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K2 Safeguarding policies and procedures for children and colleagues, including child protection and wellbeing

This video, from How to open a nursery looks at ‘What is the prevent duty? Prevent Duty Guidance for Early Years Settings (Safeguarding Children)’. You are not obliged to purchase any resources mentioned in the video. What are your setting’s policies and procedures on promoting fundamental British values? Do you know who to contact if you are concerned a child, family or colleagues may be at risk of radicalisation?

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Find and read your setting’s safeguarding policies and procedures for children and colleagues, including child protection and wellbeing.
Laser reading text: 'Safeguarding and raising concerns'
‘EYFS statutory framework statutory framework’ from the Department for Education
‘Child protection system in the UK’ from the NSPCC
‘Working together to safeguard children’ from the Department for Education
‘Keeping children safe in education 2023: Statutory guidance for schools and colleges’ from the Department for Education
‘Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety guidance for practitioners’ from the UK Council for Internet Safety

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‘Ofsted safeguarding policy’ from Ofsted
‘Early years inspection handbook’ from Ofsted
‘Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services’ from the Department for Education
‘Safeguarding in Early Years – Getting record keeping and confidentiality right’ from Teach Early Years

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‘Child abuse concerns: guide for practitioners’ is guidance from the Department for Education to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.
The Department for Education’s document ‘The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners vulnerable to radicalisation’ provide support for those working in education settings with safeguarding responsibilities.
This article is titled ‘British values and the Prevent duty’ and has been produced by Pacey. The Prevent duty requires early years providers to have due regard to help "prevent the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism” this is known as The Prevent duty.
Explore the NSPCC website for further information and resources relating to safeguarding.

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