P2 M1 M2 Unit 10 Services available for children, young people and their families Megan Scully
P2: Outline the arrangements for providing quality care for looked after children and young
people.
M1: Discuss how policies and procedures help children, young people and their families whilst the
child is being looked after.
M2: Explain the roles and responsibilities of two members of the children's workforce in relation
to looked after children and young people.
D1: Evaluate the regulation of care provision for looked after children and young people.
M2 will be explaining the roles of the social worker and foster carer and will be located under ‘Job
roles:’
Legislation and legal frameworks:
Every Child Matters (ECM) 2003
The ECM policy is a fairly new concept instigated by the government, it is policy that is relevant to
the well-being of individuals from birth to 19 years of age and is established upon the concept that
adequate support should be available for those individual regardless of their background or
conditions. Centre to this policy are the five principles that all children should have support with
which are to;
1. Be healthy
2. Be safe
3. Enjoy and achieve
4. Make a positive contribution
5. Experience economic well-being
All companies which operate with young people and children are expected to perform collectively in
order to safeguard these children and young people from harm and aid them in accomplishing their
ambitions. Intelligence will be amassed in relation to vulnerable individuals in order for support
schemes to be enforced. The young people will be included in the evaluation processes. This policy
may be required in the event in which neglect is suspected. Any organisation working with young
people or children have a duty of care and therefore must protect the young person or child from
threat or harm and aid them with their aspirations in life. Working within a multi-agency (for
example, with healthcare services, social services, the child or young person’s school and local
authorities) team in order to support the child and ensure that those within the multi-agency team
are performing to provide the best possible service and support in order to allow the young person
or child to have the best start in life possible. If the child or young person are, for example, re-
located away from their home, information should be gathered in order to form an appropriate
support strategy. A support plan is crucial in order to remove any hazards from the child or young
person, for example, a support plan may be put in place to improve the environment of the child or
young person’s home, they may be removed for a short period in order for this plan to take effect.
When the child returns home, they return to a safe environment. If this plan was not put in place,
the health and well-being of the child or young person could be put at risk, which is precisely not
what the ECM scheme aims for. The ECM policy also states that the child should be healthy, in order
to form a plan in which the child or young person’s health is maintained, alternatives could be
arranged in order to ensure that the child or young person’s health is maintained, if like my previous
scenario, the child or young person is re-located away from their home, alternatives must be
arranged, for example, as they are away from their current general practitioners and dental practice,
arrangements could be made in order for them to still receive care from their re-location
environment. This must also be considered with their education, as in order for the child or young
person to ‘enjoy and achieve’ as stated in the five principles, they child or young person must be
attending some form of education. This process must also involve the family as much as possible, as
the child or young person may be returned to their family in the future, depending upon the plan
