Safeguarding Children & Young People Cherry Martin – County Manager Cornwall Pre-school Learning Alliance

Protecting children from maltreatment; Preventing impairment of children’s health or development; Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. (Working Together, 2013 ) ‘Safeguarding’

Child Protection Child protection; is a part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. This refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm. Abuse: a form of maltreatment of a child. Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to prevent harm. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting by those known to them or, more rarely by others (eg via the internet). They may be abused by an adult or adults or another child or children. (Working Together, 2013)

Relevant Guidance and Legislation South West Child Protection Procedures (SWCPP) Children Act 1989,2004 Childcare Act 2006 What to Do If Education Act 2002 (Section 175) Working Together Revised March 2013 Common Assessment Framework (CAF) Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Safe organisations Safer recruitment Policy and procedures Whistle blowing Anti- bullying E-safety Supervision Induction Training

The Safe Network Standards What do they cover? Safer staff and volunteers – recruitment, induction and supervision Child protection Preventing and responding to bullying Avoiding accidents and running safe activities and events Recording and Storing Information Sharing Information and working with other agencies

The self-assessment tool On line & interactive Can be completed and saved section by section Links directly to the toolbox resources eg: template policies, procedures, guidance Generates summary & action plan automatically

Multi-agency Referral Unit Out of Hours Service Contacts