Safeguarding Flashcards
Define safeguarding
Protecting children and vulnerable groups from any sort of harm
Why is safeguarding everyone’s responsibility
May notice signs no one else has
Your sign may put together the whole picture
Other people may not report it
What is a legislation and who created them
Document that detail a law or set of rules created by government
Why do we have educational legislations?
To create a fair and equal standers across the country
Yo keep children safe, support their welfare and education
To hold people, agencies and settings accountable
What is a policy
A set of rules the setting makes that they must follow but it’s not a government rule
What is the children act 2004
To protect children from abuse
To put greater responsibility on settings and local authorities to communicate
This makes the guidance more understandable for settings
Children act Key points
Every child has the right to - be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve
Empathizes the importance of sharing information to create a complete picture
Children act Practice
Know your settings policies for reporting safeguarding
Know what information should be shared and how to share it
Working together to safeguard children 2023 purpose
To collect and summarize other pieces of legislation in one place
To encourage agencies to work together and communicate more
Working together to safeguard children Key point
States the importance of sharing information to create a picture. Local use ensure there is a range of “early help” services
Working together to safeguard children Practice
More local authorities encourage communication by establishing MASH
Keeping children safe in education 2023 purpose
To keep children safe in education
To collect and summarize other pieces of legislation in one place
Keeping children safe in education key points
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
Desisions should be made based on the best interests of the child
Keeping children safe in education practice
Keeping keeping your safeguarding training up to date
Understand the different types of abuse and know the signs
What is physical abuse
When a child has been physically injured
What is emotional abuse
When a child’s emotional development or welcoming has been negatively impacted
What is sexual abuse
When a child has been exploited for sexual purposes
What is domestic abuse
Abuse involving adults that cause physical, emotional or economic harm
What is online abuse
Behaviour online that has a threatening, intimidating, harassing or humiliating effect on a person
What is it meant by an individual factor of abuse
Factors that the individual child has that mean they are more likely to be abuse
What is it meant by a parental factor
Factors that the parent have which mean they are more likely to abuse
What is it meant by an environmental factor
Factors in a child’s home life that they make abuse more likely
Example of individual factors
Child/ young person has a physical or developmental disability
Lack of secure attachment with partner/ carer
Examples of parental factors
Parent has abuse before
Parent was abuse growing up
