Hi, a very warm welcome to the site.
It is a little unfair of your course provider if they've left you with no research materials for this and the following criteria that relies on your knowledge of it.
If you have this
EYE handbook, page 86+ has the reading that will help.
You will need to look at current legistlation and guidelines:
- Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013
-- which also includes 'What to do if you're worried a child is being abused' 2006
- Protection of Children Act 1999
- The Disclosure and Barring Service
- The Children Act 2004
- and you will need a copy of your setting's safeguarding policy.
(To see how the handbook describes each of those, search inside the
amazon preview for the words
current legislation and click to p. 87)
If you work in England, your setting will be working with the
Early Years Foundation Stage which is based on the legislation (& more) above and as such your setting's safeguarding policy and procedures are, and have been developed to meet all the requirements contained in the
EYFS - see
section 3 The Safeguarding and Welfare requirements.
This is a
quote from page 89 AC 1.3:
How current legistlation and guidelines inform policy and procedure (procedures set out a setting's day to day practices)
There is one aspect of work with babies, toddlers and young children that must always come first: the requirement to keep them safe, and to protect them from significant harm. All early years settings are bound by the laws *listed above - and by the many laws relating to health and safety.
Schools and early years settings are places where children spend a considerable amount of their lives. Early years practitioners are some of the most important adults that young children will come into contact with. As a staff team, thay can create an atmosphere and ethos which profoundly affect the child';s experience of being cared for, listened to, valued, guided and stimulated. Early years settings and schools therefore play a considerable part in promoting children's best interests.
Safeguarding children in early years settings and schools
An early years setting or school keeps children safe by;- having effective procedures around safe recruitment, management and its general operating policy; for example, if children are encouraged to speak out when they feel unhappy or uncomfortable, they will be much less vulnerable to abuse.
- ensuring that children's intimate care - nappy changing, toileting, dressing and undressing - is coordinated by a key person. This reinforces the child's right to privacy, and the child would not then expect that just anyone could take them aside and undress them.
Hope this helps a little xx