The term safeguarding means ’ promoting children’s welfare and putting measures in place it improve children’s safety and prevent abuse.’ According to Tassoni (2010) (pg 112) “ safeguarding is about much more than just protection children from direct abuse.” Safeguarding is used to protect children from a wide range of dangers such as accidents, substance abuse and even unprotected consenting sex.
Any person or outside services working with children and young people has a duty to protect them from neglect and abuse. In 2007 the government carried out major consultations with parents, children, practitioners and the general public about their concerns regarding