United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child
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K218 Working with children, young people and families Mind Map on United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, created by selinaward on 10/05/2013.
United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child
Throughout the module, we referred to the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Although not a law, it is an influential,
universally-agreed set of standards and obligations
incorporating civil, cultural, economic, political and
social rights
The three Ps are provision, protection and
participation, each of which covers a number of
articles from the UNCRC
Provision
It is the states duty to
provide free and
compulsarly primary
education
Practitioners working with families from minority groups (such as Mags the traveller lady) should try
to maintain good practice and democratic values by respecting diversity and promoting
inclusion. For instance, this could be achieved by ensuring these families are aware of, and
have access to, the same services as non-minority families e.g. health, education and social
care services. This utilizes the 3 P's of the UNCRC by promoting Participation (Freedom of religion),Protection (Social Services) and Provision (Education)
Protection
Your parents have a
responsibility for raising you
and the State will support
them in this
Participation
You have the right to a name at birth and the
right to acquire a nationality. As far as possible
the right to know your parents and be cared for
by them
Rights frameworks and legislation can focus on different aspects of diversity.
Practitioners need knowledge of legislation (and, as employees, they are covered by
much of this legislation). Additionally, having this knowledge and skills to signpost
parents and young people to useful sources of support is empowering to practitioners
and service users alike. Another way of approaching diversity, discrimination and
inequalities is through the use of rights frameworks. These can guide practice,
empower service users, form the basis of legal challenges, and become a way of
contrasting the lives of children, young people and families in different countries
Sexual orientation equality as an example, the commission suggests that some
significant developments in society have been reflected in policy and legislation
in the last ten years. Changes to employment rights, civil partnerships, changes
to adoption laws, the removal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988
and openly lesbian and gay politicians.
Practitioners also need to reflect on their own
values, knowledge and practice, and those of
their society and workplace, in order to ensure
that they are not reinforcing existing forms of
discrimination and inequality.
‘Knights Enham Primary School’ good example of rights
The children in this school appear to have a working
knowledge of their rights and of this rights framework.
The way that respect is balanced here alongside
responsibility is a fairly typical approach in many
settings, and support the view that people should not
have rights without taking responsibility. It’s interesting
to see in this example that children take the idea of
rights into other areas of their lives.