Safeguarding Children Flashcards
What is child protection?
Activity undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are at risk of suffering from significant harm.
Who are the “children in need”?
Those who require additional support or services to achieve their full potential.
What are the 3 main measures taken to safe guard children?
- Protecting children from maltreatment
- Preventing impairment of children’s health or development
- Ensuring that children are growing up in a safe and caring environment.
What is child abuse and neglect?
Anything which those entrusted with the care of children do, or fail to do, which damages their prospects of safe and healthy development into adulthood.
What 3 elements all must be present in child abuse?
Significant harm to the child
Carer has some responsibility for that harm
Significant connection between carer’s responsibility for child and harm to child.
What is the children’s and young people’s act 2014?
It has 4 major themes- children’s rights, getting it right for every child, early learning and childcare and “looked after” children.
What are 4 contributing factors of child abuse?
Adult, child, community/environmental and family violence/dysfunctional family.
What are the big 3 concerns for parenting capacity?
Domestic violence
Drug/alcohol misuse
Mental health problems.
What are the 5 child abuse categories?
Physical Emotional Neglect Sexual Non-organic failure to survive.
What children are classed as vulnerable?
Under 5’s
Irregular attenders
Medical problems and disabilities.
How many visits should a child get from a health visitor/nurse during the first couple years of life?
11 home visits to all families (8 within the first year of life and 3 child health reviews between 4-5 years).
What is neglect?
Neglect is a signifiant and under-recognised problem which affects the wellbeing of many children; agencies and their staff need additional professional support in the assessment and intervention with such children and young people. Acentre for children’s wellbeing should include a focus on research and on developing a range of interventions that will be effective.
What are some effects of neglect on a child?
Failure to thrive Inappropriate clothing Ingrained dirt Dental caries Withdrawn or attention seeking behaviour.
What are examples of short and long term damage to a child from neglect?
Short= physical, emotional, social and cognitive development.
Long= arrest, suicide attempts, major depression, diabetes and heart disease.
What is the definition of dental neglect
The persistant 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.
