Tda 3.2 Summarise The Policies And Procedures

Safeguarding policies and procedures, local and national guidelines all need to be considered and used on a daily basis in settings with children and young people. “Day-to-day work involves:
• Childcare practice
• Child protection
• Risk assessment
• Ensuring the voice of the child or young person is heard
• Supporting children and young people and others who may be expressing concerns”
The policies and procedures for childcare practice will include ensuring all relevant staff and volunteers have valid DBS checks, policies explaining the rules for collecting children; and conducting risk assessments for all new activities while regularly reviewing existing risk assessments.

School environments are fluid, and no two days are the same; so potential safeguarding issues will also vary on a daily basis. This means that the staff need to be vigilant with regards to any possible safeguarding concerns, and ensure they are working appropriately and within the relevant guidelines.

“Individual risk assessments will need to be carried out where children or young people are undertaking an activity which has the potential to cause harm.” This will apply to school trips, and also to day-to-day tasks which involve the use of tools,
All staff need to be aware of how concerns of suspected abuse should be reported and recorded. These records will include notes, details of what a child has said, dates, times, and records of meetings with other agencies. Anything that is said by a child that causes concerns needs to be followed up. In the school I volunteer in there are two designated safeguarding officers, so there is always at least one on site. Each teacher has their own log book to note and record concerns in immediately; as well as a central log book held by the safeguarding officer to collate all concerns and follow