policies and procedures

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Introduction

In this assignment I am going to analyse how policies and procedures help children/young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after. I am going to evaluate the legislative rights of the child/young person and the rights of their families bearing in mind the needs of the child/young person are paramount.

There are a number of reasons why children may need to be looked after children, policies and procedures help children and young people in many ways whilst the child is being looked after. The child protection policy stales that the child is paramount, All children, regarding their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, religious beliefs and/or sexual identity, have the right to protection from harm and abuse.

Confidentiality policy

This policy is very positive for children and young people as they are protected from personal information being discussed with other individuals. Confidentiality is very important as the right type of service needs to be delivered especially when children are being looked after. Children and young people that are being looked after for various reasons are very vulnerable. Policies such as this help children and young people to open up and say what’s on their mind. For example someone who has been sexually abused may be scared and may not have to confidence to open and tell someone about it, this is policy ensures privacy as family are not informed.

The Confidentiality policy helps children and young people to build trust. The policy also ensures the privacy of children/young and their parents and carers are respected while they are being looked after. Whilst being looked after children and young people should be able to feel safe in the environment in which they are in. This policy also helps children and their families to build trust as information is permitted to be disclosed unless children are at harm however they will be told that Confidentiality has to be broken. For example a child may be abused at home, this policy comes into affect as the child may be at risk therefore the manger of the care setting when then have to inform social services.

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If a child chooses to disclose personal information to a member of staff no other member of staff should no be informed of the information as the policy covers this.

‘The advisor-client relationship is one in which the client should feel safe that both the fact of the meeting and the content of that meeting is private and confidential to the advisory service.’

When evaluating the legislative rights of the child and the rights of their familes, the children act established the ‘paramountcy principle’, this states that the needs of the child are paramount. This principle evaluates ...

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There are some aspects of this essay that are clear and have good examples to support what is being discussed. However, the writer has confused some areas, such as health and safety, and it isn't always clear whether they are referring to a specific setting or a more generic area.