Essay – Choose one piece of current legislation or policy directly relating to young people. Critically evaluate how this can be used to support young people in the context of society today. I will attach my draft, I already started please continue it. key questions: does the modern slavery act do enough to support vulnerable adolescents in PREVENTING them from becoming exploited? what can teachers do in supporting the prevention? The legislation is The modern slavery act 2015 Key documents are: Keeping children safe in education, UNCRC, EPCAT, anti-slavery commissioner report
Key words throughout and in specific lo’s
>risk taking
>Risk factors (increased protective factors, reduces risk factors)
> Voluntary or vulnerable of participation (can be both depending on risk factors and resilience) (in powerpoint)
>resilience
>building self esteem/self regulation and self confidence.
>autonomy
>empowerment
>protective factors
>advocate
>internal (happy, confidence, self-esteem) and external expectations (professionals want adolescents to be… good health, positive family attachemtns, good education attainment,
Theroies throughout:
bronfrenbrenner (all stages, but also the chronosystem = what happens over time) erikson stages of development and bowlbys attatchment.
throughout it has to come back to the Act!references must include: (and be within the 10 year bracket) https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Working_with_Adolescents/yogHGhSsJ4wC?hl=en
https://vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/new-report-warns-thousands-of-vulnerable-children-at-risk-of-criminal-exploitation/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358782925_Journal_of_Groundwork_Cases_and_Faculty_of_Judgement_Taysum_and_Associates_Title_Using_A_Blueprint_for_Character_Development_for_Evolution_ABCDE_to_Build_Relationships_Through_Talk_to_Mobilise_Attachm
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296951241_Risky_behaviors_of_adolescents_Definitions_and_prevention#:~:text=As%20a%20consequence%2C%20it%20is%20important%20to,counseling%20and%20guidance%20to%20give%20right%20decisions
https://www.ecpat.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=9c06f157-31ab-491b-8857-07b643848429
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w5rxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA166&dq=a+book+on+adolescence+and+their+physical,+emotional+and+cognitive+development+2023&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb6JrT6t6JAxXDTkEAHabZJZkQ6wF6BAgNEAU#v=onepage&q=a%20book%20on%20adolescence%20and%20their%20physical%2C%20emotional%20and%20cognitive%20development%202023&f=true (p166+)
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-offences-and-defences-including-section-45#:~:text=Modern%20Slavery%20Statutory%20Guidance%20is,Trafficking%20Indicators%20may%20also%20assist.
A 3000-word essay – 16 paragraphs of 200 ish words in each, including the intro and conclusion. – must be simple and to the point (not over complicated)Learning Outcome 1: Critically analyse knowledge of children and young people’s development from childhood to adolescents stage and synthesise how this knowledge is relevant in practice (education) – ish done – normative adolescent development compared to if they have witnessed dv (vulnerable) – why is it important for practitioners (teachers) to understand them?Learning Outcome 2: Critically reflect upon the psychosocial needs of young people and reflect on their relevance in your own practice. (education)-This can include: peers, parents, social media use, Learning Outcome 3: Critically analyse young people’s rights and responsibilities and the professional’s role in promoting the developing autonomy of the young person. adolescents have a lot of repsonsibilites: Young people have a lot of responsibilites to consider – homework, diet, relationships, money, school (are everyday stresses) dealing with them makes them the person they become (bronfrenbrenner, chronosystem) ALONG with macrosystem = cultural and environmental expectations – rules both spoken and unspoken (moral) = YP may feel tension between expectiations and norms by parents, neighbourhood (people)and school, predudice on life successes (gender, jobs) = leading to negative impacts on their health (Laser and Nicotera, 2021). Learning Outcome 4: Critically evaluate communication skills relevant to working with young people, their families and peers (Education)- including a resilience framework. (to support this resilience framework…… whilst this frameworks a insightful tool for practitoners erikson belives that practitoners need to know the the childs full story, every child is an individual) Use – McNeil, B., Reeder, N. & Rich, J.
(2012) A Framework of Outcomes for Young
People. London: The Young Foundation
role of the professional: best practice, duty of care, good communication, skills. I will attach powerpoints over that has lots of information on, the assignment guidance, and the work i have already done (under study 1)Has to be included:
- Enacted as a legislative framework to incorporate prior legislation on criminal offenses related to slavery and exploitation (The Crown Prosecution Service, 2024).
- It is the “recruitment and transportation” of persons with the intention of exploiting the victims for profit. National Crime Agency (2024)
- 17,004 British people were recorded by the National Referral Mechanism in 2023 = up 138% since 2018 WITH 78% was British children (Lyons 2023)
- It is estimated that over 100,000 people are currently being exploited (The Home Affairs Committee 2023) – human trafficking is a “hidden and fast-evolving crime” that can occur anytime and anywhere without the victim’s knowledge (West 2024)
- Traffickers us violence, cohesion or fake promises to gain the ‘victims’ trusts (grooming)
- an adolescent is a person aged between 10 and 24 years. (The world Health Organisation 2024)
- It is one of the most important developmental periods in which a person grows and matures physically, mentally, socially and emotionally (Cakar, Tagay 2015) within the stages of identity and role confusion = a role confusion against obtaining identity. (Erikson). A time where they move away from viewing their parents as role models and relate to their peers and ‘influencers as role models looking at the world with a different perspective, and lastly their cognitive development enhances such as decision making, emotional maturity and risk taking (goering, 2023)
- Early stages of these changes happening, young people’s cognitive skills may not keep up with their biological changes, causing emotions to interfere with or overwhelming their ability to comprehend or cope with changes = individuals may feel confused or insecure about themselves and how they fit into society as they have not connected the stages of development together to perform maturity levels.(Garzan, 2025)
- It is estimated that 2.3 million children are growing up with a vulnerable family background, with 829,000 children “invisible” to services (Children’s commissioner report 2019)
- Are most likely to have at least one or more ACES – stressful life event – leading to poor lifelong health and mental health outcomes = substance use, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem (Ganshaw et,al 2023)
- Adopting stressful life events can be accounted for by a number of psychosocial factors = coping and social support – considered a critical point of entry for protecting physical and MH effects (Matud, et,al 2023)
- Absence of protective parents and adverse childhood experiences have all shown to higher the risk. (Lyons, 2023)
- Practitioners (teachers, social workers, MH workers) knowing the young people can become positive role models for their personal justification – along with being able to provide the right support for the individual and spot early signs of behavioral, social and academic changes (Laser and Nicotera, 2021) Passionate, caring, driving force, supportive, encouraging
- Vulnerability – resilience and risk variables – the process of negotiating risk situations = Not to look at the risk BUT to look at positive influences that support healthy development.
1 = reintegration ( supported) 2 = homeostasis ( youth retreat to safe place) 3 = maladaptation ( negatively affect young person, decreased self-esteem and reduced healthy coping skills) 4 = Dysfunctional ( severely affected – universally undermined the youth’s growth and development – deeply scared) HOWEVER resilience is not static = highs and lows(Laser and Nicotera, 2021).
- Young people have a lot of responsibilites to consider – homework, diet, relationships, money, school (are everyday stresses) dealing with them makes them the person they become (bronfrenbrenner, chronosystem) ALONG with macrosystem = cultural and environmental expectations – rules both spoken and unspoken (moral) = YP may feel tension between expectiations and norms by parents, neighbourhood (people)and school, predudice on life successes (gender, jobs) = leading to negative impacts on their health (Laser and Nicotera, 2021).
- Practioners who understand the effects of all areas of a childs life and the pressures YP may experience will have greater apprectiations about sense of identity, their purpose and values.
- However, children who are not in school, don’t attend regualary, excluded or expelled = as many as 1.8million since covid = cannot get the support. (lyons, 2023)
- Children have the right for freedom, safety, education, protection from harm, Sufficient standard of living, Know their rights. (UNCRC, 1946)
- Children and Families Act 2014: Creates a new system to help vulnerable children
- Children and Social Work Act 2017: Amends the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004 A central feature of the revised arrangements is that three safeguarding partners – the local authority, NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and police forces – are responsible for determining how safeguarding arrangements should work in their area for them and relevant agencies
the outline has to kind of go like
policy
scope of problem —- statistics — currunt support
research
good practice
recommendations
please do not add anything help after they have been trafficked, it is all about the prevention and possible early stages?
please also let me know if need anything. and please use the document i have already started!