P2- Legislation/guidelines Applies To Challenging Behaviour

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the human rights; safety, education and choices; worldwide law; a right to life liberty and security; right to education; nobody can be punished unless they break the law; be respected; have a right to a family

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links to challenging behaviour; if a health and social professional works with the service user, they will need to know the rights that the service user is entitled to, if the service user has challenging behaviour and the worker impedes upon their rights then it could cause more trouble than actually created

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child

the rights for people under the age of 18; children are the centre of concern and the first point of call when in court; respects the rights and responsibilities of the family; children have a right to live; freedom of expression and privacy

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link to challenging behaviour; if a child is being discriminated against in a residential care home they will need to know their rights, and that they are being impeded upon, if a child has challenging behaviour and the strategy to minimise or get rid of the risk and the carer goes in a way that their rights are being restricted, for example their right to freely express themselves.

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The Children Act

this act is to protect children, it is court ordered, to see what the best living situation is for them; it considers the welfare of the child first, the children have a right to protect themselves ad make decisions; local authorities that deal with children are o safeguard them and promote their welfare

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Links to challenging behaviour;if a child has challenging behaviour in the household with their parents, they my get a social worker to assess them and the child would then become registered under the child act register, they will asses the parents ability to care for the child and then take appropriate action, for example if the child is in danger they may out the child into care

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The Care Standards Act

this act outlines that any place that works with people in care such as nurseries, school, child care home. they have minimum standards that these authorities have to meet up to and they will be inspected regulary enough so that none of the principles are missed out on.

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This links to challenging behaviour for example the practitioners in a care home may not be working under the certain set of rules, so children with challenging behaviour may get punished in a way that is not to the s=care standards rules, when the care home gets inspected, they will correct these mistakes and they will learn the correct ways to minimise challenging behaviour

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White Paper: Valuing people, a new strategy for learning disabilities for the 21st century

this is an information hand book, on everything that a carer will need to know about how to act around people with learning disabilities. This enables those particular individuals to live independent lives as possible

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This links to challenging behaviour, by if the child has a persistent personal factor such as a learning disability, they may not know that the behaviour that they are showing is difficult. so therefore the people around them should know what strategy is the best to cope, and minimise this behaviour

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Every Child Matters

this legislation is for children up to the age of 19, or 24 for the people with disabilities. the main aims of Every Child Matters are; to stay safe, be healthy, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and to have economic wellbeing

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This links to challenging behaviour by if a child is restricted from any of these rights, they make respond in a way where they will have challenging behaviour, this may be to get attention.

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Mental Health Act

this covers a reception, care and treatment for anyone that is diagnosed with a disability, their property is managed to make sure that they are safe in their own home

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this links to challenging behaviour as the child that isn't recieveing the care that they are entitled to they may not have the strategies or medication in place to be able to control any challenging behaviour that they may have, as part of their disability

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Health and Care Professions Council

the inspectors are in charge of sixteen different profession that work in caring with people, this means that they assess over 300,000 professionals. they set and inspect that the standards are being met. their main aim is to keep the public receiving care, safe. these professionals with have to have the appropriate education and training before they can apply for the HCPC and therefore work

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this links to challenging behaviour, as the practioner working with someone with challenging behaviour will have to know the appropriate strategies to cope, if they are coping in a way that puts the patients safety in danger the inspector will notice this and correct it.

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NHS Constitution- sets out the principles and values that guide the NHS works, and makes decisions, also the rights and responsibilities of the staff, patients and public

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this links to challenging behaviour as the NHS will have certain rules and regulations of how patients are to act under the care, and if the patients go against these, then the practitioners will need to know a way of coping their challenging behaviour in a way that they can still keep them under the care and not impede on anyones rights

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Ofsted- this stands for the Office For Standards in Education, children services and skills. They report directly to the government. they carry our inspections on every establishment that cares or provides education to people. if there are any impediments on their principles then they will report this and the establishment will need to change this.

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This links to challenging behaviour, for example if a school has children that have challenging behavioural traits then the school will need to have an appropriate strategy to cope with them, if this is done in a way that goes against Ofsted's principles then when being inspected, they will be asked to correct this.