All staff working with children needs to have a CRB check done on them as it is to certify that the adult has not been convicted in any crime in any shape or form. It protects the pupils by ensuring them that the adults employed to work with them are suitable and do not pose any risk to them and it protects adults in the school as the correct procedure have been followed regarding in the employment of staff. Following the visitors procedure is a very safe practice set in school to protect both pupils and adults as all visitors gaining access to the school will be registered in the record book of visitors i.e. all person visiting the school will have to sign in their names and time of arrival and departure, the reason why they have come to visit and whom they are visiting; their car registration number is taken where applicabable and very important of all a visitors badge is given to each person visiting the building. This procedure is followed because it protects the visitor in case of a fire as the visitors book will show who is in the building in case they are missing at the assembly point otherwise their wouldn’t have been a way to know.
We have to cover every base on the safety of children, and it explains in great detail what you should do. You always have to make sure you follow the rules of the health and safety and safeguarding they are there to protect the children and the adults who work with children. In our nursery we always make observations on the children to see if individual children are progressing and developing. Lastly training is essential in our type of career this will ensure that you are prepared for anything that could happen so you need to have you first aid and safeguarding you should be regularly tested on these so you understand. First aid is important in everyday life but it is so important in a nursery all children are still learning the same way adults are and a child could stick to much food in their mouth or a piece of food could get trapped down their throat and they could choke.
[pic] A GUIDE TO SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS Sense is highly committed to working practice that safeguards and protects vulnerable children from harm within the Service. We aim to provide all children within Sense with the utmost of opportunities to develop their full potential and meet their Person Centred needs. We want to ensure that children are protected and kept safe from harm when they are with our staff, Volunteers, family and friends. Sense is committed to working towards children achieving the five outcomes identified in ‘Every Child Matters, these are’: • Being safe • Being healthy • Enjoy and achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic wellbeing Sense’s ethos in the welfare of children and safeguarding from harm is paramount in any situation. The use of the term child or children refers to people under the Chronological age of 18 years.
Task 1 When planning activities and environments you need to think about a range of factors so that the children can explore and develop whilst remaining safe. It is important to remember that every child is an individual; different ages, abilities, genders, religions etc. Therefore, when planning , these must be taken into account so that everyone can participate and feel equal. Part of being safe is being free from hurt, including emotionally as well as physically. This means that safe activities should promote equality and diversity.
• Individuals and agencies should work together so that the best interests of the child are met; • Actions taken to protect children, including investigation, should not cause the child unnecessary distress; The Legislative context which children are protected includes: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The most important articles in relation to the child protection are: • Article 19 provides that children have the right to be protected from all form of physical or mental violence, injury or
This act sets out clear guidelines which can be followed effectively in order to make sure that individuals private information does not get obtained by unnecessary people. As well a this we do not have the right to hold information on previous employees or service users under the data protection act which means that all the information that we have is current, up to date and only accessible by the correct individuals. I also think that policies and procedure for sharing information are effective because they are set out in order to protect children, parents, employees and employers themself. Overall The data protection act is followed at all times which gives clear boundaries to what people can and can not
Duty of care means to so far as reasonable possible look after a child young person and protect them from harm under obligation of the law. In our holiday camp, we make sure that every child is safe and that any accidents or incidents that occur are reported, documented and checked through and signed by management and the parent or gaurdian of the child. We sit children down who we can see need guidance and help them to recognise the right choices, and the concequences of making the wrong ones. We never take sides and make sure that every child is listened to and supported in which ever way we can. 1.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of individuals.
Assessment 1 Within your setting you should safeguard and promote children’s welfare, we must take necessary steps to ensure this. We must promote good health of all children within our care and take steps to prevent the spread of infection from others within our care and take appropriate action when they are ill. We must ensure that there are suitable people and staffing levels are appropriate to ensure safety to all children. The premises, environment and equipment must be suitable to cater for the children, these include outdoor and indoor spaces, furniture, equipment and toys and they must be safe and suitable for the children in your care, age/stage appropriate. Your safeguarding/admissions/settling in policies should be kept up to date. It is important for all staff to read all policies and procedures.
010.1 Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting. It is very important for all adults working with children and young people to be fair and consistent when inappropriate behaviour occurs. Every setting should have established rules and boundaries for children’s and young people’s behaviour. These boundaries and rules should be applied by the practitioners in accordance with the settings and policies procedures. Boundaries are the guidelines, rules or limits which practitioner create for children so they can recognise what is bad and wrong and how the practitioner respond when the child step outside those limits.
CACHE LEVEL 3, HEALTH AND SAFETY WORKPACK Task 1links to learning outcome 1.1 Task 2 links to learning outcome 1.2 In my setting lots of children are independent, due to that we have to cater to everyone’s needs while they are left in our care. We always uphold the rights of children and value them by knowing what they like and dislike also by making sure their needs and interests are always put first. Understanding and believing that every child matters, all of the children are unique but we treat them all fairly and give them the best of our ability. As well, part of the duty of care is to know when to intervene and support a child during their illness or with on-going behavioural, social or emotional difficulties. In our setting we use they correct procedure for example – if a child has had an accident or fallen ill at nursery we always follow the correct policies, using the correct equipment and liaising with parents/carers also practitioners if needed, record what happened in the accident form and keep a copy for the school then give a copy to parents/carers.