What to report to safeguarding?

Make a report of what you've seen and any evidence that would support your claim, including time and date. Do this in line with your educational organisation's child protection policy. Report what you have seen to a superior or a designated safeguarding lead (DSL) who will then take the issue further if they see fit.

How and when do you report safeguarding concerns?

1. Need help reporting a safeguarding concern about someone in your organisation? In an emergency, call the Police. If someone is at immediate risk of harm call 999 and request the Police.

What are the 6 statements of safeguarding?

Who would you report a safeguarding concern to?

If you think you or someone you know is being abused, or neglected you should tell someone you trust. This could be a friend, a teacher, a family member, a social worker, a doctor or healthcare professional, a police officer or someone else that you trust. Ask them to help you report it.

How do you report safeguarding matter?

If the abuse or poor practice carries on, then support workers should report their concerns to a more senior manager. Support workers can also report their concerns directly to the local authority adult safeguarding team, or directly to the Care Quality Commission.

Understanding safeguarding 1 of 5: What is Safeguarding?

What is classed as safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means: protecting children from abuse and maltreatment. preventing harm to children's health or development. ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.

What do you do in a safeguarding situation?

Any individual or agency can respond to an adult safeguarding concern raised about an adult. This can include reporting the concern and seeking support to protect individuals from any immediate risk of harm (e.g. by contacting the police or emergency services).

How would you report safeguarding concerns if working within a facility or Organisation?

Report: You should report your concerns to the relevant person either in your organisation (usually the Designated Safeguarding Lead or DSL) or contact your local authority. In an emergency always call 999.

What are the 5 P's of safeguarding?

Children's (NI) Order 1995 The 5 key principles of the Children's Order 1995 are known as the 5 P's: Prevention, Paramountcy, Partnership, Protection and Parental Responsibility.

What are the 5 R's in safeguarding?

What are the 3 basic principles for safeguarding information?

Improve understanding of the different roles and responsibilities of safeguarding partners to reduce negative attitudes. Ensure all staff understand the basic principles of confidentiality, data protection, human rights and mental capacity in relation to information-sharing.

What are the main safeguarding issues?

We've already mentioned that there are three primary issues that safeguarding aims to prevent, which are neglect, abuse and harm.

What are the 4 R's of safeguarding children?

The 4Rs of Safeguarding Children is professional practice for how you can recognise, record, report and refer in the situation of child abuse.

What are the stages of the safeguarding process?

What do the 3 C's stand for in safeguarding?

Three C's. Jonathan reinforces 3 basic. principles of remaining safe. online: Conduct – Contact - Content.

What would you do if a child disclosed information to you?

What is the toxic trio in safeguarding?

The Toxic Trio

The term 'Toxic Trio' has been used to describe the issues of domestic abuse, mental ill-health and substance misuse which have been identified as common features of families where harm to children and adults has occurred.

What are the 4 responsibilities of staff within safeguarding?

What are the signs of safeguarding?

What are the 7 golden rules of information sharing?

Necessary, Proportionate, Relevant, Adequate, Accurate, Timely and Secure. Ensure the information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you share it. You should share it only with those people who need to have it, your information is accurate, up-to-date, shared in a timely fashion and also shared securely.

Which 3 things should you avoid if a child makes a disclosure?

What is disclosure in safeguarding?

Disclosure is the process by which a child will let someone know that abuse is taking place. This may not happen all in one go and may be a slow process that takes place over a long period of time.

What are the two important statutory documents in safeguarding?

The main pieces of legislation and guidance documents that you should be aware of include: The Children Act 1989 (as amended). The Children and Social Work Act 2017. The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

How do you respond to suspected abuse?

What to do if you have a safeguarding concern about a child?