Hi, this was such a long assignment however I passed this one so if you have any questions let me know.
As well as having a safeguarding policy of our own at school, our local city council have their own policies and procedures for safeguarding children. I am aware that Peterborough City Council has its own safeguarding policy. The Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) is a statutory board which has been set up as part of the Every Child Matters reforms and requires all organisations that work with children to co-operate to keep children safe from harm. This board is a legal body that was established by Peterborough City Council as a children’s services authority under the Children’s Act 2004.
The PSCB is responsible for ensuring that all agencies and departments working within the area work in unity to support the welfare and safety of children. The PSCB raises awareness of safeguarding issues in the community by conducting training with a designated safeguarding officer in all Peterborough schools. They monitor the success of the work that is done by local agencies to guarantee that all practitioners within the area have a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures, policies and requirements. The PSCB identifies multi-agency success where there are concerns with regards to safeguarding issues and they assist with the recognition of training needs and requirements across the children’s workforce.
Within the school setting we must be aware that we have a clear and defined role in relation to child protection. Professionals working with children and young people should be fully trained in safeguarding by a nominated safeguarding adviser and have the opportunity to receive training in order to develop their understanding of the signs and indicators of abuse or neglect, this training is offered every 3 years. In order for child protection to work effectively we need to ensure we have good inter relationships with other agencies and good co-operation from professionals that are competent in responding to child protection situations.
Procedures must be in place for recording concerns and incidents if a child discloses information regarding his/her welfare. We must make a record of exactly what the child has said, in their own words, reporting it to the safeguarding officer, ensuring that these records are kept confidentially and separate from pupil records.
The safeguarding officer (the Head teacher in my school setting) gives guidance on confidentiality and the sharing of information and will only disclose personal information concerning a child to other members of staff on a need to know basis. However, all staff must be aware that they have a responsibility to share information with other agencies and that if a child discloses “a secret” then they must explain, sensitively, that they have a duty to tell the appropriate people who can help.
Children and young people attend school expecting to be nurtured and taught by people who are both paid and unpaid, these adults should provide children with the opportunities to learn and gain knowledge of a range of subjects whilst keeping them safe. All adults within the school setting have a responsibility to the children we work with; a code of conduct provides us with clear guidelines on the types of practice that will meet these responsibilities. Good conduct not only prevents incidents and allegations that we may find ourselves being an element of, but will also help to highlight any conduct but other people that is unsafe and unprofessional.
i then included a copy of the Safeguarding policy.
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Analyse how national and local guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding - i just don't get
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