MITQ

LEVEL 3

SAFEGUARDING

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As an Early Years setting, we aim to keep children safe by adopting the highest
possible standards and taking all reasonable steps to protect children from harm.

Safeguarding is about more than child protection

Safeguarding is a term used in the United Kingdom and Ireland to denote measures
to protect the health, well-being and human rights of individuals, which allow people
— especially children, young people and vulnerable adults — to live free from abuse,
harm and neglect.

Safeguarding in the Early Years.  Safeguarding and welfare requirements (section 3

of the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework) states children learn best
when they are healthy, safe and secure, when their individual needs are met, and
when they have positive relationships with the adults caring for them.

The Difference Between Safeguarding and Child Protection: Child Protection is a

term used to describe the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who
are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm.

If you work in the early years sector, it is important you comply to safeguarding

measures to ensure the wellbeing of all the children at your setting.

Preventing impairment of children's health or development. Ensuring the children

grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.

What is a safeguarding policy statement? A safeguarding or child protection

policy statement makes it clear what your organisation or group will do to keep
children safe. It should set out: your organisation's commitment to protecting all
children

Designated Safeguarding Officers have a number of responsibilities, including:

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 Ensuring that all staff having contact with children, vulnerable adults and/or their
families have received appropriate training on safeguarding issues.

People who use health and care services should be treated with dignity and respect,
receive high quality, compassionate care and be safe from harm and abuse.

The Care Act, as it comes into effect, will place adult safeguarding arrangements on

a statutory basis and bring in new duties

There are four types of neglect: physical neglect, medical neglect, educational

neglect and emotional neglect.

1. Physical neglect: Failure to provide food, weather appropriate clothing,

supervision, a safe and clean home.

Child protection is the protection of children from violence, exploitation, abuse and

neglect.

Child protection systems are a set of usually government-run services designed

to protect children and young people who are underage and to encourage family
stability

Safeguarding means protecting children and adults at risk from harm, abuse and
neglect.

All health services and health professionals have a duty to safeguard all patients and
to provide additional measures for patients who are less able to protect themselves
from harm, abuse and neglect.

Safeguarding children and child protection

1. protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.

2. preventing harm to children's health or development.
3. ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
4. taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best
outcomes

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What is a child protection plan? A child protection plan is a plan drawn up by the
local authority. It sets out how the child can be kept safe, how things can be made
better for the family and what support they will need.

There are many benefits of safeguarding training, including helping you to:

Understand which individuals are at risk of harm or are particularly vulnerable.

Safeguarding training will provide you with the skills to distinguish those under your
care who may be at an increased risk of mental or physical abuse or neglect.