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Name: Sila Tamang Student ID: GT07980 Unit of Competency: CHCPRT001 - Identify and respond to children and young people at risk Assessment Task 1: Knowledge Questions Date of Submission: 06/08/2021 Assessor Name: Weiquan Song Knowledge Questions Answer 1: In the give table there are listed the principle acts and the two child protection legislation: Jurisdiction Principal act Other relevant acts/ legislations Tasmania Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1997 (Tas.) Adoption Act 1988 (Tas.) Child Care Act 2001 (Tas.) Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003 (Tas.) Children, Young Persons and their Families Amendment Act 2009 (Tas.) Reference: https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/australian-child-protection-legislation

Answer 2: The purpose of the treaty ‘United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’ is to make available bare minimum principles which the government must assemble in order to offer the most appropriate services as well as support of child and of parents in related areas of education including health as well as welfare. The two rights are:  Article 15 : Child has the right to join groups and organizations as long as they meet other children and adolescents and do not avoid others from enjoying their rights.  Article 19: The government must ensure that children receive adequate concern and look after them commencing violent behavior, exploitation and negligence received from their families or other caregivers. Reference: https://www.unicef.org.au/our-work/information-for-children/un-convention-on- the-rights-of-the-child Answer 3: Below are the four strategies:  Make sure all children and their family are respected and understood.  Keeping self updated related to the existing child and families issues which include legal and ethical issues.  Positive guidance procedure should be used.  Comply with the ethical code of providing care and protection to children.

Answer 4: Below are the two lists of people who is likely to commit abuses are:  The person who have mental disorder like anger management problems.  Lack of empathy, which means that they do not know or are indifferent to other people's emotions. Answer 5: - Age: The age can impact the abuse according to the time period of abuse and the duration of children at the time of abuse. The ages of 7 and 12 between child are the most vulnerable to abuse. Children abused by family members are more possible to be younger than children abused by outsiders. Adolescents report sexual abuse more frequently than younger children. In most cases, the person who sexually abused them was another young man. - Gender: It is found that child is abused according to their gender. Girls are found more child sexually abuse than the male. - Culture: It reflect the childhood experience of the people and its way they raise the children. Cultural behavior which is considered as abusive can be accepted in another culture. - Disability: Some people are abuse on the basis of disability like people who can’t walk is abuse by giving hard work which required physical strength.

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- Sexuality: People are abuse in the name of sexuality. Specially the LGBT and Homosexual people are considered as different and not accepted by the society fully. Answer 6: Below are the indicators for each topic: a) Emotional or psychological abuse: - Abnormal attachment between child and parent / caregiver, such as anxiety, indiscrimination, or lack of attachment; Go out or hang out. - Withdrawing or being seen as having difficulty feeling "alone" in relation to others. - Lack of self confident and low self esteems. b) Physical abuse: - Children who respond in an approach which is unsuitable for child period or growth. - Frequent minor injury (if neglected, can lead to more serious injuries). - Provides incompatible explanation or several different explanations for the child’s illness or injury. c) Sexual abuse: - Anxious and unwilling while taking the clothes off, for illustration. On the event while there is sports related (but this can be associated to physical difficulties or other cultural norm). - Sexually explicit behavior or conversations that are not age appropriate for children. - Touching the genital part of the children.

Answer 7: The risk of harm refers to the direct and severe risk of physical harm to persons or other persons. For the risk of injury, an individual must be able to cause bodily harm to himself or others and the individual must be causing bodily harm or is likely to begin to cause bodily harm. For children and youth who have been abused or neglected, the impact can be difficult and long-lasting. The emotional and psychological effects of abuse can be disturbing and will continue to affect all aspects of children's lives. Risk of harm can be impact on: - Physical impact: Children and young people can be impacted physically. Physical effects may be minimum (mark) or ruthless (fracture, blood loss). In adding up to causing physical pain or injury, the rest of the emotional effects. This kind of abuse also leads to the cause harm. - Behavioral Impact : Abusing the children could direct to behavioral issues in upbringing and youth. Abuse related studies reflect that adolescent s be likely to internalize in behaviors like unhappiness and loneliness as children and ignor e behaviors like antagonism and hyperactivity , a situatio n that affects adults. It wil l keep on ev en if it becomes . Thes e behaviors are more likel y to occur if abuse continues to occur at one or more developmental stages. - Psychological impact : Child abuse can have a lifelong impact on children's mental health. Studies have shown that mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, and mood disorders (depression) are common among children and youth who have been abused during childhood.

Answer 8: Trauma Informed Care is a method in the field of human services that assume that individuals are more possible that there may be history of trauma. It acknowledge the existence of trauma symptom and recognizes the responsibility that trauma may play in a person's life, including service personnel.  Trauma Informed Care can help service providers, parents, and systems identify and act in response to the needs of traumatized children.  Trauma Informed can improve the effectiveness of childcare systems by encouraging a general language. Answer 9:  Ensure that staff understands their roles and responsibilities to recognize and take action to all children at risk of mistreatment and neglect.  All employees should be well-known with your organization's regulations in our state / territory, which describe child protection knowledge.  Make ensure all the service worker has the right to access to the organization policies and regulation and other practical guidelines related to the right of the child and the human right.

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Answer 10: If there is any reason to believe that children have suffered or may experience important harm because of negligence or related abuse, and their family has failed to protect them or are unable to protect them from such harm, we must inform the child protection agency. Meeting the needs of children and ensuring that they are Safe in the family is a joint responsibility between individuals, families, communities and governments. Some of its functions are:  Inspect the matters in which children are alleged to be at significant harm from risk.  Refer children and families to services that help provide children with continued safety and well-being.  Execution of protection orders granted by the Juvenile Court. Answer 11:

 Various health care professionals like doctor, child psychologist, nurse etc who are related to the health care of child.  Local Authorities who can help to identify the abuse and report to the concerned department when suspect of child abuse in a family.  Talk to the police when there is a serious abuse related to the child. Police can help to give protection to the child in a serious incident.  Safe Guarding partners whose duty is to protect the children from the abuse by playing the essential role that is following the policy and procedure related to the child protection on the society. Answer 12: If we need to determine that a children or youthful individual requires protection due to sexual abuse or physical damage, and the children families are incapable or disinclined to defend children, we must notify our agency where we are working with the help of a supervisor or team leader, or we can contact the Department of Communities Tasmanian. If we are concerned about child’s safety or well-being, we can call the consultation and referral hotline at 1800 000 123. If there is a risk of urgent problems we can call the police or medical assistance if necessary, call 000.

Answer 13: In Tasmania we can list the below agency to contact for the child abuse reporting: Name of agency Contact details Child Safety Service 1800 000 123 Police Of Tasmania 131 444 Answer 14:  Partnership among families and communities support collective responsibility for child education, improvement, and well-being.  Respect, approachable, and mutually beneficial relations are essential to the learning and care of children.  Evidence based on research, inquiry, and practice provides information for quality education and care.  The hallmark of effective learning and teaching is the use of professional knowledge and professional decision-making from multiple angles.

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Answer 15: An ethical dilemma is a condition that conflicts through your moral responsibilities. It is not easy to decide which way to go as there are generally two or more probable solutions. One of the situations in the care service can be a parent asked me to keep their children wide awake all daytime as a result that child can nap better at nighttime. I know the child will become very tired and irritable after lunch and really require a nap. I heard my supervisor make hurtful comments about children while their parents are away. Now, for any question that I'm not sure about, I can always find a supervisor. Moral dilemmas describe the above-mentioned difficulties I encounter when deciding between two options. In this situation taking decision on favor of mother or supervisor is confusing so there is no right or wrong in decision making among two conditions. Answer 16: In order not to pass judgment on our report, we should avoid using accusatory along with emotional language and will in its place utter the specifics we see. For illustration, as an alternative of "It seems like the family member (of the child) slap them", we could write down somewhat like the child ren has come to concern with redness on child cheek on something and (date)". The report should be obliged to be truthful and include any appropriate information or explanation. It should not be agitated (still might be anxious, irritated, annoyed, frightened or with certain emotions), and should be understood as "The individual who is reading this article could not be capable to judge if you are angry or frustrated Wait.

Answer 17:  Providing Child as well as youthful people the moment to formulate decisions on their own help them a intellect of self-determination and enables them to make decisions honestly.  Persuade the children and young people to use the decision making steps which will help them to learn from all the mistakes and new ideas. The End………………………………………………………….

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