Safeguarding in a Childcare Setting: Legal Requirements, Policies, and Procedures

This report discusses the legal requirements, policies, and procedures for safeguarding children in a childcare setting. It covers topics such as confidentiality, online safety, and working with others to protect children. The report emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and healthy environment for children to grow and develop.

Safeguarding in a
childcare setting

INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding of children is major challenge for legal authorities, due to rise of unpredicted
events it is also major concern (Donovan, et.al. 2020) At the alliance, the report positively and
strongly support the methodology and interventions in order to protect kids and provide them
quality of care. This report may also under pins the legal requirement which are essential in
safeguarding also protection of kids.
MAIN BODY
1.1 Legal requirements and guidance in regards safeguarding and childcare
stetting
As per the legal requirements health and safety of children must be a supreme priority of
childcare. They must ensure that kids are out hazards or risk, harm, injuries or accidents as well.
Making kids protected and healthy should main motive and also a main heart in safeguarding. The
health and safety act (1974), contains a volunteers in order to fulfil their main agenda which is
safeguarding children. Each and every educational and child care are responsible for conduction of
safe and healthy atmosphere of children where they are able grow and develop themselves
according without any risk. As per the report, it has been observe that risk is identifies in areas in
electrical shocks or fire. So in order to cover that the legal requirement in child care setting may
also involve another act which is (Fire Safety) Order 2005. As per this act the child care setting
premises these essential requirements such as fire blankets in kitchen areas, fire extinguishers, exit
doors as well as regular mock fire drills (Rashid, Barron and Hyun, 2020).
1.2 Purpose Of General Data Protections Regulations
GDPR considered to be law on 25 March, 2018. it may include the data and also control the
management's personal information. As it substitute the Data Protection Act 1998, in childcare
setting it is also implemented due its profitable results. As it may promote to develop trust and
loyalty within organisation and also get familiar and engage parents. As it might help in children
development and with mutual bonds and with same motive, children are able to enhance their skills
in safe and healthy era. It may help to develop and create the environment with in EU and also
provide more control on individual's data and also make quick to access. In childcare setting, it
highly objectify in gathering and collecting information in regards with children (Burton and Reid,
2017). As per the survey conducted it is major concern of parents hat what their child is doing at
classes and what is progress of child, as this law provide them to ensure and acknowledge their

present records of development.
1.3 Legal Requirement Regarding Confidentiality Of Information In Child Care
Setting
As per the individual right of it is important to keep respect the privacy of kids and their
families which is obtained or achieve through number of interventions and security procedure in
child care setting. Such as, gathering data and storing records in locked cabins or lockers, policy of
ensuring guardians have quick access to documents, files or records of their own children or
interruption privacy of other children(Arthur, 2019). Obtaining and gaining parents to use their kids
photograph in their use. It is also important conduct counselling problem that may provide a better
understanding of awareness of essentialism of confidentiality.
1.4 Guidance On Promoting The Welfare Of Children
As per studies, The Prevent Duty (2015) setting may ensure that schools have responsibility
to promote morals and values and young should understand the value and importance of respect.
Through this children should be treated respectfully, and should be listened and also stay away from
abuse. The staff members should skilled and trained in order to carry out their pathways ethically.
They should also understand the concept of listen to children. In addition to this, all members of
child care setting are equally responsible for welfare of children. The holistic approach should be
maintained towards kids in order to take and promote the development of kids (Burton and Reid,
2017).
21. Policies And Procedure In Place To Protect Children
As per the GSF, young should never encounter any harm or injury . As the policy ensure the
commitment of safe guarding from risk assessment. The main goal of this policy to guide a
approach towards children and also be in contact with protection children. As the policy is majorly
based on international law and UK that may help to seek to safe and protect known by Children Act
2004, 1989. as the welfare of young is considered as paramount as well as enshrined in following of
Children Act 1989 (Arthur, 2019).
2.2 Policies And Procedure In Safeguarding Babies And Children
The protection of young babies takes an account of leadership, alteration of culture

and also teacher's hundred percent efforts in protecting, promoting welfare and their
development as well as growth. The atmosphere should include indoor and outdoor for all
children, staff, parents as well as visitors. Another act which is followed Children Act
(2004), it describe childcare should focus and should orientated safeguarding through
application of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. It also may improve
outcomes of children by Every Children Matters. As the young babies are not independent
to take care by their own, in order to provide them guidance to become independent one can
should provide assistance whenever they need so( Connolly and Katz, 2019).
2.3 Policies And Procedure In Online Safety Of Young Children
As per the studies, policy and procedure may follow up the lead of day to day responsibility.
As the content on online may impact their mind perspective and may also lead to pessimistic mind
set. As the influence of internet can cause disrespect to morals and also values. Promote the
safeguarding awareness which e-safeguarding. The ICT technical staff may responsible. They must
also ensure the online safety log should be updated ( Connolly and Katz, 2019). Awareness of such
serious issues such as cyber bullying on social media platform, irrelevant or inappropriate online
communication with strangers or adults, access information that considered should be illegal and so
on (Arthur, 2019).
2.4 Risk In Using Mobile Phones Internet For Children
As per the report of UK, there are number risk that can arise due to usage of mobile phones
as it can affect the children mental perspectives. The content of internet may sometime develop or
harm our thoughts and opinions. As what an individual see and listen, that he or she will understand,
follow and expand their knowledge (Rashid, Barron and Hyun, 2020). Children should use internet
by keeping their limitation on priority, it is staff responsibility to make sure about content what a
child watching. The privacy lock should be updated for sites which are inappropriate to view.
2.5 Policies And Procedure Followed In An Organisation
There are number of policies which are carried out in this organisation. The main principle
which is followed through school authorities are to promote safeguarding and protection of
childcare setting. The child protection act, the prevent duty act are followed in this organisation.

3.1 Own Role In Organisation in relation to safeguarding of children
The role of teacher in an organisation is a responsible task to accomplish. As it takes
leadership quality in order to promote the welfare and safety with in kids(David Morgan and
Spargo, 2017). Educating children for future and training their mind and making them skills are
three major essential task of teacher which he or she conquer each day.
3.2
5.2
comply with safeguarding
The person should be motivated and should consider as a idol.
harm and abuse
An individual should be reported through school authorities and should be charge for his or
her act towards kids.
5.3 roles and responsibility
roles responsibility
Caregiver They should be attentive, provide them quality
of care and comfort, should interact each kids,
polite towards children, should remove any risk
in regards with floor or ceiling as well as
furniture of school.
They are responsibility for security and children
while at curtains points for example receiving
and leaving kids to their parents, assist them
while climbing up and down on stairs. Caregiver
should be groomed and hygienic as in case of
catching flu or infection or viral can be
prohibited. Making environment germs free
should be high priority of their work list.

Guards
Teachers
School Authorities
Guards should be alert and also active to meet
and greet any outsiders or parents as well. They
should also attentive towards school security
camera and alert towards fire alarms or any
electrical equipments.
Should promote counselling in which they can
knowledge in regards with safety precautions to
staff members as well as children.
Teachers should calm, patient and should always
there to assist young toddlers and teach children.
Each moral and values should be teach by them
ethically. Should promote welfare and safety of
kids within organisation. Teachers should be
attentive, active towards his or her duty, each
children should be listened policy should be
followed by him or her. Communication as well
as interaction with each kid is compulsory.
Should conduct campaigns such as technology
awareness, safety drills and other topic should
be covered through fun folic activities or young
babies and whereas other children should be get
learning through e-safeguarding, safety
awareness module. Morals and principle should
be taught gracefully so that kids can adopt their
learning in their living style.
They should respect the privacy and information
of kids. Develop trust and bonds with parents,
should ensure all staff members do work
ethically and morally. All legal requirement
should be fulfilled and followed. They should
also make sure that all legislations and policies

are being followed, if is any serious case arise
then should be immediately reported to higher
authorities. Pest control in month should be done
as for safe and protected environment.
5.4 Importance Of Working With Others To Protect Children
As per the studies, the support working in team in order to safeguard the children able to
number of services come together and also help to prevent the problems that may occur, as it is
potential and effective way of to provide support children as well as young people and their
respective families. The motive of working together also collaborated with change in behaviour,
attitudes of an individual as well as respective behaviours that may help and enhance their children
as well as future of society. NSPCC stands for the national society for the prevention of cruelty to
children that may promotes and objectives each and every individual has a enough duty and
responsibility to keep each children free from any abusive consent(Peckover and Golding, 2017).
CONCLUSION
As per report, it has been concluded that children are delicates areas and they should be treated
ethically under all law and legislations.

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