Safeguarding children

[mumofone]

I'm getting confused with safeguarding, can anyone help me?

So is this right -
If I am worried a child in my care is being abused I would contact my LADO and follow their advise.

If I thought a child needed protecting I would refer them to children's social care, children and young people's services and alert police?

Also I would say safeguarding means keeping a child safe from harm - is this the correct definition?

Thanks everyone! :-)

[mumofone]

Oh and when do I inform OFSTED/or would I?

[sarah707]

You inform Ofsted if an allegation of abuse is made - you follow the Eyfs for other reporting requirements - you do as advised by your Local Safeguarding children Board during training ...

[moggy]

I'm getting confused with safeguarding, can anyone help me?

So is this right -
If I am worried a child in my care is being abused I would contact my LADO and follow their advise.

If I thought a child needed protecting I would refer them to children's social care, children and young people's services and alert police?

Also I would say safeguarding means keeping a child safe from harm - is this the correct definition?

Thanks everyone! :-)

What do you mean 'needs protecting?' I keep it simple in my Policy: All concerns about the welfare of a child need to be reported to local child protection number (follow my LSCB proceedure- I give web link in Policy and phone numbers, it might not be literally a single 'LADO' but an area 'central contact point' phone number... you need to quote directly from your local information)

We only call police if we feel there is imminent danger to child or an emergency (eg: if drunk parent just took child from our setting; or we feel child is going to be hurt by alleged-abuser whom we know has child at that time).

Section 3- paragraph 3.8 says we inform Ofsted if any allegation made against us/someone living with us/working with us.. And we inform LADO.

I would report to Ofsted if I made a report of concern to LSCB as it could be classed as a 'significant event' and I want to cover my back.

[Evie125]

Hi, I attended safeguarding training last week. Advice for this area was- LADO is who you speak to if allegations are made against you. If you have concerns about a child and want advice then you would talk to local children centre manager/contact. Immediate concerns for child safety then it would be social care team. We have a safeguarding children website for the area with contact numbers on and lots of advice

[Simona]

I'm getting confused with safeguarding, can anyone help me?

So is this right -
If I am worried a child in my care is being abused I would contact my LADO and follow their advise.

If I thought a child needed protecting I would refer them to children's social care, children and young people's services and alert police?

Also I would say safeguarding means keeping a child safe from harm - is this the correct definition?

Thanks everyone! :-)

Before you registered you must have attended a Child Protection course.....look at the notes from that training and follow the guidelines of your LSCB and put them in your policy
If unsure contact someone in your LA and get support....you must be aware what your duties are in these matters.

[alex__17]

I remember from my course we wetr told to log everything as tiny concerns that on their own you wouldn't think to report over time and several may amount to a concern.
They also said at any point you can call the local safeguarding team for advise on what to do

[bunyip]

Before you registered you must have attended a Child Protection course.....look at the notes from that training and follow the guidelines of your LSCB and put them in your policy
If unsure contact someone in your LA and get support....you must be aware what your duties are in these matters.

Agreed.

No offence, but.................. If you came out of your safeguarding course without knowing this (which seems to be the case if you find you have to ask on the forum) then you really do need to get advice from your LA. It also raises doubts as to whether Ofsted will be happy with the course you did. :eek:

[mumofone]

The only safeguarding course I did was online so far which is why it's not specific to my LA and maybes where my confusion comes in.
I'm going on a specialist one which is local face to face so I hope to come away with all these questions answered.
I've since answered my question that safeguarding DOES mean ensuring children don't come to harm.

[mumofone]

Before you registered you must have attended a Child Protection course.....look at the notes from that training and follow the guidelines of your LSCB and put them in your policy If unsure contact someone in your LA and get support....you must be aware what your duties are in these matters.

I'm not registered yet, I'm learning as I go.
I have done an online safeguarding course but my LA were useless in telling me which one I should do and whether or not I need to do specialist safeguarding too

[Simona]

I'm not registered yet, I'm learning as I go.
I have done an online safeguarding course but my LA were useless in telling me which one I should do and whether or not I need to do specialist safeguarding too

The online course will give general information....what you now need is to know what the procedures are in your LA....who you contact and what their guidelines are., what is your safeguarding team called and their number
Most LAs do have safeguarding courses and must publish this kind of information...safeguarding is their duty as well as ours and they too get Ofsted inspected on their procedures....no way they can be vague or useless...keep asking

Hope you can get in touch with someone and keep us posted on how you get on.