Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, it is the responsibility of everyone in the school to ensure that safety is maintained and in particular that vulnerable children are safeguarded. Standards for safety are also set by the government department in each country responsible for education and are monitored by the body responsible for school inspections, for example, Ofsted in England and HMIE (Her Majestyâ€TMs Inspectorate of Education) in Scotland.
Children should be encouraged to think about safety in the learning environment so that they start to develop their own awareness. Every school has health and safety policies as well as safeguarding policies, which will set out the procedures which staff should follow. It is likely the safeguarding policy will have guidelines on how to work with children in ways …show more content…
It can also take place on social networking sites. The signs are that a child is withdrawn, lacking in confidence, low self-esteem, shows regression or is †̃clingyâ€TM towards adults. Children may be anxious about new situations, show extremes of behaviour or appear distracted and unable to concentrate.
Sexual abuse
This involves and adult or young person using a child sexually. This may be by touching their bodies inappropriately, forcing them to look at sexual images or have sex. Signs of this within a child may include sexual behaviour, inappropriate to the childâ€TMs age, genital irritation, clinginess or changes in behaviour, regression and lack of trust of adults. It is a very difficult form of abuse to identify and its signs can be caused by other forms of abuse, therefore it is important that any signs are seen as possible rather than probable