The childrens plan pdf

A child protection policy guides staff on how to identify and report child abuse and neglect. It also helps build a strong culture of child protection within an organisation to keep children safe and ensure their needs are met. Child protection policies must be in place as soon as practicable.

Many organisations and providers already have such policies in place. In those cases, we encourage them to review and — if need be — revise their policies to ensure best practice.

For more information, see child protection policies external link. The Act is changing the way people who work closely with children are checked. Employers are responsible for safety checking their employees. The new checking process will make it easier to identify the small number of people who are a risk to children. For more information about safety checks including advice for interpreting and applying the regulations, and best practice advice on recruiting people who work with children , go to safety checking and the workforce restriction external link.

Employers can be charged with an offence under the Vulnerable Children Act if they breach the workforce restriction.

From 1 July , organisations are unable to take on people with convictions for those offences in new core worker roles. From 1 July , the workforce restriction also applies existing core workers.

For more information, see workforce restriction external link. However, people with these convictions may apply for an exemption, which will allow them work as a core worker. For more information, see applying for a core worker exemption external link.

If you want to apply for an exemption, please contact the Registrar of the Court where you were sentenced. You will need to request a copy of the sentencing notes relating to your VCA specified offence.

The sentencing notes will provide you with all the offence details you need to put into the application form. English, Arabic,Chinese,French,Spanish. Format: pdf 2. Publisher: Save the Children.

We will inspire three specific breakthroughs for children by SURVIVE: No child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday LEARN: All children learn from a quality basic education BE PROTECTED: Violence against children is no longer tolerated To ensure that all children survive, learn and are protected, we will focus on reaching the most deprived and marginalised children, who are too often excluded due to poverty, geography, gender, ethnicity or disability.

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