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Recommended: How policies and procedures are influenced by the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

This assignment shall explore how the practitioner can support children through relevant legislation, policies and procedures that help safeguard children. The assignment will look at how to empower children but also how to support them during transitions. Also, this assignment will include the causes and effects of discrimination in society.

E1 AND E2 - There are many pieces of current legislation that link in with policies and procedures in the setting. Each legislation has influenced the setting and made the workplace a safe, secure and enjoyable environment for children.
The Children Act 2004 is one of the many legislations that link in with policies and procedures in settings. The Children Act 2004 is multi-agencies working together to safeguard children. Practitioners have the responsibility in settings of working together under the Children Act 2004 to help a child meet the following five priority outcomes:
• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being
Agencies working together to safeguard children must be aware of the maltreatment of a child. To ensure the Children Act 2004 is maintained in settings there will be policies and procedures that practitioners must follow. The Children Act 2004 was introduced as a result of the death of Victoria Climbié and was the introduction to the Every Child Matters 2004 agenda. The ECM 2004 aims to give the best lifestyle to children through its five outcomes. Settings sharing information with other settings and working co-operatively together helps to protect children from harm due to the influence of the Every Child Matters 2004 framework. The Every Child Matters 2004 framework has influenced settings by giving them and othe...

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... on the Rights of the Child 1989 states ‘Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food and a clean environment so that children can stay healthy’. (UNICEF, 2009). Settings have the responsibility of following this current piece of legislation and the articles that appear under the UNCRC 1989. Practitioners should follow the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to help safeguard children. The requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act are;
• Make the workplace as safe as possible
• Display health and safety law poster
• Decision on how to manage health and safety
• Use equipment correctly, as you were trained.
It is essential that the requirements are followed in the appropriate way to protect children and give them the best that can be given to them.

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