Explain the strategies and methods that can be used to support children, young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed.

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Unit 10: Caring for children and young people.

P5, M3, D2

P5 – Explain the strategies and methods that can be used to support children, young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed.

M3 – Assess strategies and methods used to minimise the harm to children, young people and their families where abuse is confirmed.

D2 – Justify responses where child maltreatment or abuse is suspected or confirmed, refers to current legislation and policies.

This assignment us going to investigate strategies, methods and responses to children young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed, Also it’s going to look at how to minimise harm to children and young people, then look at the responses to abuse in terms of the legislation.

A key method of ensuring that children and young people are supported is that professionals are aware of what abuse is, what the signs are and the impact on children and young people who have been abused, also in the case study it mentions that the person is a teaching assistant and this would require child protection training so this should mean that the teaching assistant is aware of the signs of abuse, Some policies state that all professionals working directly with child and young have child protection training; The main reasons why this is a policy or a requirement for  people coming to direct contact with children is because often teachers, teaching assistants, child minders ect and the main point of contact towards children and are the ones that will have a referral to social services as they are the main people who will see the signs of abuse or maltreatment, this the professionals reasonability and it should be taken seriously and regular training should be provided. 

When a child discloses they are being abuse or you suspect a child is being abused there are a number of ways that you can support them, in the case study jakes behaviour could be showing signs of maltreatment, one of the strategies that could be used are though telling the child they have done the right thing, and that you believe what they are saying, also important not make promises such as ‘everything’s going to be okay’ or saying that you wont keep secrets or not tell other people about what had been disclosed, as this could create false trust and cause the child more distress in the long-term.

In the framework for the assessment of child in need and their parents (2000) it mentions that a lot of families will need support in dealing with issues or problems, and a sensitive assessment needs to be made,  about the child’s situation and to this, it’s important to listen and believe in what the child is say, so this legislation applied to strategies mentioned above, about when a child discloses they are being abused, the legislation also talks about secure the welfare of children and young people when their at vulnerable stages in their lives, and this can be in a number of different situations, for example when they disclosed about abuse of any kind, also this framework mentions about when a child has an assessment, then support strategies can be put into place and this can shows us that legislation support and justifies why there are these strategies in place.

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A method of supporting children who have disclosed abuse is though they way the professional communicates, this is important as you need to support the child and build trust with them, you need to listen effectively and go along with the pace that the child wants to talk at, It’s also important to ensure that you are taking the child seriously and being non-judgemental as this could damage the child’s self esteem and they could end up not talking about the issues that are happening and return them to an abusive environment. It’s also important to reassure the child ...

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A very good essay that discusses child strategies and looks at how this is related to child legislation. It demonstrates a good amount of research but I feel that it could be expanded by relating to actual examples.