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The law
- important part to play in balancing the
rights of individuals and society
- Children Act 1989 (
- Children Act 2004
- Children and Families Act 2014).
- Children’s Hearing System
-Scotland
- Children Act 1989 (
- Jodie and Mary
- Civil law and
criminal law
- statutes
- case
- Regulations--made by the Secretary of State for
the enforcement of a particular area of policy.
They provide more detail about how legislation
should be acted on and they carry the full force of
law.
- Guidance -sets out expectations about the
way legislation should be used in order to
bring about its intentions. It indicates a
path towards good practice at the local
level
- Directions -are mandatory
- statutes
- EC law
- European Convention on Human
Rights (ECHR),
- The European Court
of Justice
- makes sure that EC law is observed
throughout the European Union
- makes sure that EC law is observed
throughout the European Union
- European Convention on Human
Rights (ECHR),
- children’s rights
- evolve and extend
depending on their age and
understanding
- the law places restrictions on what
children can do, and when they can
do
- Public policy often supports the
rights and interests of parents
ahead of those of children,
- negative approaches
- negative approaches
- Public policy often supports the
rights and interests of parents
ahead of those of children,
- the law places restrictions on what
children can do, and when they can
do
- Children’s welfare
and children’s
rights
- can be undermined by conlicting
interests, neglect, indifference and
even hostility on the part of adults,
- Listening to children and
taking them seriously
- recognise and support children’s
capacities to contribute towards
their own protection, and allow
them to build on those strengths.
- recognise and support children’s
capacities to contribute towards
their own protection, and allow
them to build on those strengths.
- can be undermined by conlicting
interests, neglect, indifference and
even hostility on the part of adults,
- minors in law
- responsability:adults
who care for them
- established as a legal
obligation in the courts
- can be relied on to
act in children’s
best interests
- judgements as to the best
interests of the child are
often highly subjective, can
and do change over time, and
differ widely between
professionals.
- judgements as to the best
interests of the child are
often highly subjective, can
and do change over time, and
differ widely between
professionals.
- children lack the
competence to act as
agents in their own lives
- have the monopoly of expertise
in determining outcomes in
children’s lives.
- can exploit and abuse that
power, to the detriment of
children’s wellbeing
- established as a legal
obligation in the courts
- evolve and extend
depending on their age and
understanding
- UN Convention
on the Rights of
the Child 1989
- framework of rights and
principles provides the
goals that societies must
aspire to for every child
- set of standards against which
to measure progress, and to be
held to account.
- Committee on the Rights of the
Child (CRC
- civil rights of children to
exercise their own rights
in accordance with their
evolving capacitie
- specific obligations on
governments to protect
children
- framework of rights and
principles provides the
goals that societies must
aspire to for every child
- Families and the
law
- parental responsibility
- 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"
- 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
- Important
laws
- The Education
Act 1981
- recognised the term
‘Special Educational
Needs’ (SEN
- introduce the concept of integration
into the education system
- assessment and statement
procedures which
documented the needs of
disabled children.
- recognised the term
‘Special Educational
Needs’ (SEN
- The Children Act
1989
- shaped children’s services and
introduced new concepts in respect
of children and parenting
- parental responsibility’
- wellfare
checklist
- Wishes and Feelings of the
child concerned
- The child’s physical,
emotional and educational
needs
- The Likely effect on the child
due to changing circumstances
- Child’s age, sex , background
and any other relevant
characteristics
- Any harm which the child may or
could suffer
- Capability of parents to meet
the child’s needs
- The Range of powers available
to the courts
- Wishes and Feelings of the
child concerned
- shaped children’s services and
introduced new concepts in respect
of children and parenting
- The Education
Act 1981
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