Safeguarding Cyp3.3

Unit CYP3.3
Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people
Q5 5.1
Explain different types of bullying and potential effects on children and young people
There are many ways bullying can take place and mainly done out of sight of others as this allows it to continue if not detected by others or reported by the person being bullied to someone, the forms of bullying can be shown through Physical, verbal, emotional, cyber bullying actions.
Verbal bullying
This is when someone is subject to deliberate abuse of language that is hurtful from people who could be a friend, family member or just general members of the public but they usually have a connection to the person which allows them to have easy access for this behaviour to continue. The language of abuse can vary from name calling, insults, sarcasm, and spreading rumours, persistent teasing, gossiping in general about their appearance, colour and race. Persistent teasing must not be mixed up with general teasing among friends, the difference between the two is shown and displayed by both parties being able find the conversation funny and having fun together. The potential effects of verbal abuse on children and young/people Lack of confidence A child becomes withdrawn and isolated Low self esteem Delayed development Becomes depressed and anxious They may turn their anger on themselves and start to self harm They may start to be aggressive to others
Physical bullying
This type of bullying can be anything that has physical contact between 2 or more persons that relates to any type of violence or threats.
For example: kicking, pushing, pinching, biting, and slapping.
The potential effects of this abuse are varied and will overlap into the effects of other bullying.
• Suffers cuts/bruising
• Truanting from school or place where bullying is taken place
• Scared to walk to and from school
• Loss appetite
• Becomes distressed, anxious or depressed
• Crying and suffers nightmares (bed wetting)

Emotional bullying
This is done by someone continually verbally making you feel insecure about yourself by remarking about your appearance such as your fat, ugly, smelly, stupid. This will in turn make you have self doubt and built up into a longer lasting mixture of feelings which will continue into adult life.
The effects on emotional bullying again are very similar to other types of bullying such as
Self harming
Low-self esteem
Withdrawn to others
Avoiding environments/people (where bullying is taken place)
Cyber bullying
This is done through use of any technical device to communicate with people. Today children have much easier access to this equipment such as mobile phones (text messages) or ICT equipment that can allow them to reach a wider group of people (social net working sites, e-mails, chat rooms).
The potential effects are linked strongly to all other types of bullying such as
Low self esteem
Shyness
The above abuse can all have similar detrimental consequences and most certainly will follow them into adult life if not challenged and support given to prevent from starting or even continuing.
5.2
Outline the policies and procedures that should be followed in response to concerns or evidence of bullying and explain the reasons why they are in place.
All schools school’s by law need to have policies and procedures in place to allow them to indentify and prevent bullying in the setting.
Certain types of bullying could be classed as unlawful discrimination such as continual remarks about age, race, sex, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Bullying is taken very seriously at the setting I attend and dealt with different types of sanctions depending on the seriousness of the bullying either by time out, verbal/written apologies ,sent to head of school.
A child can start to show signs that they are bullying around the age 5 as some children have reached a stage in their cognitive development that they can plan and deliver intent to cause harm and distress to others.
All children in the setting I am at are made aware o f the expected behaviour and consequences and are openly reminded of the values the school , each class displays an Anti bullying, code of conduct, rules of class (as these are set by the children and are age related).
Children/young people must be provided with the support and information to help them solve bullying depending on their age this may be come in the form of encouragement from their peers, adult in trust, childline, Samaritans or any child support agency that is required.
Adults can help support to prevent and identify bullying in different ways such as
• Encourage a culture that expresses their feelings
• Encourage good communication skills with adults /parents/carers
• Setting acceptable boundaries on behaviour
• Being firm and consistent when necessary 5.3
Explain how to support a child or young person and/or their family when bullying is suspected or alleged.
When dealing with children/young people that are being bullied it is important that we listen and believe they are telling the truth. We need to support them by encouraging them to speak about the bullying that they are receiving to an adult that is in a position of trust and is able to help/guide them to resolve what is going to happen next and continue to keep them informed until the bullying is resolved. This could be done by observing the situation daily, meeting with children.
During this time the children/young people and parents will be distressed and need to be kept up to date on the investigation and how it’s being dealt with. The priority is to reassure the families that safeguarding their children is paramount and it is being taken seriously and will keep them fully informed either by speaking face to face or telephone. If the parents want to gain knowledge on children that have been bullied they can be referred to various web sites to empower their understanding.
NSPCC, Kidscape.org, Parentline plus, Anti bullying.net

Q6 6.1
Explain how to support children and young people’s self-confidence and self-esteem.
It is important to encourage the child/young person to feel good about them and their achievements as this in turn will help raise their self esteem and make them feel good and can offer more in situations through their school life and continue in to adulthood. The opposite feeling of low self esteem makes the child/young person feel worthless and has nothing to offer and this can continue and develop in to adulthood which could affect how they relationships both in personnel life and their professional life. Praise and encouragement and a feeling of belonging are essential to nurture confidence and improve self esteem. Other ways to support and nurture self confidence and self esteem are

• Focus on their strengths not weaknesses
• Respect child/young person’s interest no matter how small
• Acknowledgment of their individual feelings
• Reassurance when things are not quite going correctly
• Be accepting of their anxieties and fears 6.2
Analyse the importance of supporting resilience in children and young people.
It is important in supporting resilience in children/young people as this will help them to develop strategies to overcome the ups and downs through school life and in to adulthood. Resilience is being able to be independent and controlling situations to give them the power to deal with life in general. This can in turn help reverse any emotions of doubt about themselves that has been through bullying and increases their belief about themselves and improves their self esteem. Strong long lasting relationships can help the child/young person to deal with disappointment better as their social circle of friendships is stronger.
6.3
Explain why it is important to work with the child or young person to ensure they have strategies to protect themselves and make decisions about safety.
It is important that children/young people have strategies to protect themselves and make decisions about their own safety because it could allow them to be open to all sorts’ abuse.
We need to ensure that we in still in children from a young age that being able to speak out and being able to say no in situations is ok as they may find themselves in a vulnerable and dangerous place especially if they are allowed to out/roam play freely. They should be made aware that no one has the right to make them feel threatened or even allow them to take advantage of them if they feel and know that it is not right to do.
To put this over to different age related groups can be difficult but it needs to be supported and
Done sensitively so as not to scare the children/young people. For example younger aged children this could be developed through storytelling and then in to roll play so that they can understand verbally/visually. For older children the use of age related language and behaviour would support their understanding of possible danger and how they can be vulnerable in situations.
6.4
Explain ways of empowering children and young people to make positive and informed choices that support their well being and safety.
Children need to be gave opportunities to make positive and informed choices about all aspects of how they may like and dislike things in life. You need to discuss things at an age related language to empower the children to be aware about their bodies and self image and the importance of keeping themselves healthy and safe. You need to allow children to have plenty of opportunities to experience developing their independence. Children also need to feel that they can confide in adults safely if they need to inform you if something has happened to them his could be done verbally or written but support needs to be given support to make sure that they use the correct wording when explaining.
Q7 7.1
Explain the risks and possible consequences for children and young people of being online and of using a mobile phone.
There are many risks and consequences today for children using the internet; this can lead to cyber bullying which can leave the child vulnerable, depressed and isolated. Social net working chat rooms as they do not really know that the other people that they talking to is giving the correct information about who/what age they are, this could lead in to them being groomed and feeling confident to meet which is putting themselves in to vulnerable dangerous situations. Search engines can have inappropriate, violent images as it is not filtered for age related use.
Mobile use again has risks as most phones can receive the internet. Children normally use their phones in private away from parents/carers and able to speak To people without them being aware as communication can be deleted and hidden from view.
7.2 Describe ways of reducing risk to children and young people from
Social networking
 Talk to child/young people about talking/meeting strangers from sites
 Use control systems to block/ monitor use
 Show interest in child/young person’s use of websites
Internet use
 Monitor child/young person’s activity
 Limit/vary use of time on sites
 Filter non age related images/websites
 Use browsers for children only
 Explain the importance of not sharing personnel information on sites
 Home computers to have kite marked with parental control measures (software)

Buying online
 Stolen identity ( use secure software)such as firewall, Norton
 Payal ( is a secure method of payment online) prevents fraud Using a mobile phone
 Attacked/stolen if they have got an expensive phone don’t flash it around and use cheap phone
 Prolonged use is said to may cause health concerns use land line where possible or short bursts on mobile
These are a few ways in how to reduce the risks from the above.