Identify And Explain The Factors That Lead To Safeguarding

There are many different factors that would lead to concern in regards to safeguarding. Suspicion of maltreatment or abuse but most tend to be overlooked by people as they just put it down to children just being children or the child’s personality. These factors that would lead to suspicion of maltreatment or abuse can be separated into two key elements; these are the physical and behavioural elements of the child. Physically maltreatment or abuse will be suspected if a child is coming in with bruises or unexplained injuries, if the child is suffering from soreness, consent infections, poor hygiene and is under weight. Maltreatment suspicion can also arise of a child’s behaviour becomes very aggressive, distressful, violent or even if the child suddenly becomes very withdrawn, has low self-esteem, suffers from delayed development, is constantly hungry and reluctant to go home.
All of these factors, although they do not necessarily mean that the child would be maltreated, are all still factors that would need to be taken into account and looked at the same way risks of the child being exploited through visual context or through written and electronic media and communication would need to be taken into account and prevented as much as