2. The governing body's role in Safeguarding Children
Child Protection Schools
Liaison Officer
Paula Hayden

3. Learning Outcomes Delegates will be able to:
the basics of safeguarding children from abuse
statutory safeguarding requirements in schools
monitoring and auditing safeguarding arrangements and activities
allegations against staff
a cautionary tale

4. Safeguarding
PROTECTION
PREVENTION
PROVISION

5. Safeguarding Framework
National legislation and statutory guidance
Legal Duty
Section 175/157 Education Act 2002
Professional Duty
Working Together to Safeguard Children (DCSF 2010)
Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education (DfES 2006)
Non-statutory guidance
Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who work with Children and Young People in Education Settings (2009)
Local procedures
Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board Inter-agency Child Protection and Safeguarding Children Procedures Manual

6. Safeguarding Structure
Local Authority
Safeguarding
Provision:
Strategic
Support
Operational
Local Authority

7. Function of the Governing Body
Three functions:
Strategic direction
Challenge in order to support
Accountability

8. Abuse and Neglect Working Together to Safeguard Children (DCSF 2010)
Abuse and neglect are forms of maltreatment of a child.
Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by:
inflicting harm
failing to act to prevent harm
Children may be abused:
in a family
in an institutional or community setting
They may be abused by:
an adult or adults
another child or children.
those known to them or more rarely by a stranger for example, via the internet
Working Together to Safeguard Children (DCSF 2010) 8

9. Categories of Abuse Physical Abuse: Emotional Abuse: Neglect:
Physical abuse may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating, or otherwise causing physical harm to a child.
Emotional Abuse:
Emotional abuse is the persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the child’s emotional development.
Neglect:
Neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development.
Sexual Abuse:
Sexual abuse involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities, not necessarily involving a high level of violence, whether or not the child is aware of what is happening.

10. Where can I find more information
Where can I find more information ? What can I do if I an concerned about a child ?
Access safeguarding
children training
Report concerns to the DSP
‘If no action is taken and child at risk’?
‘If no action taken and child at risk’
To make a referral to children services,
Call Customer Service Centre on

11. What do these children have in common?
Serious Case Reviews ( SCR) contribute to improve safeguarding outcomes for children by identifying practice across all agencies/professionals which does not effectively safeguard children.

12. Serious Case Reviews Death Learn lessons to improve individual Serious
and collective
work
to safeguard
children
Serious
Case
Review
Abuse and
Neglect
Serious harm
and concern
about how
professionals
have worked
together

13. Specific Governor Roles
Chair and Vice Chair of Governors
Manage allegations against the Headteacher in accordance
with local procedures
Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board Inter-agency
Child Protection Procedures
Section Managing Allegations Against Adults Who
Work With Children and Young People

14. What is an Allegation?
The term “allegation” includes having a concern or receiving
information which suggests that an adult has:
behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child;
possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child; or
behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates he or she would pose a risk of harm if they work regularly or closely with children.
HSCB Inter-agency Child Protection and Safeguarding
Children Procedures Manual 2010 Section 4.1 14 14

15. Why do Allegations Arise?
Poor culture within an organisation
Accident
Naivety/poor practice
Care and control incident
Unintentional or misinformed action
Failure to follow procedures
Deliberate intention to abuse
Malicious / deliberately invented allegation 15 15

16. Allegation Management System LADO Contact Details
Frazer Smith
Mobile:
Office: (01992)
Mel Leicester-Evans
Mobile:
Office: (01992)

17. Abuse of Position of Trust
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides
that it is an offence for a person aged 18
or over intentionally to behave in certain
sexual ways in relation to a child aged
under 18, where the adult is in a position
of trust in respect of the child. 17

18. EXERCISE

19. Read through the concerns below and identify: What concerns you?
SCR: The Sexual Abuse of Pupils in a First School, North Somerset Safeguarding Children Board
Read through the concerns below and identify:
What concerns you?
What would the appropriate response be?
Using the safeguarding spider diagram, how do the different parts of this framework support your response, i.e. what would you have to have in place in your school to respond effectively?

20. Safeguarding Child Protection Staff Conduct Anti-Bullying Curriculum
Attendance
Safeguarding
Managing
Allegations
Against Staff
Behaviour
Management
Building
Design
Local Issues
E-safety
Safe Recruitment
and Selection
Health and
Safety
Whistleblowing 20

21. Learning Outcomes Delegates will be able to:
the basics of safeguarding children from abuse
statutory safeguarding requirements in schools
monitoring and auditing safeguarding arrangements and activities
allegations against staff
a cautionary tale