Child protection
Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
John F. Kennedy
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN IS PROTECTING THE FUTURE
Protection and Parental Responsibility.
Examples of where parental responsibility is exercised may include registering a child's birth, consenting to medical/dental treatment, consenting to the child's foreign travel ,obtaining a passport, being party to legal proceedings concerning the child and agreeing to a child being accommodated by the Committee for Health and Social Care (the Committee).
Paramountcy
The Paramountcy Principle is that the child's best interest and welfare is the first and paramount consideration. The Care of Children Act outlines things a Judge must take into consideration when making orders around care and protection of children: Protecting the safety of the child.
