Safeguarding Children Level 1 - …

1 Safeguarding Children Level 1 Study guide 1 IntroductionWelcome to the Safeguarding Children training Level 1 update. Reading and understanding this written briefing will ensure you are compliant for your Level 1 briefing supports you in understanding what we mean by Safeguarding Children and child protection, the different ways a child or young person may be abused or neglected and what action you should take if you ever have concerns that a child is being s RightsHuman rights are the basic standards that people need to live in dignity, and exist to make sure that we are treated properly and fairly, and given the freedom to develop to our full potential, and to promote our well being.

2 In addition to the rights that are available to all people, there are rights that apply only to need special rights because of their unique needs and because they need additional protection to keep them safe. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an international document that sets out all of the rights that Children United Kingdom Government ratified the Convention in 1991 and ensures that every child has the rights that are listed in it by ensuring amongst other things that there is sufficient legislation to keep them rights are incorporated into legislation such as The Children Act 1989 and 2003, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and the Forced Marriage Act 2007.

3 This key legislation can be found on the Safeguarding Children Intranet is Safeguarding Children ? Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children is defined as: Protecting Children from maltreatment Preventing impairment of Children s health or development Ensuring Children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care Taking action to enable all Children to have the best life Children is everyone s responsibility. Although we say this freely, the challenge for us is to follow this through with actions. Non-clinical staff are less likely to come into contact with Safeguarding issues as part of their role, but still need to be aware of Safeguarding issues, as these issues can arise both at work or in your private is child protection?

4 Child protection is a part of Safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific Children who are being abused, those who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant child protection is essential as part of wider work to safeguard and promote the welfare of Children . All employees of Barts Health should aim to proactively safeguard and promote the welfare of Children so that the need for action to protect Children from harm is Children ( Level 1)Regulations CQC Outcome 72 What is child abuse?The term child abuse describes a range of ways in which people harm Children or young people (up to the age of 18, 19 if disabled, including the unborn) knowingly, or by failing to act to prevent may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting, by those known to them or, more rarely, by a stranger for example, via the internet.

5 They may be abused by an adult or adults, or another child or abuse can be physical, emotional, sexual or neglect. In many cases, Children are subjected to a combination of types of abuse eg neglect and emotional forms of abuse are obvious for example, when an adult strikes out at a child in anger but others are much more difficult for outsiders to notice. While some types of abuse are caused by someone doing something that harms the child, others are the result of neglect, of failing to take steps to keep Children safe and of abuseThere are four recognised categories of abuse:Physical abuse Hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating or otherwise causing physical harm to a child Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII): May also be caused when a parent or carer feigns the symptoms of, or deliberately causes ill health to a child whom they are looking after Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

6 This is not to say that whenever an injury is caused to a child, it must be a case of physical abuse. An adult or older child might inflict an injury by accident for example, while playing football. What matters is whether the child was knowingly put at risk or whether the parent or carer paid reasonable attention to the child s abuseEmotional abuse is the persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the child s emotional development. It may involve conveying to Children that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate, or valued only insofar as they meet the needs of another person.

7 It may include not giving the child opportunities to express their views, deliberately silencing them or making fun of what they say or how they communicate. It may feature age or developmentally inappropriate expectations being imposed on Children . These may include interactions that are beyond the child s developmental capability, as well as overprotection and limitation of exploration and learning, or preventing the child participating in normal social interaction. It may involve seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of another (domestic abuse). It may involve serious bullying (including cyberbullying), causing Children frequently to feel frightened or in danger, or the exploitation or corruption of Children .

8 Some Level of emotional abuse is involved in all types of maltreatment of a child, though it may occur alone. Emotional abuse can also include the risk of radicalisation or of exploitation by a radical group. For further guidance, please refer to the PREVENT strategy which can be found on the abuseForcing or enticing a child to take part in sexual activities, not necessarily involving a high Level of violence, whether or not the child is aware of what is involve physical contact: Assault by penetration (rape or oral sex) Non penetrative acts such as kissing, masturbation, rubbing and touching child outside of clothingMay also include non-contact activities.

9 Involving Children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images Watching sexual activities Encouraging a child to behave in sexually inappropriate ways Safeguarding Children Level 1 3 Grooming child in preparation for abuse (including via the internet).Sexual abuse also includes sexual exploitation. Sexual exploitation of Children and young people under 18 involves exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where the young person (or third person/s) receive something (eg food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them performing, and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities.

10 Sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child s immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post sexual images on the internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or abuse is not solely perpetrated by adult males. Women can also commit acts of sexual abuse, as can other is the persistent failure to meet a child s basic physical and / or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child s health or may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to: Provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment) Protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger Ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers); or Ensure access to appropriate medical care or may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child s basic emotional needs.