Unit 3 – Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
Unit 3 – Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
Safeguarding is much more than just protecting children from abuse, it also includes; keeping children safe from accidents, crime and bullying, f0rced marriages, missing children and actively promoting their welfare in a healthy and safe environment.
National and local guidelines, policies and procedures affect day-to-day work with children and young people because it is important that people working with them recognise if a child is at risk.
Department for education – overall responsibility for safeguarding and child protection in England Issue statutory and non-statutory guidance to local authorities
Local authorities – use guidance to produce procedures for services and practitioners
Services use as basis for their policies and procedures.
All childcare settings should have clear policies and procedures that cover all aspects of safeguarding such as health and safety, child protection, contact with children and performing personal care, outings and visitors to the setting. Risk assessments should be carried out to ensure that there are no risks or hazards that could bring harm or worse cause death to a child, in this serious case it would be called by the local safeguarding children’s board or if abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death other agencies will also be involved such as children’s services, police, health education and any other agencies needed. The lessons learnt from serious case reviews usually include the importance of;
Sharing information and communication
Keeping an accurate timeline of events
Clear planning and roles
Overcoming the problems of hard to reach families
Good assessment of the child’s situation
Early recognition of children in need of protection by mainstream services such as schools or health services
Partnership working with agencies that parents may be receiving services from – for example mental
Safeguarding is much more than just protecting children from abuse, it also includes; keeping children safe from accidents, crime and bullying, f0rced marriages, missing children and actively promoting their welfare in a healthy and safe environment.
National and local guidelines, policies and procedures affect day-to-day work with children and young people because it is important that people working with them recognise if a child is at risk.
Department for education – overall responsibility for safeguarding and child protection in England Issue statutory and non-statutory guidance to local authorities
Local authorities – use guidance to produce procedures for services and practitioners
Services use as basis for their policies and procedures.
All childcare settings should have clear policies and procedures that cover all aspects of safeguarding such as health and safety, child protection, contact with children and performing personal care, outings and visitors to the setting. Risk assessments should be carried out to ensure that there are no risks or hazards that could bring harm or worse cause death to a child, in this serious case it would be called by the local safeguarding children’s board or if abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death other agencies will also be involved such as children’s services, police, health education and any other agencies needed. The lessons learnt from serious case reviews usually include the importance of;
Sharing information and communication
Keeping an accurate timeline of events
Clear planning and roles
Overcoming the problems of hard to reach families
Good assessment of the child’s situation
Early recognition of children in need of protection by mainstream services such as schools or health services
Partnership working with agencies that parents may be receiving services from – for example mental