We may regularly work with children in small groups or on a one-to-one basis. We are likely to be the person who the child feels more comfortable to talk to when the rest of the class are not around. It is important that we know how to recognize when abuse may be happening and what action we should take. While we must avoid jumping to conclusions we must always be observant. We may notice physical signs or changes in a child’s behaviour, or the child may hint or disclose to us that they are being abused or bullied.
Describe situations when information normally considered to be confidential might need to be passed on. Sometimes confidential information disclosed by a child may need to be passed on to others, If there is a risk of danger or harm to the child, or other people, if abuse is suspected, in respect of care of a child, (Whistle-blowing). You must inform the child why the information needs to be passed on to others, so the child knows you will be talking about them and that it is your responsibility to do so. Confidentiality is not about keeping secrets, it is about protecting the child’s right to privacy. You may have been told private, personal information from other staff in the school or work place.
Such as, if a child needs additional support from other professionals, you would help this child by contacting the certain professionals, if you suspect a child to be in a situation that risks their safety, an adult has disclosed information that may raise concerns over their ability to carry out daily duties in the setting. 4. Always seek advice from the manager. This is very important because if someone has asked you to keep something confidential in the workplace and you are worried about the information you have been given, you should always do this in an area where nobody can overhear what you are saying. It’s better to seek advice verbally rather than using communication such as email, which other people could access.
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.
They must protect the identity of the child they work with and that of their families and carers. They must do everything in their power to protect the privacy of every child and adult. This can be done by keeping their personal information safe and secure. They can pass it on those who have authorised and legitimate reason to have the information only after they have permission signing a consent form. If parents refuse permission then the school would not be able to pass on the information even if it involves a behavioural specialist working with a child who has special needs.
So say if you act out on these attitudes, it could have a bad effect on the children your working with and other children they might know, and you would not want them to copy your own actions in a result. Everyone from child to adult that we may meet on a day to day basis could have a different opinion to mine, and are more than likely will have different values and mind sets. When you are around children of your own or other parents children, you have to be in control of the things you are saying and the actions you are taking, because children can take so much information and tend to copy what an adult says and does, as most children will see there family and other adults as a role model. Like me for example, i act almost the same age as the children i work with, but yet at the same time i act a mature age to show them what they should and should not say and be careful of what i am saying to the children when with them in class. If we go and show bad attitude and show that we are negative to certain people around them.
Staff need to treat all children and young people in the same way because if children think they are being treated differently to each other it can cause resentment towards the other children aswell as the staff and could cause conflicts between them both. Being consistent with rules and boundaries allows children and young people to think about their behaviour and what the consequences will be before they act. It will allow them to make decisions based on seeing the experiences of others and what they have seen when others have or have not followed the rules. If they see someone adhering to the rules and being give praise or a reward for doing so but then that same praise or reward is not given to them for the same thing, they may feel as though they are not valued and may cause them to act differently in the future by not adhering to the rules.
This is one of the ways that eliminates the possibility of offenders working with the children and safeguards the children against abuse or potential abuse. Additionally, the management should put in place a whistle blowing procedure which will allow other members of staff to report such case if present. Management should also outline policies and procedures to be followed in cases where abuse is suspected. As earlier stated, Under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, sufficient training should be given to employees on processes involved with handling of children in the appropriate manner such that staff may handle children in appropriate
You should also use your communication skills with both staff and children, you should talk to the children see what they like how was there day and be friendly and treat all the children equally; you should be friendly and polite to all members of staff. You should demonstrate a non-judgemental approach by not judging the staff or children for example, if a child has behaviour problems or is being very silly all the time and doesn’t listen then you should not judge that child you should treat him/her as you would treat any other child. You should not judge staff by the way the look or how they talk get to know them more. You should have good behaviour and be polite and listen to what the staff and children have to say to you. You should respect parents and be very polite to them, you should also listen to what they have to say and anything you hear from them should be kept confidential.
18.2 The childminder is aware of the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board guidance or procedures on child protection, and knows whom to contact if concerned about a child. 18.3 The childminder records any concerns and reports them according to the procedures and without delay. This will include notifying the CSSIW. 18.4 The childminder is aware of the following categories of abuse – physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. 18.5 The childminder ensures that any concerns are kept confidential to as few people as need to know about them.