Explain How The Policies And Procedures To Help Children, Young People And Their Families

The policies and procedures I will be talking in this essay to help children, young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after include: The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989, The Children Act 1989, The Children Act 2004, The Data Protection Act 1998, Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Parents 2000, the Human Rights Act 1998 and Every Child Matters 2003,

The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989

The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child was introduced in 1989. This legislation was produced to make sure that the rights of Children are taken into account and for the safety as well as wellbeing of the child all the way through their childhood. This legislation includes: children and young people to be brought back together with their parents if they have already been separated,

the right for a child or young person to have enough standard of living, the right for children and young people to play and have an education. An example of this includes: all children and young people have been brought up differently and this usually means that some children may find it extremely difficult to be able to learn new things. However, when extra support as well as help is provided to children and young people at school, then they will be able to participate during their lessons and this is because every children and young people have the right to education.
The Children Act 1989
The Children Act was introduced in 1989.

The Children Act took place in order to maintain the safety and protection of children. The local authorities have certain duties for children who go to schools as well as for children who are in outside away from their parents in order to make sure that they are safe. Also, the Children Act makes sure that every child are cared all the time in health and social care environments such as nurseries and schools because every children have the right to be protected from anything which can harm them. Also, children who are being looked after away from their parent must be getting the right and suitable amount of help and support in order to improve their quality of life. An example of this includes: in a health and social care environment such as a care home for children, there might be children who have a range of issues and this can often have an impact on them in many ways. Therefore, children may require personal care on a one to one basis. It is very important that every child is actually been treated equally and are given the same amount of

care.

The Children Act 2004
The Children Act was introduced in 2004. It is the same as the Children Act 1989, however, in this act, local authorities as well as a range of health and social care services work together in order to make sure that the safety and wellbeing of every child is maintained as this act provide the legislation to support the ‘Every Child Matters’ programme. The ‘Every Child Matters’ legislation was introduced with the Children Act 2004 because there were certain health and social care services and other authorities working together in order to make sure that every child was safe. An example of this includes: a child may be experiencing psychological as well as physical abuse, then they may not be able to tell anybody else as they may get scared. When this happens, children become vulnerable. Therefore, health and social care services such as in school or the teachers may notice that there is something which is weird such as the way a child behaves may suddenly chance and this shows that the teacher may be worrying about the safety of the child. When this happens, the teacher will be working with other health and social care services such as if the teacher thinks that the child is getting abuse, then they will get in touch with social services. Therefore, they will all be working together to make sure that the child is safe.
The Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act was introduced in 1998. The Data Protection Act takes place in order to protect everybody who is using the health and social care services. Certain personal details of children such as the name date of birth, address are produced as a profile for every person and it is important that all of these personal details are kept up to date and are in a safe place where every people are not able to get access to without getting permission. Any data which is used for children must be kept up to date and only held for a suitable amount of time. The Data Protection Act is quite important for children as their personal detail needs to be safe and protected at all times. An example of this includes: a child who has a learning disability and goes to school and the records of the child must be kept up to date with certain notes such as hospital notes. Also, the records of the child must consist of information on how the child may require additional needs in different areas such as with the way they read things or write things. The records of every child must be kept in a safe place and also must make sure that people who are able to access these records have permission before they can access them.
Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Parents 2000
Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Parents was introduced in 2000. The aim of this framework is to keep a record and get a higher understanding of what is actually happening to children and young people in their families. This framework makes sure that every file which is recorded and reports are dealt with the right amount of manner. The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Parents was introduced in order to maintain the wellbeing of every children and young people during their vulnerable times of their lives. When children and young people require support, this framework fills in an assessment for the particular needs of the child. When this happens, the assessment must be dealt in a sensitive way as it can be really stressful for the child or young person. An example of this includes: in a health and social care environment such as a school, if a child has being scratching every part of their body and the child is very anxious because she does not really like changing in front of other children because she is actually very shy. Therefore, the teacher may notice that the child is becoming anxious alongside with the scratches on all over the body of the child and will report this. The teacher may report this to the head teacher who will make other health and social care services know about this and these services may speak with the child and assess the scratches on the child’s body. However, the health and social care services may be quite sensitive towards the problem the child is having and may ask the child why she has scratches on her body.
The Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act was introduced in 1998. This act took place to make sure that children and young people were protected no matter where they were. It has been considered that the Human Rights Act has been quite beneficial for people and this also includes children and young people. The Human Rights Act was beneficial as children and young people have the right to express their opinions and views for everything. The Human Rights Act protects every child or young person from experiencing any kind of abuse and due to this, the Human Rights Act has made a positive outcome as it have provided the chance for children and young people to have a life which is free from neglect, abuse and exploitation.
Every Child Matters 2003
The Every Child Matters was introduced in 2003. The Every Child Matters was produced in order to make sure that they check the Shape, Health, Achieve, Positive contribution and Economic health of every child. Every child earns these 5 outcomes, despite of the background of children and young people. The Local authorities have a duty for making sure that every child getting these 5 outcomes because they have to collect certain information to allow them to give additional support for children and young people who need it. An example of this includes: a girl who goes to secondary school may be quite shy and vulnerable and the tutor of the girl may get reports from other subject teachers of the girl complaining that the girl has been acting very violent and has an incorrect attitude to other subject teachers. Therefore, the child protection officer will informed about this and will talk with the girl in order to try and recognise what the problem is actually. The child protection office may then notice that the girl is experiencing physical abuse. Therefore, they tell the local authorities about this, so that an action takes place by doing routine checks and if they feel that the health of the girl is at risk, then they will remove the child from their parents and will make the child in a secure home where love and support is given.