Leading child protection

Maintain robust safeguarding procedures in your setting and ensure all staff are aware of responsibilites and processes to follow when dealing with a safeguarding issue.

Actions to take when you overhear pupils discussing a potential child protection issue
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Safeguarding audit tool
Self-auditing is a useful way to improve processes, highlight communication issues and ensure you are meeting requirements
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Listening to children: what helps children to disclose?
How can you provide a school environment that is open for children to disclose abuse or neglect? Tina Rae focuses on how and why children and young people become ready to disclose and what they say aids them in the process of talking to concerned adults
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Understanding the parent’s perspective
How can DSPs best support parents following a disclosure of abuse? Tina Rae describes possible reactions and emotions of the parent and provides for staff to help
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Annual safeguarding update for all staff
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Educating young children about safeguarding
Educating young children about keeping themselves safe and protecting themselves from abuse can be a challenge. Debs Ward explains different approaches to teach this to primary aged children
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Leading child protection

Actions to take when you overhear pupils discussing a potential child protection issue

Safeguarding audit tool

Listening to children: what helps children to disclose?

Understanding the parent’s perspective

Annual safeguarding update for all staff

Educating young children about safeguarding

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