Child protection- safeguarding for the whole team

Exceeds the following standards: NQS – Quality area – 2; Quality area – 5; Quality area – 6; Qualityarea – 7    Child safe organisations – Principle 7

Topics covered

Childhood in context

• Children at the centre of our learning
• Childhood – past and present

Understanding child safeguarding and our role

• Children and their villages
• Childhood trauma
• Protective factors
• Risk factors
• ACES

Identifying Child abuse

• Defining child abuse
• Child abuse – attitudes and values

• Indicators of child abuse
• Understanding the behaviours of unsafe people
• Recognising normal, concerning and harmful sexual Behaviours

Identifying and responding to child safety concerns

• Barriers to identification
• Child protection and the law
• Managing Disclosures
• The five-step process

Understanding the intent of child safeguarding policies and practice

• Elements of safeguarding policies and practice