Explain How The Policies And Procedures In A Safe Work Setting

It is important to have clear policies and procedures to ensure children and young people’s safety and protection in the setting. Specific policies and procedures relating to the protection of children, young people and the adults who work with them are outlined in the government document Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013), which is informed by the Childcare Act (2006) and, for children aged 0-5 years, the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (2014).
The following policies and procedures should be in place in any safe work setting:
• Working in an open and transparent way
• Listening to children and young people
• Duty of care
• Whistle-blowing
• Power and positions of trust
• Propriety and behaviour
• Physical contact
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• The responsibility of everyone within the setting to be active in safeguarding and preventing abuse or neglect.
• How the setting will meet this obligation, for example, through safer recruitment of staff or active support for children and/or young people.
• The safeguarding commitment works together with other policies such as equal opportunities, behaviour and partnership with parents.
The procedures should set out how the policy will be put into practice on a daily basis. The procedures should make clear the responsibilities of the setting’s designated child protection officer, and the responsibilities of practitioners both as individuals and as members of a team. The procedures should be clear about the following points:
• The obligation to respond appropriately, and in a timely way, to any concerns, whomsoever raises them.
• A brief summary of signs that should concern practitioners with a reference to the relevant guidance document.
• The steps that should be taken when there are concerns, and the boundaries to the role of a familiar practitioner or the designated child protection