What is the purpose of the Rights of Child?

What is the purpose of the Rights of Child?

Child rights are human rights that also recognize the special needs for care and protection of minors — children and young people under the age of 18. All children have these rights, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender or cultural background. No child should be treated unfairly on any basis.

Why is it important to know your rights and responsibilities?

It is important to know your rights so that if people try to take them away you can stop them. Responsible people know what their rights are and respect the rights of others. Being responsible means you care about other people’s rights.

What are six principles of safeguarding?

What are the six principles of safeguarding?

• Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
• Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
• Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
• Protection.
• Partnership.
• Accountability.

Can you refuse a child protection plan?

Do parents have to let social workers in the house if there’s a child protection plan in place? Even if a child protection plan is in place, social workers have no right to enter the family home uninvited and you, as the parent, have a right to refuse them access.

What is child protection strategy?

The purpose of a strategy discussion is to decide whether the threshold has been met for a single or joint agency (HSC and Police) child protection investigation, and to plan that investigation. They happen when it is believed a child has suffered, or is likely to suffer, serious harm.

What do you know about child protection?

Child protection is an area of public law where authorities may intervene in family settings because of an allegation of harm or significant risk of harm to a child (Titterton, 2017).

What are the protection principles?

The four Protection Principles follow from the summary of rights set out in the Humanitarian Charter: the right to life with dignity, the right to humanitarian assis- tance and the right to protection and security.

What is child protection and why is it important?

In the family, school and community, children should be fully protected so they can survive, grow, learn and develop to their fullest potential. Millions of children are not fully protected. Many of them deal with violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation, exclusion and/or discrimination every day.

What Organisation outlines the minimum standards that are required to provide adequate services and support for the child?

NQF