Recognizing
The term for intended, non-accidental physical injury or cruelty to a child.
What is physical abuse?
Do or Don't?
Keep a disclosure confidential.
DO keep disclosures confidential.
This keeps students safe, gives them trust in the adults at school and respects their privacy.
Report a child protection concern only to the Safeguarding Team and other agencies as required (police etc). Do not talk about the situation with other staff members or students.
Confidentiality and reporting are not mutually exclusive.
True of False? Only teachers must report child protection concerns.
FALSE: All staff are mandatory reporters and should report any concerns to the Safeguarding Team.
Name of the school document that provides information about our approach to keeping children safe.
What is the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
The following signs may indicate this kind of abuse:
Not receiving medical attention, poor hygiene, stealing food or school supplies, frequent absences, limited parent communication
What is neglect?
Do or Don't?
After a disclosure, you should stay calm and listen without judgment.
DO stay calm and listen without judgment.
The duty that requires specified authorities such as education, health, local authorities, police and criminal justice agencies (prisons and probation) to help stop the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism
What is "Prevent".
The safeguarding concern represented by CCE.
What is Child Criminal Exploitation?
The following signs may indicate this kind of abuse: Sexual behavior/knowledge inappropriate for a child’s age, trouble walking or sitting, complaints of genital pain.
What is sexual abuse?
Do or Don't?
Promise to keep a child protection disclosure a secret.
DON'T.
Never keep secrets if you have a child protection concern. All school staff members are obligated to report any child protection concerns.
Secrets and confidentiality are not the same. You must report a child protection concern to the Safeguarding Team and it can remain confidential.
True or False?
Child protection concerns need to be reported to the Safeguarding Team within 48 hours.
FALSE.
Concerns should be reported as quickly as possible via CPOMS.
If the concern is urgent, it should be reported to the DSL/DDSL immediately.
Sexual behaviours demonstrated by children that are developmentally inappropriate and may be harmful or abusive towards others
What is Harmful Sexual Behaviour?
True or False? Sexual abuse can occur without physically touching the victim.
TRUE.
Examples: Exposure to sexually explicit material, communicating sexually explicit messages
Do or Don't?
Gather details and ask leading questions when you have a child protection concern.
DON'T.
Gathering details and asking too many questions can cause problems.
For example:
-A younger child could have trouble recalling events accurately during the investigation.
-Asking questions about a disturbing situation could exacerbate it or make it more difficult for the child to deal with.
Behaviour that is inconsistent with the staff code of conduct, including inappropriate conduct outside of work and doesn’t meet the threshold of harm or is not considered serious enough for the school or college to refer to the local authority
What is "Low-level concern"
The attitude that staff working with children are advised to maintain when it comes to safeguarding
What is "It could happen here".
The following signs may indicate this kind of abuse: Social withdrawal, loss of interest/enthusiasm, uncontrollable crying, fear of adults, recurrent somatic symptoms (i.e. headaches, etc.), chronic anxiety
What is emotional/psychological abuse?
Do or Don't?
Before reporting, be sure to begin the investigation.
DON'T investigate.
Be sure to report to the DSL/DDSL as soon as possible. They follow the protocol and have education, training, and experience with child protection reports.
Asking too many questions of the child, peers, or family members could backfire.
For example, if the person who did the abuse finds out about the investigation too soon, they could manipulate the child into silence.
The person(s) to report any concerns about the conduct of the Headteacher towards children.
What is the Chair of Governors.
The name of the document that outlines how we as members of staff should behave.
What is The Staff Code of Conduct?