Tda Unit 2.2 Safeguarding

There are legislation and policies in place to follow and help to ensure that every child is safe and they are listed below:
• THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD(1989) This appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement.
• CHILDREN ACT (1989)
The children Act (1989) reinforces the autonomy of families through definition of parental Responsibility, provides for support from local authorities, in particular for families whose children are in need; and legislates to protect children who may be suffering or are likely to suffer significant harm.
The aim of this Act is to bring together private and public law in one framework; to achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention, to encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents, to promote the use of voluntary arrangements, to restructure the framework of the courts to facilitate management of family proceedings.
A general duty is placed on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in their area who are in need and (as far as is consistent with that duty) to promote the upbringing of such children by their families by providing a range and level of services appropriate to those children’s needs.
• EDUCATION ACT(2002)
The Education Act 2002 included a provision (section 175) requiring school governing bodies, local education authorities and further education institutions to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
• CHILDREN ACT (2004)
The Children Act 2004 set out the national framework for delivering children’s services, and identified the Every Child Matters five outcomes for children and young people, which all professionals must work towards. This means that for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:
• Be healthy
• Stay safe Children and young people need to be safe from bullying and discrimination
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution Children and young people are helped to develop positive relationships and choose not to bully or discriminate
• Achieve economic well-being • WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD CHILDREN (2010)
Working Together sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. Practitioners and agencies will have different responsibilities under different areas of the guidance and should consult the preface for a fuller explanation of their statutory duties.
• WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE WORRIED A CHILD IS BEING ABUSED(2006)
Discuss your concerns with your manager, named or designated health professional or designated member of staff, depending on your organisational setting. If you still have concerns, you or your manager could also, without necessarily identifying the child in question, discuss your concerns with senior colleagues in another agency in order to develop an understanding of the child’s needs and circumstances. If, after this discussion, you still have concerns, and consider the child and their parents would benefit from further services, consider which agency, including another part of your own, you should make a referral to. If you consider the child is or may be a child in need, you should refer the child and family to children’s social care. This may include a child whom you believe is, or may be at risk of, suffering significant harm. If your concerns are about a child who is already known to children’s social care, the allocated social worker should be informed of your concerns. In addition to children’s social care, the police and the NSPCC have powers to intervene in these circumstances.

E-SAFETY
E-Safety encompasses not only Internet technologies but also electronic communications via mobile phones, games consoles and wireless technology. It highlights the need to educate children and young people about the benefits, risks and responsibilities of using information technology.
• E-Safety concerns safeguarding children and young people in the digital world.
• E-Safety emphasises learning to understand and use new technologies in a positive way.
• E-Safety is less about restriction and more about education about the risks as well as the benefits so we can feel confident online.
• E-Safety is concerned with supporting children and young people to develop safer online behaviours both in and out of school.