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Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all babies & young children Flashcards

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What is safeguarding?

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Taking all necessary measures to protect children from harm, ensuring their physical, emotional and social health. not only focusing on immediate protection but also creating environments that support the development and well-being of children

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What does safeguarding include?

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Protecting children from:
- Abuse
- Neglect
- Exploitation
Whether from adults or other children

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Why is the safety and welfare of children so important?

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It’s not just a moral imperative, but it’s also a foundational aspect for their future growth and development

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What are the core elements of safeguarding?

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  • Protection from abuse and harm
  • Prevention of harm
  • Ensuring optimal devopment
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How do you protect children from abuse and harm?

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Physical, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect. Safeguarding ensures children grow up with provision of safe and effective care

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How is harm prevented?

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Identifying families and children at risk early on and providing interventions before issues escalate

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Why is safeguarding so important?

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  • Legal and ethical responsibility
  • Early intervention
  • Community responsibility
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Why is safeguarding considered a legal and ethical duty?

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Everyone who works with children has a duty to protect them from harm. Ensure all children have the opportunity to achieve their full potential in a safe environment

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What are the benefits of safeguarding in early intervention?

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Effective safeguarding practices support early intervention, which can significantly improve long-term outcomes for children at risk

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Why is safeguarding a community responsibility?

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It requires coordination between various stakeholders (schools, healthcare providers, social services, law enforcement, and the wider community)

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What is child protection?

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A set of usually legally enforced activities designed to ensure that children are safe from harm

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Why is child protection important?

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  • It protects children from detrimental impacts that can affect their physical, psychological and emotional development
  • Professionals working with children have a duty to protect children’s rights and well-being
  • Protecting children contributes to the health and safety of the broader community and fosters societal stability
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What are the types of abuse covered under child protection?

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  • Physical abuse (hitting or burning)
  • Emotional abuse (verbal abuse or constant criticism)
  • Sexual abuse (rape, exploitation, molestation)
  • Neglect (failure to provide the child with basic needs)
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What are the components of child protection?

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  • Prevention
  • Detection
  • Reporting
  • Response
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What are the key elements in a safe and secure learning environment?

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  • Physical safety
  • Emotional and social safety
  • Supervision
  • Inclusion practices
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What are some examples of ensuring physical safety in the environment?

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  • Facility safety
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Health standards
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What are some examples of ensuring social and emotional safety in the environment?

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  • Positive climate
  • Bullying prevention
  • Mental health support
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Define abuse

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Any action by another person (adult or child) that cause sgnificant harm to a child (physical, sexual or emotional)

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How do you ensure optimal supervision in the environment?

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  • Adequate staffing
  • Training
  • Visibility
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What are some examples of ensuring inclusivity in the environment?

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  • Accessibility
  • Cultural sensitivity
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Define neglect

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The ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic needs and the most common form of child mistreatment

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What are some examples of neglect?

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A parent failing to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical care, protection from physical and medical harm

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What are symptoms of abuse or neglect?

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  • Withdrawal from friends or usual activities
  • Changes in behaviour (anger, hostility, aggression, hyperactivity or changes in school performance)
  • Depression, anxiety, unusual fears, or a sudden loss of self-confidence
  • Sleep problems and nightmares
  • Apparent lack of supervision
  • Frequent absences from school
  • Rebellious or defiant behaviour
  • Self-harm or attempts at suicide
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What are signs and symptoms of physical abuse?

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  • Unexplained injuries (bruises, broken bones (fractures) or burns)
  • Injuries that don’t match the given explanation
  • Injuries that aren’t compatible with the child’s developmental ability
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What are signs and symptoms of sexual abuse?

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  • Sexual behaviour or knowledge that’s inappropriate for the child’s age
  • Pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection
  • Genital or anal pain, bleeding or injury
  • Statements by the child that they were sexually abused
  • Inappropriate sexual behaviour with other children
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What are signs and symptoms of emotional abuse?

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  • Delayed or inappropriate emotional development
  • Loss of confidence / self-esteem
  • Social withdrawal or a loss of interest or enthusiasm
  • Depression
  • Avoidance of certain situations, such as refusing to go to school or ride the bus
  • Appears to desperately seek affection
  • A decrease in school performance or loss of interest in school
  • Loss of previously acquired deveopmental skills
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What are signs and symptoms of neglect?

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  • Poor growth
  • Excessive weight with medical conditions that are not being adequately addressed
  • Poor personal cleanliness
  • Lack of clothing or supplies to meet physical needs
  • Hoarding or stealing food
  • Poor record of school attendance
  • Lack of appropriate attention for medical, dental or psychological problems or lack of necessary follow-up care
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What are red flags in parental behaviour?

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  • Shows little concern for the child
  • Appears unable to recognise the physical or emotional distress in the child
  • Blames the child for the problems
  • Consistently belittles or berates the child, and describes the child with negative terms, “worthless” “evil”
  • Expects the child to provide attention and care to the parents, seeming jealous of other family members getting attention from the child
  • Uses harsh physical discipline
  • Demands an inappropriate level of physical or academic performance
  • Severely limits the child’s contacts with others
  • Offers conflicting or unconvincing explanations for a child’s injuries or no explanation at all
  • Repeatedly brings the child for medical evaluations or requests medical tests, such as Xrays and lab tests, for concerns not seen during the health care provider’s examination
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What should be done when there’s suspicion a child is suffering from harm?

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Report to the police or send the child to the nearest hospital

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What should be included in the police report for violence?

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  • Name of child
  • Location / Address
  • Reason for suspicion
  • Your name and contact
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Who should report child abuse?

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  • Doctors
  • Family members
  • Childcare providers
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What happens if a report is not made?

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Pay a fine of RM5000 or be imprisoned for up to two years

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What happens after the report has been made?

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The protector or police investigate the report by going to see the family and child. Either party will bring the child to the hospital for further evaluation or if the suspicions are confirmed

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What happens if the child abuse is confirmed?

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  • There will be discussions between the doctor, welfare, police and non-perpetrator parent(s) as to the management plan for the child
  • The police may take the alleged perpetrator into custody and charge accordingly
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What happens to the child after the report of child abuse has been confirmed?

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  • The management plan for the child should be in the best interest of the child and not the family or parents
  • General goal is to send child back to family with continued supervision and family therapy
  • Social stressors like the lack of suitable home, unemployment, lack of suitable childcare can also be investigated by JKM
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What is case management in child protection?

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The process of assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the options and services required to meet the specific needs of a child who is at risk or has already been abused or neglected

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What are the key steps in case management?

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  • Identification and referral
  • Initial assessment
  • Investigation
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Case closure
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Elaborate the initial assessment in case management

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A social worker or child protection officer conducts an initial assessment to understand the severity and immediacy of the risk to the child

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What does the case management’s initial assessment include?

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Gathering information about the child’s environment, family, and the specific nature of the alleged abuse or neglect

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How is the investigation conducted?

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  • Home visits
  • Interviews with the child, family members and other relevant individuals
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Elaborate what occurs in the implementation step in case management

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  • Execute the protection plan, which might include removing the child from the home if they are in immediate danger, providing family support services, or arranging for medical and psychological care
  • Regularly updating the plan as circumstances change or new information arises
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Elaborate on the monitoring and evaluation step of the case management process

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Ongoing monitoring of the case to ensure that the interventions are effective, and that the child is progressing to more safer, stable conditions

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What are examples of the monitoring and evaluation step of the case management process?

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  • Regular visits
  • Progress reports from therapy
  • Academic reports (if available)
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When is the case closed?

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When the child is deemed to be in a safe environment with minimal risk or future harm. Follow-up may be required to ensure that conditions remain stable

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Write down the TEN-4 FACES-P?

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Trunk
Ears
Neck

4 years or younger / Any bruising on a child less than 4 months
(Kids that don’t cruise rarely bruise)

Frenulum
Auricular area
Cheeks
Eyes
Sclera
Patterned bruising

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What is the TEN-4 FACES-P?

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It’s a clinical tool used primarily by medical professionals, especially in emergency medicine and pediatrics, to help identify children who are at high risk of child abuse

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How is the TEN-4 FACES-P rule useful?

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It’s useful for recognising physical signs of abuse that might otherwise be overlooked or mistaken for accidental injuries

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What does the TEN-4 FACES-P stand for?

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TEN-4: Any bruising to the torso, ear, neck in children 4 years or younger, or any bruising on a child 4 months or younger, should be considered suspicious

FACES-P: Frenulum, angle of the jaw, cheek, eyelids, bleed in the white part of the eye, patterned bruising

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