Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, and includes measures to prevent or minimise the potential for abuse occurring. Protection is considered a statutory responsibility in response to individual cases where risk of harm has been identified…
In this article, we are discussing how different rules, regulations and policies influence and govern safe guarding. One of the most important aspect of safeguarding is multi-agency working as this helps to stop instances of abuse or neglect being missed, There are many different legislations which are involved in safeguarding. For example, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act was created in response to the failures found in the bichard case and provided a new framework in regards to vetting people and the barring lost. This was done in order to stop people working with vulnerable people who may be a risk to them and to try stop abusers having access to vulnerable people.…
All schools and settings must have a full range of current legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure all children and young people are protected. Safeguarding was known as child protection to help ensure the safety and the welfare of all the children in the setting.…
There is much more to Safeguarding than just protecting children from direct abuse. Any service that works with children and young people knows that they have a much wider responsibility than simply protecting the children from neglect and abuse. An action plan was put in place by Her Majesty’s Government called the ‘Stay Safe’ action plan, and it identifies a number of important features in the wider view of safeguarding including:…
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.…
Safeguarding is the concept of protecting individuals from unnecessary harm which includes; ensuring the environment is safe, that rights and wishes are respected, that indicators of abuse are known, and that staff act on concerns by reporting in the agreed way. It is important to understand that anyone can be abused in any situation but to understand the level of safeguarding required, we must consider mental capacity and vulnerability to abuse. Individuals in care, the elderly, the young, and the disabled are more vulnerable to abuse because they require support in aspects of their lives. The more support an individual requires, the greater the opportunity to abuse. Additionally…
• Safeguarding Children is a multi-stranded identifying concept that reaches beyond basic child protection to incorporate the additional aims of preventing the impairment of children’s health and development, ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, as well as protecting children from maltreatment.…
The term safeguarding has replaced the term child protection and includes promoting children’s safety and welfare as well as protecting children when abuse happens.…
1.2 Safeguarding is more than just protecting children from abuse; any service that works with children and young people has a role in keeping children safe. The staying safe action plan recognises several vital aspects in the wider view of safeguarding for example…
Child protection is action taken to protect a child or young person at risk or suffering from harm. Safeguarding in the wider context is preventing risks of harm to a child or young person. Safeguarding is simply not just protecting children and young people from neglect and abuse, there is much more to it. Some of the areas covered in safeguarding are;…
E3. Safeguarding is defined as: All agencies working with children, young people and their families taking all reasonable measures to ensure that the risks of harm to children 's welfare are minimized.…
According to CQC safeguarding means protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. The safeguarding of children and adults is slightly different in relation to promoting welfare.…
Safeguarding refers to keeping children safe – protecting them from harm/abuse, unsafe circumstances and impaired health/development, ensuring that they have the best possible opportunities in their lives.…
Safeguarding is defined as working together to safeguard children. It is important that everyone protects the welfare of children and that they are able to keep them from harm. Safeguarding is: • The protection of children from maltreatment • The prevention the impairment of children's health and development • Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children have the best outcomes In England laws state that people who work with children have to keep the children safe.…
Safeguarding looks at protecting children and young people, this is does mean protecting them from just direct abuse but from a wider role and making sure that they are staying safe and that they come to no harm.…