The Role Of Policies And Procedures For Children And Young People

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

To be able to safeguard children effectively we need to be aware of the following policies:

Evaluate how the policies and procedures of the settings support children and young people to:

M1- Discuss how policies and procedures help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after.

1.1- Outline the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people-

National and local guidelines, policies, and procedures determine the nature of relationship and interaction with children and young people. The policies decide on the rights and privileges of children and young people in the society thus outlining how this group should relate to the entire community. National and local guidelines, policies, and procedures for safeguarding determine practice, planning, and organization of all activities in relation to children and young people. The policies ensure that the procedures for protection of children and young people are clear to all in the daily interactions. The policies enlighten the entire society on how to spot child abuse, violence, and exploitation. The policies also have the essence of creating positive and safe environment for the development of children and young people. Policies also

1 Understand the Policies, Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults

1.1. Identify current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

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.

Identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

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

Legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures affecting the safeguarding of children and young people would be:-

Children Act 1989 – Protecting children’s welfare and to provide services according to the specific needs of children.

There is no one piece of legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people in the United Kingdom but there are countless that are constantly being reviewed, changed or updated. From these many legislations, child care settings develop policies, according to the Oxford online dictionary a policy is ‘A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation or individual’.