Unit 27 P2

P2 legislations/guidelines and challenging behaviour

The human rights act
This act was made in 1998 states that everyone has a set of basic rights. These rights are that everyone has a right to life, freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, right to liberty and security, freedom from slavery and forced labour, right to a fair trial, no punishment without law, respect for your private and family life and home and correspondence, freedom of thought, belief and religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, right to marry and start a family, protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms, right to peaceful enjoyment of your property, right to education, right to participate in free elections. If a person doesn't take into account an individuals human rights this person could be prosecuted.

The convention on the rights of the child
This legislation was made in 1989 and it defines a child as a person under the age of 18 and it applies to all children no matter what characteristics they have got such as where children live, the language they speak, what their parents do, their gender, their religion, their race, their religion, their culture, whether they have a disability or if they are rich or poor. Any decision made regarding a child must ensure the child's best interest is the primary concern. The government must ensure children's rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

The childrens act
This act was made in 1989 and allocated duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the UK to make sure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It implies that children are best cared for within their own families however it makes provisions for instances when children are not able to remain with parents and families to be cared for.

The care standards act
This act was made in 2000 which provides for the administration of various care institutions including childrens homes, independent hospitals, nursing homes and residential care homes. These are minimum standards which every care provider must adhere to to provide a basic level of care and this is checked up on regularly to ensure the care staff are adhering to these standards.

White paper: valuing people: a new strategy for learning disabilities for the 21st century
This is a new strategy for people with learning diabilities. New funds promised are to do things such as modernise day centres, helping people move from long stay hospitals to more appropriate accomidation in the community, developing specialist local services for adults with servere, challenging behaviour.

Every child matters leading to the childrens act and the childrens plan
Every child matters was launched in 2003. It is one of the most important policiy initiative and development programmes in relation to childrens services. It has been the title of three government papers leading to the childrens act 2004. Every child matters covers children and young adults up to the age of 19 or 24 for people with disbailities. It's aims are for every child to have the support they need to stay safe, be healthy, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic wellbeing. The childrens plan is that schools will be encouraged to keep parents involved in their childrens school life and school parents councils will make sure patents preferences are taken into account. More will be done to ensure parents have advice information and guidance about their child's development at school.

Mental health act
This act was made in 1983 and is a law which means people with a mental disorder can be admitted to hospital, detained and treated without giving consent either for their own safety or to protect other people. There are different sections under the mental act in which people can be admitted, detained and treated depending on the circumstances.

Health and care professions council(HCPC)
This is a regulatory body set up to protect the public by maintaining a register for certain healthcare professions. It is required for healthcare professionals working in these roles to be registered with this council, they must meet the standards for training, professionals skills, behaviour and health of the health and care professionals council. The role of the HCPC is maintaining a register of health care workers and sets standards they must follow to ensure the registrants practice safely, legally and effectively.

NHS constitution
This sets out the rights of an NHS patient. The rights cover how patients access health services, the quality of care you'll recieve, the treatments and programmes available, confidentiality, information and your right to complain about the NHS.

Ofsted
Ofsted is the office for standards in education, childrens service and skills. They inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people and those giving education and skills for learners of all ages. When Ofsted find providers that are not good they work with the providers to promote their improvement, monior their progress and arrange for them to work with a good practice to help them improve their practice.

Organisational policies and procedures concerned with behavioural management
Staff development and training is a procedure which teaches knowledge and skills for a specific job. This will ensure that the staff are up to date with the skills and knowledge required to ensure they perform well doing their job. Work practices are procedures that are a standardised way of operating in a work place. An example of a work practice is an appropriate staff to service user ratio. Also, affirmative action is a procedure to promote the opportunities of those who tend to suffer discrimination within society to give them equal access to education and employment to the rest of society.