Child safegaurding Flashcards
What is child protection?
Activity undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or at risk of suffering significant harm
Who are children in need?
Those who require additional support or service to achieve their full potential
What does child safegaurding mean?
Measures taken to minimises the risks of harm to children
What is child abuse and neglect?
Anything a child caregiver do or fail to do that affect negatively the child safety and healthy development into adulthood
3 elements of child abuse?
- Harm to child
- carer has responsibility for the harm
- significant connectiono between carer’s responsibility and harm
3 national acts for child protection?
- National guidance for child protection in Scotland 2014
- Children and young’s people act
- Getting it right for every child
GIRFEC have a national practice model that creates a shared language and approach to identifying and meeting concerns through “ my world triangle” , “matrix” and what else?
The well being Wheel ( SHANARRI) , which have 8 indicators of wellbeing
What are the 8 SHANARRI indicators?
- Safe
- Healthy
- Achieving
- Nurtured
- Active
- Respected
- Responsible
- Included
When can you share information about a child according to CYPA?
When the safety of the child is at risk or when benefits of sharing outweigh the public and individual interest in keeping info confidential
What are the 5 rights of children according to the The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?
- The right to respect
- The right to information about yourself
- The right to be protected from harm
- The right to have a say in your life
- The right to a good start in life
- The right to be and feel secure
3 big concerns in the aetiology of child abuse relating to parenting capacity?
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol misuse
- Mental health problems
5 categories of child abuse?
- Physical
- Emotional
- Neglect
- Sexual
- non-organic failure to thrive
3 categories of vulnerable children?
- Under 5s
- Irregular attenders
- Children with medical problems of disabilities
What are the 5 markers of neglect?
- Nutrition
- Warmth clothing and shelter
- Hygiene and health care
- Stimulation and education
- Affection
How would nutrition affect a child in regards of neglect?
Failure to thrive
How would warmth, shelter affect a child in regards of neglect?
Inappropriate clothing , sunburn and cold injury
How would hygiene affect a child in regards of neglect?
- dirty finger nails
- Caries
How would affection affect a child in regards of neglect?
Withdrawn or attention seeking behaviour
3 short term damage from neglect?
- Physical health
- Emotional health
- Social and cognitive development
3 long term damage from neglect?
- Arrest
- suicide attempts
- depression
- diabetes
What is the definition of dental neglect?
The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic oral health needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of a child’s oral or general health or development
3 indicators of dental neglect?
- Obvious dental disease
- Child impacted ( teasing at school)
- Practical care has been offered but child not returned for treatment
3 stages of managing dental neglect?
- Preventive dental team management
- Preventive multi-agency management
- Child protection referral
What happens in preventive dental team management?
- Raise concerns with parents and offer support , set targets and keep records and monitor
