Safeguarding: Roles, Responsibilities, and Procedures

SAFEGUARDING
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Q 01.01
As per the Children Act 1989, all the child care practitioners have the duty to identify, meet the
needs o every individual and keeping them safe (Lindsey, 2018). It also provides the obligation
to parents of a child for keeping them sage and free from harm. For the local authorities it
provides obligation to safeguard, promote and place welfare of the children who are in need.
01.02
The roles and legal requirements of an individual for safeguarding children includes protection
from maltreatment, prevention from impairment of child's health and ensuring a safe
environment for the children.
Q 01.03
The rights of child duty of safe recruitments EYFS include the right to know own identity, not
forced to separate from family, contact with parents across boundaries, respecting children's
opinions, sharing thoughts freely and making the decisions in the best interest of child.
Q 02.01
Own responsibilities regarding confidentiality of information includes not to disclose the
information about the children and families without the consent of family (Macdonald and et.al,
2017).
Q 02.03
When children are away from their guardians or parents, they do not have any knowledge, nor
they know about how to protect themselves. So it is the duty of adults to ensure that they are
provided a harm free work setting.
Q 03.01
Physical abuse: Physical abuse refers to the abuse which involves hitting, throwing, burning,
poisoning, drowning, suffocating or any other harm caused to an individual such as children
Sexual abuse: Sexual abuse refers to the activities of enforcing children to take part in sexual
activities such as prostitution regardless of child's awareness about the situation.
Emotional abuse: Emotional abuse refers to the maltreatment of children, which can cause
persistent adverse effects on the child's mental and emotional development.
Q 03.02
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