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Understand how to support the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That everyone has a duty to protect children from harm
The difference between safeguarding and child protection
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (the Act) replaces Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) with new local safeguarding arrangements, led by three safeguarding partners (local authorities, chief officers of police, and clinical commissioning groups). It also places a duty on child death review partners (local authorities and clinical commissioning groups) to review the deaths of children normally resident in the local area - or if they consider it appropriate, for those not normally resident in the area.

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Child Protection or Safeguarding'
‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ published by the Department for Education
'What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners' from the Department for Education.
'Early years foundation stage statutory framework: For childminders: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five' from the Department for Education.

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Explore the NSPCC website for further information and resources relating to safeguarding and abuse.
Click on the icons below to read the following NSPCC leaflets which provide further information about the signs and symptoms of abuse:
Bruises on children:
Emotional neglect and emotional abuse in pre-school children:
Head and spinal injuries in children:
Fractures in children:
Oral injuries and bites on children:
Thermal injuries on children:
Click to read this section of the Victim Support website about Domestic Abuse. You may also wish to use the internet to find out more about the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
Contact your Local Authority, Childminder Agency or National Childminder Association and find out what additional resources and support are available for you in relation to safeguarding, health and safety, and food safety.
This article on ‘Mobile phone and camera policy – childminders’ is an article written by a registered childminder. It offers suggestions for creating your own policy.
Click to read ‘Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety considerations’ from the UK Council for Internet Safety.
Read the section on the ‘Information Commissioner’s Office’ in the ‘Legal Requirements’ from Childminding UK to find out more of the implications of having digital images of children and their families.
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.
Click to view this wheel, produced by Pacey, which shows the 'EYFS and British values'.
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.
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.

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