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This task link to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 Explain the importance of a child or young person-centred approach There is a very strong message sent to every adult and society who is caring for children by every child matters. It talks about the importance of each and every child, that each child is a unique individual who needs support from adult to achieve the best possible outcomes as they grow and develop. Every child matters aim to give all children the support required to: Stay safe Be healthy Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being Every child matters aim that each and every child achieve the five every child matters outcome by having a national frame work to support the joining up of services. These services aim that children and young people should be treated as individual. Planning should meet the need of each and every child but not for a whole group. In my setting, every child matters has change the lives of each and every child because This task link to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 we treat each child as an individual, meeting the needs of each child not favouring or discriminating and making sure that the children are safe, healthy, enjoy and achieve in various activity with support from staff and most importantly, that the voice of every child is heard and no child is left alone or unattended to. We also work with the united nation convention on the right of a child (article 13). Another approach can be seen from that of the children’s Plan. This is a ten year strategy by the government to make England a good place for the children and young people to grow up. It is based on children and family at the heart of policy on the basis on the bases that children and young people only spend one- fifth of their children hood at school, it also states that young people learn best with family support and the plan covers areas of children’s lives This task link to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 Explain partnership working in the context of safeguarding Partnership working in the context of safeguarding is about working together of agencies and professionals to bring about effectiveness in the way they work together through communication and assessment procedures. In order to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, agencies and professionals needs to work together effectively to achieve a targeted goal, each of this agencies and professional have a role and area of specialisation, so that vulnerable children need supervised help from health, education, children’s social care, voluntary sector, justice services and other agencies. Partnership working starts from every aspect of safeguarding from government legislation to local working. For an effective partnership working to take place, all agencies and specialist must work hand in hand with each other to achieve the well being of children and young people through communication and sharing of information between some or all of the major agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. This task link to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 There are other agencies or groups involve in the welfare of children such as local community, health visitors GP, hospital, social worker, police, nursery or school, after school club, friends, families and child minder. There should be shared assessment, planning framework and need for early intervention to avoid crisis. Role and responsibilities of the different organisation that may be involved when a child or young person has been abused or harmed The roles and responsibilities of different organisation involve when a child or young person has been abuse or harmed is the response that will be at the point of the allegation or discovery can be discussed as follows: Health visitors – they have the responsibility for the babies and young children under five. There role is to support, guide parents of young children and also to carry out assessment of child’s development. Child psychology services – they are specialist that support children who have experienced abused or harm. Police –they are involved in criminal proceedings that may result from safeguarding issues. This task link to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 School and training organisation – they are responsible to identify and support children when they are in need or help. All staff working with children must be trained in safeguarding and child protection. Social services – they have statutory duties to provide support to vulnerable children and families in need. This service employs social worker either after death or when families are finding everyday life difficult. General practitioners (GP) – they work in the community usually in community usually health centres and they are gate way to other health services. They are often the first people to identify possible abuse when a child attends surgery.