Legally And Ethically

Task: 1. What is the purpose of discrimination legislation and how it is applied within the children’s services sector? 2.Describe what is meant by ‘dignity of risk’ and how this is applied within the children’s services sector 3.What is ‘duty of care’ and how does it impact on individual workers? 4.Describe how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the children’s services industry. 5.Explain the relationship between human needs and human rights. 6.What are two benefits of being familiar with a worker’s legal rights and responsibilities? 7.List two specific types of legal issues that may be encountered as part of your work in children’s services.

Aline, a new worker, notices Prue, an experienced educator, is very abrupt with the children, and when one particular child, Keith, continues misbehaving, she grabs him roughly by the arm and makes him sit next to her, holding his arm firmly down with hers so he cannot move. Later, Aline notices that Keith has a bruise on his arm where Prue had held him.
As Aline assists the children in the bathroom, she notices Prue standing in the middle of a table trying to hang up some artwork. Some of the children are also standing on chairs as she is doing this, and Keith falls off his chair and bites his lip as he lands on the ground. He begins to cry as blood starts to pour from his mouth. Prue, who is still standing on the table, says angrily, ‘I’ve told you to be careful standing on the chairs, now look what you have done to yourself!’
Alysia, an educator, is asked by a parent how her child (Otto) behaved today while Otto is listening and other parents are in the room.