John Szepietowski is a highly experienced solicitor covering a wide area of law including litigation, crime, HMRC matters, finance and banking, insolvency, wills trusts, and probate. He also has detailed property investment experience, and regularly gives talks and seminars on property matters. He has a bright Academic Background. Mr. Szepietowski explained about the Child protection laws in the UK. The UK comprises four nations which are England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Each has these nations have their system and laws to help protect kids from abuse and neglect. Each UK nation is responsible for its policies and laws around education, health, and social welfare, hence, covering the most aspects of safeguarding and children. Each nation has a framework to identify children who are at risk of harm, take action to protect those, and prevent further abuse from occurring. John Szepietowski defines the meaning of this law. According to him, child protection means safeguarding children from any kind of crime or harm. This includes any mental, social, physical, or spiritual abuse. There is an extensive assortment of laws put in place to ensure that every child in the UK is safe and is living a quality life.
Mr. John Szepietowski talks about how to protect children in a different nation of the UK. Firstly, he talks about the most famous England, in England The Department for Education (DfE) is in charge of Children protection. It formulates policies, legislation, and statutory guidance on how the system should work. Local safeguarding partners are responsible for child protection policy, procedure, and guidance at a local level. In Scotland, the Scottish Government is responsible for protecting children. Children Protection Committees (CPCs) are responsible for multi-agency Children protection policy, procedure, guidance, and practice. In Scotland, a child legally becomes an adult when they turn 16, but statutory guidance which supports the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 includes all children and young people up to the age of 18. Where concerns are raised about a 16 or 17-year-old, agencies may need to refer to the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, depending on the situation of the young person at risk. Section 21 of the National guidance for Child protection in Scotland explains how professionals should act to protect young people from harm in different circumstances (Scottish Government, 2014). Although the Child protection systems are different in each nation, they are all based on similar principles.
The Law of Children protection also includes welfare and safeguard of the children. As stated in the Children Act of 1989, a parent or any person who is the person in charge of the protection of the child should ensure that they are safe and sound in any and every means possible.
Across the UK many laws aim to keep children safe and protect their rights. These laws are:
It must ensure that children's voices are heard. Must set out when a child can take part in various activities. Make sure all children have access to education. Provide for children to have a safe home. Law provides support for children who need to leave home. In the UK according to laws make sure children are safe if they decide to get a job and also make sure children's personal information is safe.
