Health and social care service users as well as service providers must make sure that they follow certain rules and regulations when children and young people are being looked after by other people in schools, nurseries or foster cares. Every health and social care service provider who looks after children and young people will need to go through the Criminal Records Bureau which is also known as CRB. Also, health and social care settings will need to be inspected by the local authority and by the Office for Standards in Education which is also known as OFSTED. Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) The Criminal Record Bureau which is also known as CRB took place in 2002 and was created so that a wider range of employers can have access to information …show more content…
about their employees criminal record history and also to make a safer decision about whether a person will be given the job or not. The Criminal Record Bureau allows employers to check if the applicant has had any criminal convictions before in their lives, if they are barred from looking after children and young people, whether they are on the sex offenders list and to see if the police have hold any relevant pieces of information about the person. from November 2010, people who look after children and young people on a regular basis will need to be registered with the Independent Safeguarding Agency which is also known as ISA. Strengths and weaknesses of the Criminal Record Bureau There are many strengths and weaknesses of the Criminal Record Bureau.
The strengths of the Criminal Record Bureau is that it allows children and young people who are using the health and social care services to stay safe because if a person has a Criminal Record which can put the children and young people in any form of harm, then the person will not get employed. This means that children and young people will not get hurt. However, the weaknesses of the Criminal Records Bureau is that Criminal Record Bureau checks have to be regularly checked and updated and this is because when a person begins their job, they may not have a Criminal Record, however, they may commit a crime after they have started their job. This means that the children and young people are likely to be at risk. Also, the Criminal Records Bureau only shows what has been found and some health and social care service providers might have committed a crime, but this might have not be recorded. The Criminal Records Bureau has been taken further with safeguarding vulnerable groups act. Due to this, adults who tend to have less contact with children and young people have to go through a Criminal Record Bureau …show more content…
check. Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) Office for Standards in Education which is also known as OFSTED is a government department which examines any type of health and social care setting which provides care, education. The health and social care environments the Office for Standards in Education examine are: schools, day care settings, out of school care and nurseries. Strengths and weaknesses of Office for Standards in Education There are many strengths and weaknesses of Office for Standards in Education.
The Strengths of Office for Standards in Education is that when the members of OFSTED go to health and social care environments to inspect, they are usually able to see how the health and social care service users are behaving in the health and social care environments. An example of this includes: in a health and social care environment such as a school, the inspectors will be able to speak to the students as well as teachers. This will allow the inspectors to get students perspectives of the school and how they are finding their education. When a schools get inspected, the schools will be able to be given feedback bout how they can improve their education system. However, the weakness of Office for Standards in Education is that the examinations are not always truthful. Also, the Office for Standards in Education gives the school or health and social care environments notice they will be visiting on a certain day and this gives health and social care time to prepare for the inspection and also allows health and social care environments to get better results on their inspection. Also, the Office for Standards in Educations will need to do unexpected visits to health and social care environments and by doing this; the inspectors will be able to get a honest view about the health and social care
environment. General Teaching Council for England General Teaching Council for England which is also known as GTCE is regulated for teachers. The General Teaching Council for England have a professional Code of Conduct and Practice for Registered Teachers which sets standards by which all teaching staff should be considered. Strengths and weaknesses of General Teaching Council for England There are many strengths and weaknesses of General Teaching Council for England. The strengths of General Teaching Council for England is that head teachers now have a responsibility of making sure that they check that prospective teaching staffs are registered with the General Teaching Council for England.
Carers have a right to an assessment if they ask or are observed as having present support needs or probable ones within the future (Care Act 2014: c.23:pt1:s10). Carers have the right to refuse an assessment if they wish so a social worker must seek their permission beforehand, yet the consent of the person in receipt of care is unnecessary. In addition social workers, bound by legislation regarding confidentiality and information sharing, must reserve the carer’s right to privacy whilst uphold their right to a fair hearing. This is achieved by only disclosing carer’s personal details to 3rd parties with consent, unless a safeguarding concern arise, for instance it is believed that the individual being cared is at risk (Human Rights Act 1998:6,8; Data Protection Act 1998). Protection for vulnerable adults is a fundamental aspect of social work practice as 50 people per hour are abused or neglected within their own home by people known to them, such as friends or family (Age UK,
The environment has to be safe and secure and equal attention according to the needs of the child is necessary. The Act puts emphasis on the welfare and rights of the child, teachers and support staff must effectively communicate with children and young people respecting their views, wishes and feelings. Again, procedures for reporting concerns and information sharing have to be followed. Professionals such as social workers under the Act are permitted to make investigations and where significant harm is apparent; the police are permitted to take the child.
With matted hair and a battered body, the creature looked at the heartless man outside the cage. Through the dark shadows you could only see a pair of eyes, but those eyes said it all. The stream of tears being fought off, the glazed look of sheer suffering and despair screamed from the center of her soul, but no one cared. In this day in age I am ashamed to think that this is someone's reality, that this is an accurate description of a human being inside a Canadian women's prison . Exposing the truth behind these walls reveals a chauvinistic, corrupt process that serves no greater purpose. The most detrimental aspect of all is society's refusal to admit the seriousness of the situation and take responsibility for what has happened.
• The role of school and college staff is highlighted as being especially important in safeguarding children because of their position to identify concerns early on, provide early intervention and to
LSCB, (2013), SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS POLICY, (www.safechildren-cios.co.uk), [Assessed 1 November 2013].
Health and social care professionals encounter a diverse amount of individuals who have different needs and preferences regarding their health. As professionals they must ensure that all services users, whether it is older people with dementia, an infant with physical disabilities or an adult with an eating disorder (National Minimum Data Set for Social Care, [no date]), are treated in a way that will successfully meet such needs. In fact, health and social care professionals have a ‘duty of care’ towards services users, as well as other workers, in which they must legally promote the wellbeing of individuals and protect them against harm, abuse and injury. (The Care Certificate Workbook Standard 3, [no date]) Duty of care is a legal requirement
The police records crime reported by the public in 43 police force areas and provides these data to the Home Office and for their Basic Command Units. These data provide a wealth of statistical information on recorded crime rates and possibly identify long-term trends in recorded crime rates. Due to such data collecting process, how crime being reported by the victims or witnesses and recorded by the police may affect the accuracy of such official statistics. Thus, however, the main drawbacks of this kind of statistics are excluding crimes that are not discovered, reported or recorded. Firstly, some criminal activities are not witnessed or discovered then not recorded officially by the police. According to Croall (1998), a crime being counted officially should be perceived and recognised by a member of the public, a victim or law enforcement officers. For example, white –collar crimes such as fraud or misuse of expense accounts may not be discovered easily. Therefore, crimes that are not be seen may be uncounted in the official crime
The 2002 crime figures for England and Wales comprised of two separate reports, brought together for the first time: (i) Crime statistics recorded by constabularies and (ii) The British Crime Survey (BCS), based on 33,000 interviews. The BCS is regarded as a more reliable measure of actual levels of crime because it includes experiences of crime that go unreported. The British crime survey of 2002 revealed:
The act established the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Inspectorate). The SSSC ensures the standards of care practice by the workforce is raised through continuous and rigorous training programmes and education, and the Care Inspectorate, which has since been changes to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) under the Public Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2011, inspects care services to ensure they are meeting the required National Care Standard set out by legislation. (Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland. 2016) (Community Care and Criminal Justice.
It could be debated that contemporary sytems of criminal justice are overly bureaucratic and depersonalising to a certain extent. By this it is thought that criminal justice systems involving the police and prison service, Crown Prosecution Service , Probation and the courts are overly bureaucratic and depersonalising. Bureaucratic is the idea of “Relating to a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives” (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2015).This could be seen through the functions of criminal justice systems that are to manage crime and criminals under strict rules.However it could be equally argued that criminal justice systems are not bureaucratic as powers
This presentation has informed my knowledge about Ofsted greatly. As a student, I have only ever witnessed my previous teachers and schools being inspected and have never experienced the ‘behind the scenes’ of an Ofsted inspection. By completing this task, I feel that I am now able to understand the process that Ofsted follow in a clearer form and feel that this would be very beneficial towards my professional development. This is because as I aspire to be a primary school teacher, I am now aware of what Ofsted look out for in an inspection and feel that I would be able to implement the knowledge gained into my practice and work ethics.
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
Ofsted uses the definition of safeguarding in light of the ‘Children Act 2004, and the Department for Education and Skills guidance document Working together to safe guard children, which illustrates the emphasis on the welfare of children and learners.’ This is overall concluded as preventing children from any mistreatment, impairment of health and development and allowing children to prosper in a safe and effective care. When inspectors are evaluating the significance of the schools safeguarding system and whether they are successfully following it, they analyse key factors such as the impact and outcomes of the students academically and the level of positivity through their development and well-being. Furthermore, it will be recorded how
Commission for Social Care Inspection (2005) Making Every Child Matter, Commission for Social Care Inspection
For a crime to be registered and recorded in the system, a three step process must take place. Firstly, a person must know that a crime has been committed. This means that any given individual who commits a crime must be aware, or must have been witnessed by a member of the community while committing the crime (Coleman, & Moynihan, 1996) Secondly,the appropriate authorities must be informed either by the person who committed it or an individual who has observed the crime being committed. Although it ishighly unlikely that the offender will report the crime that he/she has committed. And finally, the authorities that have been reported to must also acknowledge and agree that a criminal offense has taken place and has a law has been broken in the act.If one of the three is not followed up, then the crime goes unrecognized. However, if other individuals of ...