What You’ll Learn

• Understand what is meant by the term ‘safeguarding’ children and young people
• Have an awareness of the guidance and legislation that is applicable in safeguarding vulnerable children and young people. Be able to act as an effective advocate for a child or young person.
• Achieve good outcomes in preventing and effectively responding to allegations of harm, neglect and abuse
• Draw on child and family-focused clinical and professional knowledge and expertise of what constitutes child maltreatment and identify signs of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect
• Document and report concerns, history taking and physical examination in a manner that is appropriate for safeguarding/child protection and legal processes
• Be clear about your own and colleague’s roles, responsibilities and professional boundaries and remit.
• Contribute to inter-agency assessments, the gathering and sharing of information and where appropriate analysis of risk
• Undertake regular documented reviews of own (and/or team) safeguarding/child protection practice as appropriate to role (in various ways, such as through audit, case discussion, peer review, and supervision and as a component of refresher training)
• Work with other professionals and agencies, with children, young people and their families when there are safeguarding concerns
• Be able to refer to social care or local safeguarding team if need be.
• Analyse the importance of sharing information within a team and throughout the multi-disciplinary team
• Learn and improve current child safeguarding practices