Safeguarding terms Flashcards
Examples for safeguarding children
Forced marriages, child sexual exploitation
Safeguarding children
The action that is taken to promote the welfare and health - to protect children from any harm. - Allowing children to live freely from harm, abuse, neglect.
Harm
Includes ill treatment + all harmful conduct in particular conduct that causes physical harm and psychological harm
Examples of harm
Causing fear, alarm, distress, physical marks.
Abuse
Child abuse happens when someone harms a child (physical, sexual, emotional, neglect).
Cruel, violent, unfair treatment of someone - harm or distress.
Examples of Abuse
Slapping, pinching, kicking
Neglect
Failing to look after them properly - feeling unloved, ignored and in need. - abandoned, uncared for. Not meeting their basic needs.
Examples of neglect
Not providing basic items or care - food, water, clothing and a safe place to live, medicine, health care.
County lines
Group of children who are supplying drugs to suburban areas - can involve child criminal exploitation and using adults who are vulnerable to move drugs + money - normally through the transport of trains.
Alert
A state of careful watching and readiness especially for danger or opportunity.
Prevent
It’s aim is to stop people being terrorists / supporting them. Including preventing the exploitation of susceptible people who are at risk of being drawn into violent extremism by radicalisation .
Well being
The combination of feeling good and functioning well - the experience of positive emotions eg: happiness and contentment
Examples of good well being
Happiness, joy, contentment, excitement, wonder and calmness
Empowerment
People having power and control over their own lives
Proportionality
Any relationship that is always in the same ratio
Protection
Keeping something / someone safe
Partnership
Is to support and enable local organisations and agencies to work together in a system where children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted.
Accountability
While named employees are mostly responsible it’s up to everyone to do their part.
Recruit
To get someone to join something
Recognise
Recognise that you have a concern / someone has made a disclosure to you.
Record
Provide a consistent account of our involvement with children, young people and their families
Reporting
When you think someone you know / you are being abused / neglected you should tell someone you trust
Respond
Provide a consistent account of our involvement with children and their families.
Review
To identify improvements to be made to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Trusted adults
A trusted adult is chosen by the young person as a safe figure that listens without judgment, agenda or expectation, but with the sole purpose of supporting and encouraging positivity within a young person’s life.
Examples of trusted adults in a school
Counsellors, teachers, administrators, psychologists, social workers, cafeteria staff, School Resource Officers, bus drivers, janitors, and other adults who interact regularly with school-age children.
Child in need
Person under 18 who needs extra support to improve opportunities through the services of the local authority - may be due to their personal circumstances / medical / physical needs. Meaning that they may be in social care.
Child at risk
A child who is in the position of vulnerability to abuse / harm - the abuse / harm may be happening to them but may not be or is at risk of happening.
LAC - Looked after children
A child who has been in care of their local authority for more than 24 hrs - also referred to children in care
including:
- children living with foster parents
- In residential children’s homes
- Hostel / secure accommodation.
