Table of Contents
- 1 Why is it important to train all staff in child safe workplace policies and procedures?
- 2 How can parents ensure their child’s safety and wellbeing?
- 3 How can teachers protect child rights?
- 4 How can we protect child protection?
- 5 Why is National Guidance for child protection important?
- 6 What do you need to know about child protection?
- 7 When does Safeguarding Children and protecting professionals survey close?
Why is it important to train all staff in child safe workplace policies and procedures?
Training in basic safety practices equips early educators with the skills to keep children safe during their daily routine and in emergency situations. When providers have basic training and skills, they are more likely to practice procedures that keep children safe.
How can parents ensure their child’s safety and wellbeing?
Strategies for supporting children’s safety Help parents know how their children are doing. Support and build upon parenting strengths and skills. Talk to the parents about each others’ parenting. Take steps necessary to protect children from serious harm.
How can you ensure that you communicate with all families?
Here are some ideas for this kind of speaking:
- Find and share the positives about a child’s learning, behaviour and experiences.
- Be open and honest.
- Think before you speak, especially when you’re talking with parents about difficult or sensitive issues.
- Ask for parents’ input.
- Let parents make informed decisions.
How can teachers protect child rights?
Organise meetings of children with school authorities. Stop negative stereotyping and discrimination against working children, street children, child victims of sexual abuse, trafficking, domestic violence or drug abuse and children in conflict with law, to name a few categories of those who need protection.
How can we protect child protection?
To Prevent Child Abuse: Create Structures and Systems to ensure safety and to ensure that children are supervised. Educate children about safety measures. Provide information about the emergency contact numbers. Create awareness: About child protection systems and networks.
What do you understand by child protection policy?
Child Protection is about protecting children from or against any perceived or real danger or risk to their life, their personhood and childhood. It also mandates the States to make laws that specifically promote the rights and welfare of children.
Why is National Guidance for child protection important?
This guidance is intended to act as a practical reference point for all healthcare staff working within an adult and child service context. It highlights the specific roles and responsibilities of specialist staff working in particular settings wherever children and young people will usually be seen.
What do you need to know about child protection?
Ensure your organisation fulfils the legal requirements that are necessary when employing people to work with children, including obtaining disclosure and barring checks. Develop a child protection policy and procedures, and train people to understand and use them.
When do healthcare staff need to comply with child protection policies?
When it is recognised that a child or young person’s care and protection is compromised, healthcare staff must comply with local child protection policies and protocols and must be familiar with local procedures when they have a child protection concern and take the appropriate action.
When does Safeguarding Children and protecting professionals survey close?
Safeguarding Children and Protecting Professionals in Early Years Settings: Online Safety Considerations for Managers is a working document and we would appreciate your feedback. You can report on the guidance and your use of it by completing this survey which will close on 4th April 2019.