Explain the value and efficiency of a child or young person-centred practices
Child and young people centred approaches are the practices which keep them in the centre of
the decision and planning (their leaving and working) along with focus on their needs, growth
and development. This done with the effective partnership with them and their family
members. That is important because this helps to cover all area and factors which impact the
children's and young people, this aid to effective evaluation of their interest, well-being and
personal or social needs. This helps in management of effective growth and development
along with the prevention of any negative factor, through effective assessments. Children's and
young people’s care and development plan influence them in various means. So that is
important to make it positive with centre approaches. Because this also helps in the effective
participation of children with grate efforts in their own care, protection and development.
2.3 Explain what is meaning and importance of partnership working in the context of
safeguarding.
In context to the children's and young people safeguarding partnership is very important
approach or supportive element of the safeguarding plan success. Because this helps to
manage all activities, services, assessment and measurement of the children's and young
peoples, growth, development, education and safety. In safeguarding partnership is the

collective and supportive participation of the all national (NSH), local authorities, (educations
departments, NSPCC or social workers), parents, teachers and children's, youngster along with
the other members who are involves in their Daly life activities. This involves the collective
approaches and activities all authorities and peoples how are involve in the children's Daly life
activities. Work for the achievement of all goals and objectives legislative and health care
polices in context to children's safety, development and success.
2.4 What are the responsibilities of the different organisations that may be involved when a
child or young person has been abused or harmed.
Social services:
 They are used to provide support vulnerable children and families.
National society for the prevention of cruelty to children:
 They used to provide support for the children and families in the condition such as
domestic violence and abuse.
 Work with the number of firms. For example; social services, police, education and
health services.
Health visitor:
 They used to protect children from the harm and abuse which is occur in centre.
 They have a contact with the various multiagency and they used to give the support for
the local work.
General practitioners:
 To role of the GP is used to maintain the responsibilities to recognise child is being
abused and neglected.
Probation officers:
 The main role of the police is to create prevention which help to provide the crim and
disorder and protect for all individual.
School roles:
 The role which is played to formulate and maintain the safe learning environment.
 These allow to make identification to act upon this information.
 They used to protect the harm and abuse from the bullying and cyberbullying.

Psychology:
 They used to provide the support to those children who is facing the issue of abuse and
harm.
School nurse:
 Nurses have regular interaction with the children from the age of 5 to 9
3.1 what is the important And methods to ensure children and young people are protected from
harm within the work setting.
Ensuring children and young people safety and protection is being show the setting which is
an essential and relevant aspect for the part of safeguarding and promoting in this mean of
welfare. Every working person who is taking the making of must be suitable person which is
mandatory to work with the children. As per this, they must be show various confirmation
which is checked by the independent safeguarding authority. It is very important to provide
the monitoring aspect with the number of people who is facing the consequence with the work
setting. In this, they must take of the tool and technique and used to follow every single
guideline which is helpful to provide the aspect of restriction to harm and abuse.
3.2 Define and elaborate policies and procedures that are in place to protect children and young
people and adults who work with them.
Policies and procedures are set in a place to not only protect the children for the young people
but also, they used to provide various effectiveness with the adults who want to voluntarily
work with them. In this, it is a vital performance which is analysed with the professionals who
used to follow the safe working practices to ensure that the children’s have protected and also
it has a number of supportive manner and openly thoughtful in the imperative way which is
helpful in order to create the safeguarding principles with the help of policies and procedures.
There are some of the policies and procedure which essential in a work setting used to happy
changing policies and procedures, positive behaviour policies, and procedures supervision of
children are used to be conducted in the appropriate manner which follows the processes and

the various aspects of policies in which the information sharing is also approach with the
policies and a procedure concern.
3.3 Evaluate ways in which concerns about poor practice can be reported whilst ensuring that
whistle-blowers and those whose practice or behaviour is being questioned are protected.
If any employee is facing with any concern with the inappropriate practice, they are usually
raised some of the writing application to was the name of individual against from the
allegations are used to be conducted with the proper background and the nature of
inappropriate practices and define appropriate reason for raising the concerns. This concern
should be raised first with their manager and after that it is disclose with the various concerns
with them the employee should write to the chief executive or the HR manager about that
particular inappropriate practice which is helpful to create the chief executive via the implied
manager. All receiving manager have a responsibility to take some necessary action which is
appropriate as per the standard boards for England whistleblowing policies and procedures. In
this, the head of legal will identified the concern which can be disclosed or it should be deal in
another procedure there are various informed services are used to be conducted with the
policies which is associated with the standard operating procedures, the investigation is to be
held and then contacted the receiving manager will always play a vital role in order to provide
the information to the employee in writing of the process to be followed.
3.4 how practitioners can take steps to protect themselves within their everyday practice in the
work setting and on off site visits.
There is component of the practitioner which used to perform the role in the protecting
themselves which helpful to read the policies and procedure that are used to put in place
safeguard them and they show the children and young people in their care.
 Avoid being alone which is closed room with the child.
 Two member of the staff which must be child needs to be undressed in the events of an
accident.

 Always used to focus in the working open and way to help which is visual access or an
open which is based on situation.
 Avoid meeting which is student is an isolated or the private area in the school.
In the case, the unrealistic which is used to recommend the member of the staff which is show
the emergencies as per the few people which help to agree and show the condition which is
based on hug and close contact which is needed by child.
4.1 What are the possible signs, symptoms, indicators and behaviours that may cause concern in
the context of safeguarding.
There are various concerns about the science of safeguarding in which the emotional abuse has
a significant impact on the developing child mental health. In this, behaviour and the self-
esteem are also involved in a such a way which can affected due to the negative impact of
emotional abuse this type of reviews is a vital aspect as compared with the other types. They
have detected as the sign which is more visible and can easily be detected. Whereas, the
domestic violence adult mental health problem and parental substance misuse maybe some of
the key pointers which is associated with the families where children are used to be exposed in
such as uses as per the sexual abuse involve the various concerns and unproductive prevention
which used to be force a child to young people to take part in the sexual activities which can
shows various features where the child is aware or not aware about the cases. The happening
scenarios which can create various factor that can we producing undelivered behaviour for the
mental health the sign and symptoms are well associated with the children and they can create
a negative impact for the future. Once sexual abuse which is determined in order to support the
other believe that the child helps. Whereas, they start to make the understanding within the ab
use which can offer help and protection to the child towards any kind of have used which is
concern within the manager, it is most common reason for illusion on the child protection
which is registered in the United Kingdom.
4.2 Explain strategic actions to take if a child or young person alleges harm or abuse in line with
policies and procedures of own setting.
If a child or young person are used to be harm or abuse within the work setting, they used to

follow the guidance and procedures in various method in order to listen, all the children and
whatever he or she is saying really as the kid will not only divulged but they have a potential
point to say whatever they want to say with the proper trust. In this, a proper recognition is to
be taken because there are various principles of keeping the child secure in the situation of
additional harm and perhaps distressed was the child which include various factor or the
incident record along with the image of the child injuries that shows the various witnesses. In
this, it is very essential to support the children's without criticizing them with any factor.
Moreover, they are tried to simplify information and other one drink or ask direct concern
writing down sports towards for the child disclose asking to child to draw a perhaps write in a
quiet or any cosy environment.
4.3 what are the rights in that Situation where young people and their carers have harm or abuse
is suspected or alleged.
They were right to listen and take some necessary action where is children and their care have
various rights in order to treat with respect with the proper index of time in which they have a
right to listen and put the evidence must be investigated in the fair way with the proper
confidentiality. Moreover, they have a right to be listed in order to create the most important
factor. In this, the most relax and go through the various standard operating procedure which is
corrective in nature for the proper investigation and to take the decision which must be
recorded for the all parties in order to make awareness regarding the aspect which is happen or
the incident which is happening in the centre. As per this, the children must feel like that they
do not consider or taking the step to do such type of fault or they can press for coming
forward. In this, extra help should be offered to both children and the child for example
counselling.
5.1 What are the different types of bullying and the potential effects on children and young
people.
Physical bullying: Physical bullying is defined as a most obvious form of bullying in which
the pushing, kicking, hitting, and destroying of property is the main purpose. As per this, there
are some factors to deal with the physical bullying is dragging out the morning routine

refusing to go to school despite of former love for it.
Verbal bullying: Verbal bullying is harder to identify because most of the bullies are always
operators when adults are of scenes. In the aspect of verbal bullying the victims are usually
call them with different names throw and make embarrass in the public places.
Relational bullying: The relational bullying is defined as a physical and verbal bullying at the
direct form of following in which the relational bullying is an indirect form in which the boys
are more involved in the direct, while girls are more involved in the indirect bullying. The
relational bullying is also called as social bullying which is not easy to identify because in the
number of cases the person usually behind the back. A relational bullying is usually enhancing
their own social standings by minimising the standing of another child. In this, it consists of
having a child reputation, causing humiliation and so on.
Prejudicial bullying: Prejudicial bullying is usually target on the basis of race, religion or the
social standing.
Cyberbullying: Cyber bullying is defined as a bullying which is happens to the digital
technologies such as computers, smartphones, social media, text, and so on.
5.2 Illustrate the policies and procedures that should be followed in response to concerns or
evidence of bullying and explain the reasons why they are in place.
By law, there are various school which must have a behaviour policy in the various places
which should include the anti-bullying procedures and policies in this the schools
administration take the blue line in the serious way where the usually involve the persistent
physical verbal or emotional uses of another child or any children it is usually characterized by
with the intention to hurt or damage to any individual property or more of an planning and the
bully usually is aware of the impact of the bullying behaviour has on the victim a child who is
bullying has usually reached at particular stage of cognitive development where they should
carry some plans in order to create a predictive causes by targeting the victim moreover the
bullying can offer in children 5 years old and over which are the serious issues in the childcare
settings.