Cb Strengths And Weaknesses

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Regulation of care provision
Criminal records Bureau
When children or young people are cared for by others, certain guidelines must be followed. Individuals who have contact with the child will be separated by the criminal records Bureau (CRB) and the locations or setting will be inspected by the local authority and/or by the office for standards in education (OFSTED).
Strengths
The strengths of CRB checks are that it confirms whether an existing or prospective employee has a current UK criminal conviction or not. It also gives a more informed recruitment decision and ensures that inappropriate people are not employed. CRB’s protect children from abuse for example work places make sure they recruit employees who have not a criminal record …show more content…

Also a care worker could change their identity if they have had a criminal record before. This is not working well because a child or a young person could be at risk of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in the care home.
General teaching council for England
The general teaching council for England is the professional regulatory body for teachers. There is a distinct General Teaching council for Scotland and Northern Ireland. They have a professional code of conduct and practice for registered teachers, which sets morals by which all teaching staff should be measured.
Strengths
The teacher’s code of conduct is strength because it promotes professional behaviour for members of staff. This also notifies teachers to maintain high standards of personal behaviour at all times. Again this is a strength because they will respect the wishes and aspirations of parents, guardians and carers of students. Children will be safe from harm because teachers will be following the code of conduct. …show more content…

There is a list of those who are qualified to work in the sector. For example care workers make sure that they wash the
Strengths
This is a strength because care workers in day care centres are meeting relevant standards of practice and work in a lawful, safe and effective way. Doing this will protect young people. Day care centres support and encourages individuals to do as much for themselves as possible to maintain their independence and physical ability and encourages people with disabilities to maximise their own potential and independence.
Weakness
There can be weaknesses because some day care centres for children and young people do not always have enough staff, which can make it difficult for a member of staff to handle them all, plus she may not notice that a child is not itself or behaving different, or is upset and needs attention from the carer, the career working by themselves may not notice this because she is working under pressure.
Office for standards in education (OFSTED)
This government department inspects and controls any setting that provides care and education which includes child-minders, schools, nurseries, day care and out-of-school care and crèches.

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