By maintaining a good relationship with the parents/carers we will be aware of any problems that may arise with a child and then be able to deal with it appropriately. I have a duty of care to raise any concerns I have with a child to either the Local Safeguarding Board or Police depending on the circumstances as written in my Safeguarding Policy. Protecting children - If equipment is unsafe and I don't deal with it a child could get hurt. * I also carry out daily risk assessments inside & outside my
What is safeguarding? According to Working together to safeguard children (HM Government 2013), safeguarding is referred to as “the action we take to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm - is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play.” (1) Which means that everybody who comes into contact with children whether it be in a professional capacity for example a teacher, a doctor, or a police officer who are legally obligated to care for vulnerable citizens, or in an everyday encounter for example a neighbour or family member is responsible for the protection of children from harm and reporting concerns to the appropriate body. How do we safeguard young people?
Raising concern about potential abuse cases and situations of neglect. .. Example our responsibility to give full care to all the children in nursery as a equally ,for that if we see any harm in a child like a bruise or unwell been for no reason we have to report to the child protection officer or to the social services soon is we can. child parents has a full responsibility to look after their kids .when you report them is a breaking confidentiality but on this situation this is right thing to do for our duty of care to the child. 3) Poor practise by other staff : always work with the management ,we need to report who ever abuse the children .If there is any of the staff members not up
All safeguarding/admissions/ setting policies must be kept up to date, it is important for all staff to read all policies and procedures. Under the EYFS it is important to observe children during physical play this we do with in the crèche to note the skills for future planning to show, this provides important information on how to support them and provide new activities and equipment to be used. If we have concerns about a child that we feel is a risk then we need to report this to our line manager, if they are not present then we have a safeguarding flow chart that we follow with all the information and telephone numbers regrading this. The line manager is our setting has completed a suitable persons interview with Ofsted. All staff within the crèche have paediatric first aid training and have health and hygiene certificate.
Her death led to a public inquiry and produced major changes in child protection policies. The Children Act 1989 was brought in with the intention of simplifying the laws that protect children and young people. It tells people what their duties are and how they should act and work together when suspicions of child abuse are raised in any given situation. Working Together to Safeguard Children 1999 provides guidelines for professionals in England and Wales to help them work with children who are at risk of harm. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters which was the government’s response to the death of Victoria Climbié.
Also there must be standard procedures for dealing with incidents or allegation of abuse against members of staff and volunteers. 5. To have an agreement about working with other organisation like the social services ,CQC, and other multi-disciplinary teams ,etc 6. To ensure that all staff has training that helps them to understand and cope with working with children. And finally to check that there are no known reasons or information available that would prevent staff and volunteers from working with children and these are done with regular DBS check.
SHC 34 Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice. 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. In my setting I have a duty of care (a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people) to provide a safe environment and ensure that I am vigilant and pay attention to make sure I keep all young children safe as they develop. Within my setting I carry out daily checks to ensure that the environment inside and outside is safe before the children arrive.
4.1 All schools have the Health and Safety policies to protect all adults and pupils while they are on school premises and on off-site visits. A Health and Safety policy will also show the procedures of how to deal with any accidents or emergency. Within the Health and Safety policy will also be information on control of substances hazardous to health, procedures for fires or bomb scares, school security and strangers and missing children. It may also contain other information with regards to hygiene, waste disposal, hot beverages and use of dangerous items such as glue guns and scissors. 4.2 The correct procedures for recording and reporting accidents, incidents, injuries, signs of illness and other emergencies will be in a schools’ accidents book.
I must follow the confidentiality policy and not discuss any information about children, their families and sensitive information about the setting matters to anyone unless there is an appropriate reason to do so. Following the health & safety policy I must record any accidents in the relevant accident book and fill an accident slip in to send home to notify the parent/carer of their child’s accident. Check the furniture, equipment and toys are safe for children to use before the children come into the setting and report any hazards/faulty equipment to the appropriate person as soon as possible. In regards to the EYFS I promote the development of all seven areas of the E.Y.F.S I encourage all children to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage in all activities. I also support the equality and inclusion and acceptance of all children within the setting.
Safeguarding and promoting Children’s Welfare Every child receives and enjoys challenging learning and development experiences that meets their individual needs and make sure they are safe. Child minders must safeguard children at all times if abuse is suspected it must be reported and I must record it. Documentation In my setting I have all the relevant policies and procedures to do with safeguarding I must record any accidents and bruises and tell parents about any incidents that has happened when they arrive. Suitable premises environment and equipment Indoor spaces toys furniture and equipment must be safe and suitable for the children in my setting Organisation Child-minders have to plan and organise in their setting to ensure the children develop and achieve challenging learning experiences Data Protection Act