Understand legislation and guidelines for the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser Learning reading text: ‘Legislation to safeguard and promote the welfare of children'
- 'Working Together to Safeguard Children Statutory framework: legislation relevant to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children' from the Department for Education
- 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' published by the Department for Education
- 'Ofsted requirements for safeguarding in schools in England' produced by the NSPCC Learning.
- ‘Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage’ from the Department for Education.
- ‘Childcare: significant events to notify Ofsted about’ from Ofsted
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- For clarification of issues relating to confidentiality and information sharing read ‘Information sharing Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers’.
- Since government devolution the individual countries of the UK have taken responsibility for their own safeguarding legislation. The NSPCC has produced a series of factsheets that summarise safeguarding legislation by country. Click on the link to the left to read this information.
- Click on the icon to the left to explore the NSPCC website for further information and resources relating to safeguarding.
- Click on the link to the Department of Education advice for schools and childcare providers on preventing children and young people from being drawn into terrorism.
- Read this article from the Professional Association for childcare and early years (PACEY) on ‘British values and the Prevent duty’. It explains the British values and what they mean.
- Find out who your DfE-appointed Regional Prevent Coordinator is and consider contacting them or scheduling a meeting to ask for their advice and guidance.
- The Department for Education have produced a document ‘Child sexual exploitation: Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation’. This is intended to help all those working with children, and their parents and carers, to understand child sexual exploitation and what action should be taken to identify and support victims.
- Think And Challenge
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