Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
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Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'The child protection system across the UK' webpage on the NSPCC website
- Read the policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people at your setting. Make a note of these for your reference.
- ‘Keeping children safe in education: Statutory guidance for schools and colleges’ produced by the Department for Education
- 'Ofsted requirements for safeguarding in schools in England' by the NSPCC
- ‘Keeping children safe' from the NSPCC
- ‘Get in on the Act: Children and Social Work Act 2017' by the Local Government Association
- ‘The Prevent duty: Departmental advice for schools and childcare providers' by the Department for Education
- 'Statutory framework for the Early Year Foundation Stage'
- 'After-school clubs, community activities and tuition: safeguarding guidance for providers’ from the Department for Education
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Children's image'.
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Safeguarding legislation'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click this icon to read the full text document of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Look at the Children Acts 1989 and 2004. Make notes on the most important aspects of the Acts. You can access these online by using the links below:
- Children Act 1989
- Children Act 2004
- Access the Practitioner’s Guide to CAF, which can be found by clicking the icon.
- 'A guide to safeguarding and personal budgets: Supporting the work to implement personal budgets as part of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms’ was produced in 2015 by the NSPCC. Read section 2 on ‘SEND, wider risks and safeguarding’
- Click here to visit the website of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
- Visit North Yorkshire’s excellent website providing information on all aspects of safeguarding children by clicking the icon here.
- Haringey Safeguarding Children Partnership has a website for professionals. Read through these articles and then look to see if your local authority has a website for its own Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Click on the icon to read ‘Working with Children, Young People and Adults who are Vulnerable to Radicalisation’ from North Lincolnshire’s Children’s Multi-agency Resilience and Safeguarding Board.
- 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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