The purpose of this case policy analysis is to identify the absence of actions that could have been taken by the Department of Social Services and La Alianza that contributed to the outcomes of the children reported in the case study High Stakes and Frightening Lapses. Additionally, the recommended stance of the Commissioner of DSS at the end of the case study will be to implement new contracts with nonprofit agencies while increasing communication between the agencies to prevent additional neglect of the children to occur. The deontological perspective will support the need to provide required services regardless of the situational factors due to a moral obligation. Case Policy Analysis & Recommendation In the analysis of the Department…
Part Two The CYPF Act 1989 recognises a power imbalance between young people and the professionals in the criminal justice system. The professionals have an advantage of familiarity and understanding of the legal system where children are most likely to be unaware of this or will have a difficulty to understand the proceedings. To solve this imbalance, the Act states that the Judge must communicate the decisions they make in a manner that is understandable for the young persons, as well as encouraging them to participate in the proceedings. The CYPF Act also requires the involvement of the young offenders in the decision making process that will affect their life by expressing their viewpoints and taking these into account (Ministry of Justice,…
A. Through Respect: Children and their families need to be treated with equal concern and respect. There must not be discrimination or favouritism when dealing with children or their parents. B. Building on Children’s interests and strengths: By observing and thinking about their strengths and interest, younger children will be empowered to develop through planned activities. C. Valuing Children: Children need to feel they are valued by the adults around them. This can be done by listening to them and acknowledging their efforts, ideas and interests.…
Introduction The aim of this report is to outline key legislation and guidance in relation to safeguarding children, and to identify key actions relevant in early years settings; in order to evaluate the impact these actions have on practice. Legislation Legislation is defined as "a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament". (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2006)…
During the early 1900’s, children are experiencing the harsh work field. They are being force to obtain heavy task jobs to help support their family. These children are given jobs that are very long hours and very little pay. Children will go hours and hours and hours without food or even a break. Child labor is a huge issue we are experiencing in our time period.…
This essay will consider the policies and procedures used to safeguard children in educational settings and then move on to a discussion of the roles and responsibilities of practitioners. Safeguarding policies and procedures are sets of rules that enable practitioners to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The rules are a combination of knowledge, experience, skills and values that are required for practitioners to follow in order to have an effective practice that protects children from harm. Different practitioners require different types of competence depending on their role and the level of contact they have with the child. In response to the Lord Laming report (Laming, 2003) there has been a huge recognition of the level…
A famous proverb of the Jesuits’ faith states, “Give me the child until he is seven and I care not who has him thereafter. " This quote demonstrates the importance of a child’s cognitive and intellectual development during early childhood. Furthermore, it expresses the benefits that learning at an earlier age has on the overall impact of a person’s wellbeing. A keen observation can be made that what a child learns in earlier life stages while affect their future stability, therefore, our education systems should reflect said notion. By not doing so we are hindering the growth of our country financially and educationally!…
Michael is a male educator who recently joined child care center and completed his degree and began to work with babies. On the other hand, a family from an Islamic background joined child care center recently. The little girl from that family is in Michael’s care. Her father thinks that the men should be banned from changing nappies in the child care. The family believes that husbands and wives have their own priorities in regards to family.…
Thesis Statement: The novel “Lullabies for little criminals," written by Heather O’ Neill, examines the effect of social determinants which are poverty and homelessness on the main character Baby’s life. Poverty interwinds with homelessness in Baby’s life, building an insecure childhood for her to grow up with. Introduction: According to my thesis statement, I will explain how poverty restricts baby’s living expectation at first and the relationship between limited living expectation and homelessness will be discussed after that.…
How to adapt communication to meet different communication needs of adults It is important that we remain sensitive to the needs of other adults, particularly if they have communication difficulties. It is possible that you will automatically adapt to the way you communicate with them without realising that you have done so. We often change the way we react to others, depending on the way to which they react to us. For example, if you are speaking to a parent or carer who is hearing impaired, you might want to make sure that you are facing them and making eye contact so that they can lip read.…
Every Child Matters 2005 1.2 Why is it important to support the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of…
Needs of child life practice is universal, and child life practice can contribute to children’s quality of life worldwide. This is another big reason why I want to go into the child life…
3.15 Summary of literature review It reflects from the literature review that CCT and the PESP aim to short-term poverty reduction and long-term education development of the poor families. CCT implementing countries in general spend a substantial amount of its education budget on CCT programme. Bangladesh also spends around one-fifth of its education budget for implementing the PESP programme. The CCT in many countries target to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and some of these countries successfully reduce the income inequity and poverty. It reveals from different studies that, some of the very poor children are still not attending school.…
Human rights are defined as rights that are inherent to everyone. That is rights that are permanent and essential. It is every child’s right, including those with disabilities, to free and quality primary and secondary education. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international instrument that states access to education is a basic human right. Any form of exclusionary practices are violations of human rights.…
Introduction Over the past 30 years, the position of children in society has changed with increasing recognition of children’s rights and the need to involve them in decisions about their education, social and health care. As more weight has been given to the rights and views of the child, there has been a shift from research on children to research with children and the adoption of the concept of child-centered research, which has been summarized as: a) regarding children as competent and reflexive in reporting their own experiences; b) giving children a voice and taking seriously what they say; and c) rather than researching on children, working for and with them1. The majority of research conducted on children is composed of quantitative…