Importance Of Safeguarding

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It is responsibility of all those working with children and young people to know how to keep them safe, recognise when they are in danger or at risk of harm and take action to protect them. Fundamental to safeguarding is vital knowledge of how to recognise different forms of abuse and the procedures for reporting suspected abuse as well as preventing the risk of harm to the welfare of children and young people. In this unit learners will consider the concept of safeguarding and investigate the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures which support this, including data protection and information handling. They will study the importance of partnership working in safeguarding and explore the roles and responsibilities of different