Know how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused, harmed or bullied
This video from the NSPCC is called ‘Are they safe? Child protection awareness for staff and volunteers’. Watch the film and make note on things that are relevant to your role. Does your setting have a safeguarding policy?
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused’ by HM Government
- 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage' by the Department for Education
- ‘Child abuse and neglect’ from the NSPCC Learning website
- ‘Safeguarding children and child protection’ from the NSPCC Learning website
- 'Warning signs' on the Stop Bullying website
- Read your setting's guidance / ask your manager about what to do if you suspect a colleague is not complying with safeguarding procedures or is harming, abusing, or bullying a child or young person.
- ‘Information sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers’ from the UK Government
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation: 'Cause for concern?'
- Click to read this additional presentation on 'Safeguarding Children'
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the link to to read this NSPCC website on child abuse and neglect to find out what child abuse is, how to spot the signs, who is affected and what you should do if you're worried about a child
- Click to read Hands On Scotland’s comprehensive guide to good practice in responding to disclosure of self harm.
- ‘Responding and responding to abuse' is a section of the NSPCC Learning website.
- Click to visit the website of the Anti-bullying Alliance, the national anti-bullying charity.
- ‘Preventing and tackling bullying’ by Department for Education is the departmental advice for staff in educational settings about bullying. Click on the icon to read this advice.
- Click to visit the website of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and pay particular attention to the sections on ‘Preventing abuse’ and ‘What you can do’.
- 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.
- 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.
- Breast ironing or flattening is another form of abuse on young girls to be aware of. Click on the link to find out more about this practice.
- Think And Challenge
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