Unit 333.3.2. Explain Policies and Procedures That Are in Place to Protect Children, Young People and Adults Who Work with Them.

It emphasises the important principles to be followed when working with children and young people: settings must provide a safe and secure environment, if any children are identified as suffering from abuse or likely to suffer the appropriate action must be taken.

There are many policies and procedures within the UK that outline the current legislation and guidelines to help with safeguarding children and young people.

| Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 requires local education authorities and governing bodies of maintained schools and FE colleges to make arrangements to ensure that their functions are carried out with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.All children deserve the opportunity to achieve their full potential.  The five outcomes that are key to children’s and young people’s wellbeing are: * Stay safe * Be healthy * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive contribution * Achieve economic wellbeing The school should give effect to their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils (students under the age of 18 years of age) under the Education Act 2002 and , where appropriate, under the Children Act 1989 by: * Creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for children and young people. * Identifying where there are child welfare concerns and taking action to address them in partnership with other

Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners.

It is everybody’s responsibility to safeguard children – This means every single staff member within a setting; irrelevant of what role they may have there. This also includes non-staff members, such as volunteers, student’s third-party companies (visitors, service providers etc). Each setting should therefore adopt their own safeguarding policy, of which has to be kept up to date and followed at all times.

Ensuring children and young people’s safety and welfare in the work setting is an essential part of safeguarding. While children are at school, practitioners act in ‘loco parentis’ while their parents are away. As part of their legal and professional obligations, practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school, and therefore should always act in their best interests and ensure their safety – the welfare of the child is paramount (Children Act 1989). The Children Act 2004 came in with the Every Child Matters (ECM) guidelines and greatly impacted the way schools look at the care and welfare of pupils. Children and young people should be helped to learn and thrive and be given the opportunity to

Schools are required to have policies and procedures as they safe guard the staff and pupils and

3.2 Explain policies and procedures that are in place to protect children and young people and adults who work with them.

Analyze how national and local guidelines, policies, and procedures for safeguarding affect day-to-day work with children and young people.

Must be able to identify and record possible signs of abuse or neglect as soon as possible

|As adults in positions of responsibility it is important to be aware of the importance of protecting children and young people from harm. While |

This is guidance which sets out the duties of organisations and how they must work together to safeguard children and young people.

The main current legislation guidelines policies and procedures within own UK home nation for safeguarding children and young people.

Unit 516 Understand Safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) P5

A policy is an agreement for both employees and managers in a setting, the policies provide guidance for employees also a point of reference for managers if there are ever put into a situation where they have to make a professional or ethical decision. All children as well as young people within Scotland have the right to be in a safe environment and to be protected from harm. Furthermore, The adults that work with children and young people have a role to play so that children as well as young people live their lives safely, in a setting where the workers must know the guidelines in that certain setting. However, the workers must