Explain The Importance Of Safe Working Policies And Procedures To Protect Children And Young People

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There are various policies and procedures are in place to not only protect children and young people but also to protect the adults who work with them. All professionals who work with children and young people must follow all of the safe working policies and procedures to ensure that they themselves are protected and not only children are protected. There are specific policies and procedures that relate to the protection of children, young people and the adults who work with them and these are outlined in the government document Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) In every setting there should be a policy and procedure folder available for everyone to look at.
The main policies and procedures are as follows:
Roles and Responsibilities
All professionals that are working with children and young people must be able to
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The whistle blower must voice their concerns or suspicions about what is disturbing them as soon as possible and they must also try to confirm what the practice is that is concerning them and why. The concerns should be reported to the relevant person for example the headteacher or named safeguarding member as soon as possible
The concerns should also be put down in writing giving background details, names, witness names (if any) dates, places and any other relevant information, as sufficient grounds for concern must be given, it is important that any information is based on facts only and not on assumptions or opinions. Anyone who whistle blows has a legal right to protection and the Headteacher, Named Safeguarding Member of Staff or their Supervisor have a duty to support any members of staff who report any incidents of poor practice or unprofessional conduct which puts childrens or young peoples welfare at risk.
Any individual that has been subject to unproven allegations regarding abuse also has the the full right of protection for the duration of the