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EYE22-1.1 Summarise current legislation and guidelines for the safeguarding, protection and welfare of children.
Settings must have a range of policies in place which ensure the safety, security and well-being the children in their care. These will set out the responsibilities of staff and the procedures that they must follow. Policies must include sections which cover the following issues of:
● safeguarding and protecting, and procedures for reporting
● e-safety
● bullying, including cyber-bullying
All staff within the setting has a responsibility to safeguard children. They must have a practitioner who is designated to take lead responsibility for safeguarding children within each early years setting and who should liaise with local statutory children’s services agencies as appropriate. This lead should also complete child protection training. The lead known as the Designated Safeguarding lead (DSL) formally known as CPLO (Child protection liaison officer)
Settings have a responsibility to:
• Develop children’s awareness and their knowledge of what is acceptable and not acceptable behaviour, including when using the Internet
• Know, support and protect children who are identified as being at greater risk – that is, on the ‘child protection register’
• Provide training of all staff relating to Safeguarding
• Put into place policies and security systems for e-learning activities, for example, provide training for children and use filtering software
• Observe for signs that any abuse may be happening, this also includes radicalisation (The prevent duty) changes in children’s behaviour or failure to thrive, and refer any concerns to the lead designated person at their setting.
• Monitor, keep records and share relevant information with other agencies.
The Department for Education (DFE) provides guidance for local authorities including schools. Settings use this guidance to develop their own policy and procedures which must be followed. Two of these are listed below.
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013-2015) - This is guidance which sets out the duties of organisations and how they must work together to safeguard children and young people.
What to do if you’re worried that a child is being abused (2006-2015) - This is guidance to help those working with children safeguard and promote their welfare. It also looks at the actions which all adults working with children should take if they are concerned.
Children Act 1989 - Parents and professionals must work to ensure the safety of the child. Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child suspect that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm.
The Education Act 2002 - This sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs), Governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm.
Children Act 2004/2006 - This provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters. It includes the requirement for: Services to work more closely, forming an integrated service.
Outlined in “Working Together to Safeguard Children” (2015), the Designated Officers formally known as the Local Authority Designated Officer will be informed of all allegations against adults working with children and provides advice and guidance to Managers on the progress of cases to ensure they are resolved as quickly as possible. Information relating to allegations is collated and presented to the Lancashire Safeguarding Children Board to inform training, research, safer recruitment and awareness rising.
The Designated Officer is located within Children’s Services and should be alerted to all cases in which it is alleged that a person who works with children has:
• Behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have harmed, a child
• Possibly committed a criminal offence against children, or related to a child
• Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates she/he is unsuitable to work with children
The Designated Officer role applies to paid, unpaid, volunteers, casual, agency or anyone self-employed and they capture concerns, allegations or offences emanating from outside of work. The Designated Officer is involved from the initial phase of the allegation through to the conclusion of the case.
The Designated Officer will provide advice and guidance and help determine that the allegation sits within the scope of the procedures. Within the role the Designated Officer helps co-ordinate information sharing and will also monitor and track any investigation with the expectation that it is resolved as quickly as possible.
Thats what i have put for mine...Hope that helps. xx
Safeguarding legislation unit 2.2 HELP!
that has really helped. I think I spent so long reading all the different acts that I had made it seem more complicated than it needed to be.
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