Know how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused, harmed or bullied
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.
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 protection and safeguarding’ on the Children’s Society website
- 'Safeguarding children and child protection’ from the NSPCC.
- ‘Types of abuse’ on the NSPCC website
- ‘Spotting the signs of child abuse’ on the NSPCC 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.
- 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 to visit the website of Kidscape, an anti-bullying organisation.
- This section of the NSPCC Learning website is on ‘Recognising and responding to abuse’.
- Click to visit the website of Anti-bullying Alliance. The Anti-Bullying Alliance is a coalition of organisations and individuals that are united against bullying.
- ‘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’.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Think And Challenge
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