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MENU Register. What is Child Safeguarding? What does safeguarding mean? What is the difference between child safeguarding and child protection? What are some examples of safeguarding measures? Developing effective safeguarding policies, procedures and systems In order to ensure an organisation and the work that it produces, are safe for children and young people, it is essential that there are effective, well understood, widely accessible and regularly reviewed policies, procedures and systems.
Undertaking a child safety review A child safety review is a good way to identify what you are already doing well, expose any potential gaps in child safeguarding, and to also establish a baseline against which you can measure future progress. Creating opportunities for children and young people to participate and provide feedback Research shows that children experience safety differently to adults.
Building child safe capacity in staff, volunteers and leadership teams Provide appropriate training and coaching to ensure leaders, staff and volunteers have the knowledge, skills and confidence to develop and implement a child safeguarding framework, ensure relevant legislation and principles are met, and respond effectively to any issues that may arise. Who is responsible for safeguarding children? Sign up to receive email updates about our work and how you can support children and young people.
You can unsubscribe at any time. Please see our privacy policy for details of how we will use your information and keep it safe and secure. Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Child protection and safeguarding Child protection and safeguarding means protecting children from abuse, and identifying and stopping abuse that might already be happening.
Our safeguarding promise Abuse of a child or young person under the age of 18 is defined as follows. Abuse can be physical, sexual or emotional. Neglect of a child or young person also constitutes abuse and can be defined as failing to provide or secure for a child or young person the basic needs of physical safety and well-being. How do we safeguard children? Recruitment We employ experienced workers who have a focus on preventing abuse of children and young people.
When we recruit staff and volunteers we follow safer recruitment processes. Training All our staff and volunteers complete mandatory safeguarding induction training, regardless of whether they work directly with children and young people.
All staff who work directly with children and young people also receive regular update training. Procedures We have a suite of safeguarding procedures, policies and guidance for all of our managers, staff and volunteers that ensures clear, robust action can be taken when required.
The Early Years Foundation Stage sets the foundation of safeguarding measures for early years providers to follow. They are based on four overarching principles, including:. Everyone who works with children needs to understand how to recognise the signs and symptoms that could indicate a child is being abused, but also how to respond and make child protection referrals. All childcare providers need to consider this guidance and implement robust safeguarding policies and procedures for their setting, which outline how to respond to and record concerns about children and vulnerable adults.
If you are a manager or a trustee of an organisation, you should make sure all staff and volunteers understand and can implement their policies and procedures. As a practitioner or volunteer, you need to be alert to the signs and symptoms of abuse, know how to report safeguarding concerns, and how to escalate your concerns if necessary. It is your responsibility to ensure concerns are raised and responded to appropriately. Is this child safe? Is this a credible explanation?
An important component of safeguarding children is promoting good health and wellbeing. High standards of hygiene and cleanliness will help prevent the spread of infections and illnesses in a setting.
Childcare providers must also have procedures for administering medication and supporting children with medical needs or who appear unwell during the day. In identifying any allergies when children first registers, practitioners can prevent contact with allergenic substances. Other important factors include hygiene and healthy eating, ensuring fresh drinking water is accessible at all times and meeting first aid requirements.
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