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PERSONAL SOCIAL & HEALTH EDUCATION (PSHE)
POSITIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (PAYP)
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1999
Section 3 of the Children Act 1989 defines parental responsibility as all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property. Parental responsibility was a new concept introduced for the first time in the Children Act 1989.
Parenting orders were introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. An order can consist of two elements: a requirement on the parent or guardian to attend counselling or guidance sessions, for up to three months; and requirements encouraging the parent to exercise a measure of control over the child. Parenting orders can last for up to 12 months, and will be overseen by a probation officer, a social worker or a member of the Youth Offending Team.
A Partnership Agreement describes the provision of information, advice, guidance and support services provided by the Connexions Service to young people in, for example an educational establishment. Specifically a Partnership Agreement will outline the core areas of work Connexions will deliver to the young people and outline the contribution that the establishment will make towards providing information, advice, guidance and support. A Partnership Agreement will also provide a document where all activities and services can be discussed, negotiated, agreed, reviewed and how the provision can be set against targets based on assessment of student needs. Finally a Partnership Agreement will also give details of key named contacts.
Organisations that bring together representatives from different sectors and different communities of interest to agree and work towards common goals for example local health trusts, social services, police education establishments, businesses, voluntary organisations, and other relevant groups.
A pastoral support programme (PSP), sometimes also referred to as a pastoral support plan, is an intervention determined by a school to help individual pupils to manage their behaviour.
The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 introduced a new duty on local authorities to support looked after young people beyond the age of 16. Its purpose is to help young people move from living in care to independent living in as stable a manner as possible, and to provide them with the sort of ongoing support which any responsible parent would provide. Once a looked after young person reaches age 16 the local authority responsible for their care will allocate a personal adviser - they may be the social worker that the child already has. The authority must draw up a Pathway that includes arrangements for education, training, meeting career aspirations, finance, meeting health needs, and living arrangements. The plan remains current at least until the young person reaches age 21 (or beyond if they remain in a programme of full-time education or training), and should be reviewed regularly.
Person centred planning is a process of life planning for individuals, based around the principles of inclusion and the social model of disability. In person centred planning the process, as well as the product, is owned and controlled by the person (and sometimes their closest family and friends). As there are no prescribed forms, tick boxes or checklists, the resulting plan of support is totally individual. It creates a comprehensive portrait of who the person is and what they want to do with their life and brings together all of the people who are important to the person including family, friends, neighbours, support workers and other professionals involved in their lives.
Connexions personal advisers provide information, advice and guidance, support for young people aged 13 to 19, including vulnerable young people requiring more substantial one-to-one support. Their key objective is to support young people to remain in learning and to fulfil their potential.
Information about any identified or identifiable living individual and includes their name, address and telephone number as well as any reports or records. Personal data cannot be processed unless at least one of the conditions in Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act 1998 is met.
PERSONAL SOCIAL & HEALTH EDUCATION (PSHE)
Education that helps to give children and young people the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. Itofferslearning opportunities across and beyond the curriculum, in specific lessons as well as in assemblies, tutorial programmes, circle time, special school projects and other activities that enrich pupils' experiences.
Under section 46 of the Children Act 1989, any police constable who has reasonable cause to believe that a child is at risk of significant harm can remove the child to a place of safety, or prevent the child being removed from somewhere where the child is safe. This is known as police protection; it is the most immediate form of protection available for any child or young person who has experienced, or is likely to experience, abuse or exploitation, in that it can be put into effect straightaway without reference to a court. Police protection can remain in force for up to 72 hours.
POSITIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (PAYP)
The Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) programme was launched by the Youth Justice Board in 2003, to provide a broad range of constructive activities for 8 to 19-year-olds at risk of social exclusion. It is targeted specifically at young people who are not fully engaged in education, as well as those with a low level of academic achievement. The programme aims to reduce crime, truancy and anti-social behaviour, both in the short term and the long term, and to ensure that young people return to education, have opportunities to engage in new activities, and can mix with others from different backgrounds.
Across children’s services, this is a generic term used to refer to anyone who works directly with children, young people or families and whose primary role is to use a particular expertise or professional skill to help promote children’s and young people’s well-being. The term encompasses equally social workers, teachers and Connexions personal advisers.
This is a health service term used to refer to community-based services provided by general practitioners, nurses, therapists and others. These services are usually the first place that people go to for health advice and treatment.
Primary care trusts are local freestanding NHS statutory bodies, responsible for planning, providing and commissioning health services for the local population. Established under the provisions of the Health Act 1999, they provide all local GP, community and primary care services, and commission hospital services from other NHS trusts. Each PCT is managed by a Board that includes local GPs, community nurses and other health care staff, as well as lay members and local authority and health authority representatives.
Includes the obtaining, holding, recording, retrieval, organisation and disclosure of data.
PROPORTIONALITY (See also Public Interest Test)
This defines the key factor used in deciding whether or not to share confidential information without consent, that is would the information that is requested and once shared be a balanced response to the needs to safeguard the young person, another person or prevent or detect a serious crime.
A document defining a code of conduct or procedures to be followed when sharing information -within children’s services, protocol is the term sometimes used to describe the steps taken to deliver care or treatment to a child or family.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1999
The Act creates a system for identifying persons considered to be unsuitable to work with children. It introduces a 'one stop shop' to compel employers designated under the Act (and allows other employers) to access a single point for checking people they propose to employ in a child-care position. This is achieved by checks being made of criminal records with the National Criminal Records Bureau and the two lists maintained by the Department for Education and Skills.
Any matter that is in the interest of the community as a whole, or a group within the community or individuals.
PUBLIC INTEREST TEST (See also Proportionality)
A process used by a practitioner to decide whether to share confidential information without consent. It would require the practitioner to consider the competing public interests – for example protecting young people, or promoting their welfare, or preventing crime and disorder against maintaining public confidence in the confidentiality of the Connexions Service (or of others).
A pupil referral unit is a type of school that is established and maintained by a local education authority and is specially organised to provide education for children who are excluded, sick or otherwise unable to attend mainstream school. A PRU is not a community or special school.
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