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

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