Safeguarding: Legislation, Roles, Reporting, Confidentiality and Child Protection

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Summarize current legislation and guidelines for the safeguarding, protection and welfare of
children............................................................................................................................................2
1.3 Analyzes how current legislation and guidelines for safeguarding inform policy and
procedures........................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Explain the roles and responsibilities of the early years’ practitioner in relation to the
safeguarding protection and welfare of children.............................................................................6
2.2 Describe the lines of reporting and responsibility to meet the safeguarding, protection and
welfare of children...........................................................................................................................6
2.3 Explain the boundaries of confidentiality in relation to the safeguarding, protection and
welfare of children...........................................................................................................................7
2.4 Analyse the benefits of partnership working in the context of safeguarding, protection and
welfare of children...........................................................................................................................7
3.1 Explain child protection in relation to safeguarding..................................................................8
3.2 Describe signs, symptoms, indicators and behaviours that may cause concern relating to:......8
3.3 Describe actions to take if harm or abuse is suspected and /or disclosed..................................9
3.4 Explain the rights of children and parents/ carers in situation where harm or abuse is
suspected or alleged.......................................................................................................................10
3.5 Explain the responsibilities of the early year’s practitioner in relation to whistle blowing....10
4.1 Explain why serious case reviews are required.......................................................................10
4.2 Analyse how serious case reviews inform practice.................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
Reference List................................................................................................................................12

Introduction
Safeguarding is considered as one of the most important as well as sensitive issues of today.
Most of the countries have realized the importance rather the necessity of safeguarding the
children and young people. On the other words, it can be said that safeguarding can be accepted
as one of the best initiatives that the nation take in order to keep safe the countrymen especially
for the people who are unable to keep them safe by themselves such as children, young people
and even the elderly people. This assignment is concerned of the safeguarding, protection and
welfare of the children. Making safe all the children of a nation is not a flimsy issue rather in
order to make activate the safeguarding regime, the respected government has enabled number of
legislations through which a better outcome can be expected. With restless efforts of the
organisations, individuals and the government ensuring a better world for the children is
possible.
1.1 Summarize current legislation and guidelines for the safeguarding, protection and
welfare of children.
Legislation is accepted as the best tool through which a nation can direct and maintain its
countrymen in the right track. On the other words, it can be said that it is the duty of the
government to ensure that all the countrymen are getting equal facilities and protection. And in
order to perform the duties, the government has enabled bunch of legislation. In the next lines,
the most relevant acts, legislations are summarized.
● Working together to safeguard children (2013) - “Working together to safeguard children
(2013)” was introduced into the force on 15th April, 2013. With the same title, in 2010, a
document was released but it is getting accepted as the updated version. According to this
statutory guidance, the organisations and the individuals should enable a proper working regime
in order to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children. The framework of this opinion is
about the children and their families who are in need (2000). And this regime falls under the 11th

section of the Children Act 2004 (2007). Generally the statutory guidance focuses on the legal
requirements (Peckover and Trotter, 2015)
● What to do if you are worried a child is being abused (2006) - this is a non-statutory
guidance and was introduced into the genre in order to make responsible the people who are
directly and indirectly connected with the children through their work such as social care,
education, health care, the police and the adult services. Here the responsible people need to
follow four principles such as-
 All the children have the right to remain safe from any kind of abuse and neglect
 Safeguarding the children is considered as the responsibility of all the countrymen
 The issues related to the child abuse should get solved as early as possible unless it can
take a more complicated form
 All the agencies should enable the co-ordinate responses in order to support and protect
the children and families
Along with these principles an individual can take right step during the requirement. Generally,
there are four steps through it is possible to identify and response to the potential abuse or
neglect-
Better alertness> Question behaviors> Ask for help> refer
● Children’s act (2004) (emphasis on multi agency working) - according to this Act,
safeguarding is the responsibility of all the people and it takes most important form when it
comes to safeguarding the children. Actually, safeguarding is a wide idea and it can get achieved
only through the various outcomes for the children and young people. Here few facts such as
education, health, development, and economic circumstances get incorporated. In order to
improve the living condition of the children this Act generally acts as a legislative spine.
●Protection of children act (1999) - this act was introduced into the genre in order to notify the
regulated childcare organisations to maintain a statutory duty in order to reveal the names, with
whom they are facing complications to promote and maintain proper safeguarding for children
for possible insertion in poCA list.