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Safeguarding
- relates to the actions takento promote the
welfare of children and protect them from
harm.
- protecting children
from maltreatment
- preventing impairment of children’s
health and development
- ensuring that children grow up in
circumstances consistent with the
provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all
children to have the best
outcomes and enter adulthood
successfully
- protecting children
from maltreatment
- Children Act 2004
- Every Child
Matters
- set of reforms of
Children Act
- Aim for every
child for:
- be healthy
- stay safe
- enjoy and achieve
- make a positive
contributio
- achieve economic
well-being
- be healthy
- set of reforms of
Children Act
- Every Child
Matters
- regional
structures
- Safeguarding
Children Board.
- highlight their role in terms of
public information and education
- aim of ‘making safeguarding
everyone’s business’
- resources for practitioners and those
living in the specific area
- highlight their role in terms of
public information and education
- Area Child Protection
Committees
- Safeguarding
Children Board.
- examples of
awareness:
- alcohol and drug use by caregivers
- impact of domestic violence on
children
- ways to gain access to children via families
or workplace
- The concept of power is central in thinking about
child abuse
- harm that can be caused to
children by witnessing the abuse
of others
- alcohol and drug use by caregivers
- Child abuse and child
neglect
- Abuse does not have to be
deliberate, it can also occur through
the omission of care or
thoughtlessness
- understanding the reasons why something
has happened is crucial to how a situation
is dealt with
- Incidence and
prevalence
- only a small proportion of
incidents of serious harm to
children
- extent of unreported abuse is
important
- only a small proportion of
incidents of serious harm to
children
- indicators of harm
- a broad assessment is
required
- untidy and unclean house
- tiredness in the child
- poor presentation, poor skin tone,
bags or dark circles under their
eyes.etc
- failure to achieve their developmental milestones is
another sign. Failure to seek appropriate medical advice,
and lack of protection against dangers.
- very passive and very quiet,
- a broad assessment is
required
- Neglect is when a child or
young person’s basic care
needs are not being met.
- food, clothing, warmth, shelter
and cleanliness
- food, clothing, warmth, shelter
and cleanliness
- Physical abuse
- Emotional abuse
- emotional needs are not
being met
- not having appropriate
stimulation and interaction from
the parents to encourage their
emotional development
- not having appropriate
stimulation and interaction from
the parents to encourage their
emotional development
- emotional needs are not
being met
- Sexual abuse
- Abuse does not have to be
deliberate, it can also occur through
the omission of care or
thoughtlessness
- Adults own emotional ‘baggage’ is an important
dynamic in all interactive work with people
- ability to engage in reflective
practice
- acting or making decisions is a multi-professional and
multi-agency process,
- ability to engage in reflective
practice
- key child protection
processes
- Initial information gathering
- Enquiries and
assessment
- police and
social workers
- hearing’ the
child,
- hearing concerns
from professionals
- hearing concerns from the
community
- engaging with parents and other
primary carers.
- police and
social workers
- Listening to children
and working with
parents
- Take what the child says seriously
- Do not guarantee
confidentiality
- Take what the child says seriously
- Emergency measures
- application to court for
an emergency order to
remove the child
- application to court for
an emergency order to
remove the child
- Multi-agency child
protection conferences and
plans
- the professionals will consider,
with the parents, whether a Child
Protection Plan should be drawn
up
- the professionals will consider,
with the parents, whether a Child
Protection Plan should be drawn
up
- Finding knowledge and
support
- Initial information gathering
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