FD SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING YR 2 MULTI-AGENCY WORKING – role of parents

QUESTIONS In the context of your work as a TA in school What is the role of the parent? What is the role of the state? Identify benefits of positive relationship with child? Identify benefits of a positive relationship with parent/carer?

WORKING WITH PARENTS 1989 Children’s Act Emphasised the importance of the role of parents or carers of children, parental responsibility i.e. parents should be able to parent children how they wish provided they came to no harm 2004 Children’s Act – includes the right of parents to use ‘reasonable chastisement’

WORKING WITH PARENTS Quality and success of multi-agency working depends on relationship with parents The manner in which they are engaged The extent to which family is involved View of different agencies of importance of parents

WORKING WITH PARENTS Benefits of the development of positive relationship between services and parents Increased background information about the child Improved parental rights – to see and contribute to decisions that may affect them Allows parents to become an important part of process – develop trust in system Access for professional help

Role of the state services Respond positively when asked for help Provide legal guidelines and redress Support services in their work Development and training of professionals

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS What rights do children have? Working in a small group - Identify rights of children – compare your list with another person As a group compile a list of 5 basic rights – in your view Why have you chosen these?

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Our-mission/Childrens-rights/ All children and young people up to the age of 18 years have all the rights in the Convention. Some groups of children and young people - for example those living away from home, and young disabled people - have additional rights to make sure they are treated fairly and their needs are met.

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS The UK ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 16 December 1991. That means the UK government now has to make sure that every child has all the rights outlined in the treaty except in those areas where the government has entered a specific reservation. From 15 January 1992, when the treaty came into force, every child in the UK has been entitled to over 40 specific rights. These include:

UNICEF – children’s rights the right to life, survival and development the right to have their views respected, and to have their best interests considered at all times the right to a name and nationality, freedom of expression, and access to information concerning them the right to live in a family environment or alternative care, and to have contact with both parents wherever possible health and welfare rights, including rights for disabled children, the right to health and health care, and social security the right to education, leisure, culture and the arts special protection for refugee children, children in the juvenile justice system, children deprived of their liberty and children suffering economic, sexual or other forms of exploitation

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/ParentsRights/DG_4003313