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If you suspect a child is being abused you would firstly need to report your concerns to your manager, you would need to explain why you believe the child is at risk. The manager will then get in touch with social services to express their concerns for the child’s welfare and then follow that up in writing within 48 hours. Next Social Services will work with the manager to decide on a plan of action for the child and then an initial assessment would need to be completed. If social services decide that the matter does not need urgent action they would then work alongside the appropriate agencies to decide the next steps for the case. If social services decide that urgent action is needed they would firstly have an immediate discussion with the police and other agencies, they would then seek

Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment should have instructions to help the child. This could be referral to an outside organisation or internally.

Serious case reviews are called by the local safeguarding children’s board when a child dies and abuse and neglect are known or suspected to be a factor in the death. They will involve the local authority children’s service and the police, as well as health, education

The 2nd Joint Chief Inspectors Report defined safeguarding children and young people as the act of taking reasonable measures to ensure that the threats of harm to children & young people’s welfare are diminished by all those who work with children. The document expressed that all agencies involve with the provision of services to children and young people should take appropriate actions to raise and address issues of concerns whilst working to agreed local policies and procedures established by Local Safeguarding Children Board, and in partnership with other local agencies to safeguard a child or young person. (CQC

The following is an outline of current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation for safeguarding children

Another example If the child has diabetes the teacher and dinner ladies needs to monitor what the child is eating. The school needs to support the child at lunch time and break time, there should be a place to keep the emergency insulin and the school should give the child somewhere private to test the blood and also using the insulin injections. The child should be allowed to eat regularly like eating snacks during lessons. School staff should be trained by appropriate health care professionals to assist the child. Many School provide a good care for the children who has a type 1 diabetes. Teachers should allow the child to go to the toilet all the time to wee. The teacher needs to make sure that the child doesn't get cuts in PE because

1.1 Outline current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people.

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Children who are in poor health are more prone to infection and illness as their immune system will be low and could be prone to scabies, stomach upsets, and any other child hood illness.

Social services- They work in partnership with families and other agencies. When a concern is raised about a child they can carry out assessments. Meet and conduct interviews with the child and family members. Liaise with and gather other information from

Schools must have a policy about safeguarding children and this must adhere to current legislation. This policy should offer advice and have a recognised procedure for practitioners to follow in the case of suspected child abuse. If a child does approach a practitioner to confide in them about any form of abuse, the practitioner must:

1.1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity

Children Act 2004 section 11 states which professional and agencies have to safeguard and promote welfare. ‘’local authorities, councils, public health, NHS foundation and trust, Policing body, crime agency, college, and any person to the extent that he is providing services.’’ (Legislation.gov.uk)

The definition of child protection is the process of protecting individual children identified as either suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm because of abuse or neglect. The term child protection is increasingly being replaced by ‘safeguarding’. Safeguarding has been described as; ‘a broader definition of the range of ways in which adults and professionals working with children need to act when dealing with child protection issues’(Ref: www.education.gov.uk/) Safeguarding refers to the prevention of harm to children and child protection is used more when dealing with policies and procedures following an event of suspected harm.

Their policy address to end child abuse by creating and modifying policies to make them stronger since 1989 up to 2015. Their motto is, “ every childhood is worth fighting for,” and have policies that support this motto. All throughout the world, children are abused and neglected by their guardians. According to Statitsa, a website that pulls statistics and studies from more than 18,000 sources, England’s child abuse numbers have risen since 2002. The first report was in 2002 at approximately 4,000 cases, wherein 2015 there was approximately 9,000 cases (Statista, 2016). The Department of Education sets their policies, legislation, and statutory guidance for the prevention of child abuse in their country. The Children Act of 1989 is the base for protecting children from abuse. According to the NSPCC, “the key principles established by the act includes the paramount nature of the child’s welfare and the expectations/requirements around duties of care to children” (NSPCC, 2015). To my surprise, there is no legal requirement to report child abuse, but there are guidelines for those who work with children such as teachers to aid them step by step. The act goes into depth with each section that is well organized and easy to read. Sections include orders with respect to children and family proceedings, local authority support for children and