Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed

Read your setting's guidance / ask your manager about how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed.

Table of Contents

‘A study to investigate the barriers to learning from serious case reviews and identify ways of overcoming these barriers’ by the Department for Education.
Click to read about ‘Gangs’ on the Childline website.
Click to read about 'Sharing nudes and semi-nudes’ on the NSPCC website.
Click to read about ‘Fabricated or induced illness’ on the NHS Choices website.
Click to read about ‘Female genital mutilation’ on the World Health Organisation website.
‘Effects of cyberbullying’ on the Family Lives website. Click on the icon the left to read more.
‘Child abuse’ on the Child Law Advice website. Click on the icon to the left to read about the law on child abuse, including the different forms of abuse and what to do if you are concerned about a child.
Visit ‘Recognising and responding to abuse’ from NSPCC Learning.
''How we inspect safeguarding in schools’ from the Ofsted blog. Click on the icon for an insight in to the inspection framework used by Ofsted inspectors in relation to safeguarding children and young people.
‘Disclosure’ by Devon County Council is a useful guide about steps to take when a child or young person discloses information about themselves, related to incidents of abuse. Click on the icon to read this guide.
The safeguarding guidance below was written by the UK government. Click on the icons to the left of the titles to read the guidance.
‘Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked’
‘‘Perplexing Presentation / Fabricated or Induced Illness: A matter for schools?’ from the Safeguarding Network website.’
‘Report a serious child safeguarding incident’ on the Gov.UK details how local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
‘Child sexual exploitation: Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders, and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation’
‘National action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief’
The NSPCC has published practical resources to help adults who work with children better respond to disclosures of abuse. Key points include: help the young person open up by giving your full attention and reassuring them; slow down - let the child go at their own pace; reflect back what the child has said to show you understand.

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