Safeguarding is an important aspect of working with children as it ensures that children are looked after appropriately for example keeping children from having accidents and protecting them from any other unwanted behaviour in the nursery. It is also providing a safe environment with no hazards this could be by doing a risk assessment before the children play outside to stop them from being harmed. While playing outside or during an activity that use any equipment that they need to be supervised
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CYP 3.1 Understand Child and young person development 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years Every child is different and the way they develop will depend individually on that child but there is an expected rate that things will happen. Physical Birth – 1 Birth a child will not have much control over their bodies but will be able to smile by around 6 weeks and recognise voices. They will learn to grab things maybe their feet or put toys
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Safeguarding is not a new concept though definition remains contrived. There is no mutually agreed definition‚ this makes the subject emotive and difficult to encompass‚ rather perceives “safeguarding” as a umbrella term that encapsulates key themes including child protection‚ safe conduct‚ duty of care to act and collaborative working. This definition differs greatly from the Oxford Dictionary (2009 p324) definition “to protect (someone or something) from harm or destruction” This definition is
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Physical abuse – is when someone hurts or injuries another person on purpose Signs and symptoms Cuts Bruises Burns Grip marks Black eyes Unusual pattern or location of injury Sexual abuse - refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. Signs and symptoms Pain‚ itching or bruises around breasts or genital area Torn‚ stained or bloody underclothing Sexually transmitted diseases Vaginal/anal bleeding Pregnancy Emotional/psychological abuse-
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Safe Guarding Children’s Policy Policy As a registered childminder my policy has been developed in accordance with the principles established by the children’s act 1989 and 2004. My first responsibility and priority is towards the children in my care‚ and I understand that child abuse can be physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ neglect or a mixture of these. I must notify Ofsted of any allegations of abuse‚ which are alleged to have taken place while the child is in my care. This includes any person
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The current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people includes the following. The Children Act 1989 (legislation) – this act focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It identifies the responsibility of parents and anyone working with children to ensure the safety and welfare of the child is paramount. Local Authority has a ‘duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely
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Consent‚ risk management‚ and safeguarding are all interlinked ideas in adult care that are important to guaranteeing the security and well-being of those receiving assistance and care. A voluntary agreement or permission granted by a person to accept particular care or support interventions is referred to as consent. Identification‚ evaluation‚ and mitigation of the risks that can result from offering assistance or care are all part of risk management. Protecting people from injury‚ abuse‚ or neglect
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Safeguarding Children: Case Study and Questions: Case Study: Part 1: Q1 Child abuse would be one of many possible explanations at this point. In addition to the indicators mentioned above‚ describe at least four physical signs and four behavioural signs that you might look for if you still thought that child abuse was a possibility. (P1) The first signs I would look for are physical signs‚ such as; bruises‚ burns‚ scars and unexplained marks‚ bite marks for example. Injuries such as bruises
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Health and social care settings are now much more aware of what is seen as abuse and how to recognise when abuse has occurred. Due to this there has been safeguarding regulations put in place for vulnerable groups of people. Safeguarding is protecting people from any harm. Each care setting has procedures that should enable them to identify and risks to vulnerable people more clearly. Some people are more at risk than others an example of people who would be more at risk are vulnerable adults. An
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Sally Pellew CYP 3.1 (3.1) 21/06/13. How to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods. • Assessment framework/s. Children and young people will be monitored continually and observed by Doctors and Health visitors from birth.(first assessment is Apgar score )to check that the child is progressing and developing at a normal rate and to identify those children who do not match the expected pattern‚ then to plan and provide more support for that child Children
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