UNIT 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION................

UNIT 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
4.1 Child Protection in context of safeguarding children and young people..............................3
4.2 Different types of bulling and abuse.....................................................................................4
4.3 Possible signs and symptoms, indicators and behaviours which may cause concern for
safeguarding................................................................................................................................6
4.4 Actions to be taken if child or young person alleges harm or abuse.....................................7
4.5 Rights which children and young people along with their carers have in situation of harm
or abuse.......................................................................................................................................8
4.6 Serious case reviews inform practices..................................................................................9
5.1 Ways in which support staff can work with children and young people in improving their
self- esteem and self- confidence..............................................................................................10
5.2 Role of support staff in recognizing sign of mental health concern in children and young
people........................................................................................................................................11
5.3 Sign of possible mental health concerns among young and child......................................12
5.4 Need to work with young person and children for developing their emotional resilience
and mental well being...............................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
In the current situation it is very important to safeguard the children and young people
from all the abuse and maltreatment done with these people. The safeguarding here means to
protect and prevent children and young people so that this does not impact their development and
health (Shuker and Ackerley, 2017). This safeguarding is of young people and children is very
important because these people are at stage of learning and it is very necessary that they do not
learn any wrong or abusive thing.
Thus, the present study will outline the need of safeguarding the people and it will also
outline the different type of bullying and abuse which can happen with children and young
people. Further it will outline the actions and rights of people in case of abuse or harm. Also, this
will highlight how support staff can work to improve self- confidence and self- esteem of people.
In the end signs of mental health in children and young people will be discussed along with need
to improve and develop emotional resilience and mental wellbeing among child and young
people.
4.1 Child Protection in context of safeguarding children and young people
Child protection, as the name suggest is the part of safeguarding process. All the children
are generally vulnerable by virtue in their young age and the capacities of evolving. Generally,
abuse and violence are some activity which used to impact the growth of the children at the
young ages. Child protection at the same time is the different measure which are being taken or
initiate with the motive of protecting children from the situation such as violence, abuses, neglect
and exploitation in the nation (Drake and et.al., 2019). It is generally used to focus on protecting
children who is suffering or likely to be suffered harm in the coming future.
Government of the nation also used to run the child protection system to safeguard the
children and young people who used to encourages the family stability. Child protection at the
wider context also means to safeguard the children from the social, psychological and emotional
insecurity and distress in the nation. There are many type of the student which in general requires
a special attention toward their protection as they are most likely to be impacted by the different
activity. Street children, disable children, children of commercial sex worker are some example
of that type of children.
Children is called as safe in the wider context when children are loved, cared and has a
healthy emotion bond with the parents, as this help them in explaining the different issue which

are faced by them. Also, child which is nurtured and gets a required food and nourishment are
also known as protected child as when they get healthy environment, children in general gets
better opportunity for their growth and development (Task Force on Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome, 2019). At the same time children who are neglected or not loved or discriminated on
the basis of the gender, ability, intelligence and colour in the organization are the one who are
recognized as an unsafe child in the nation. Physically abused child are also coming under unsafe
child category.
Protecting children helps the nation in safeguarding the future of the nation. As it helps
the nation in investing good sort of resources toward the youth of the nation, which will help the
company in building good sort of human resource of the nation. Also, protecting child from
variety of the different issue in the market helps the children in getting better opportunity of
learning, growth and development in their life.
There are many different type of the laws which are regulated and made by the
government to safeguard children in the nation. Children Act 1908 which was followed by
another act children and young person act 1920, both the act included bundle of the laws to
protect young person and children in the early twenties (Straus and Smith, 2017). Some of the
restriction are minimum age child to give alcohol at private premises is 5 years. Minimum age
for smoking for the children is 16 years for the children. Same the age of consuming tobacco
product for the children is the 16 year.
4.2 Different types of bulling and abuse
Child abuse in generally defined as a harming, abusing, neglecting and deprivation of any
child in the nation. It is the process in which some sort of harm is being provided to the children
in mentally or physical way. There are many different type of abuse and bulling through which
children has to go in their life. Some of the bulling and abuse are as follows:
Emotional Abuse and bullying: It is the type of the abuse, which is defined when child’s
emotional, psychological and sense of worth is continually battered in some or the other sense in
the nation. Generally, this type of abuse is done in the face of discrimination, ignoring,
corrupting and terrorizing a child. Generally, this type of abuse used to build a self- destructive
behaviour of the child in the nation. Also, children used to display inhibition to play anything.
Also children used to feel the high level of depression and anxiety. Also child who is impacted