Safeguarding
Let’s work together to keep our children safe
Safeguarding
Rachel McDonald
Rachel is our designated safeguard lead at Parley Pre School. If you have any safeguarding concerns regarding a child or a member of staff please speak to Rachel. All concerns will be taken seriously and dealt with in a professional manner.
Amy Billinge
Amy is our deputy safeguard lead, if Rachel is unavailable you can speak to Amy with any safeguarding concerns. Please do not delay in reporting a concern.
Victoria Tanner
Vikki is our Chairperson at Parley Pre School. If you have a concern regarding the designated safeguard lead you can report any concerns to Vikki.
Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibilty.
Here you will find some useful websites for safeguarding children – if you are at all concerned about a child’s welfare please speak to a member of staff who can advice you and offer their expertise. Let’s work together to keep everyone safe. If you don’t want to speak to a member of staff or want to remain annomous you can contact the NSPCC Helpline by calling 0808 800 5000, or email – help@NSPCC.org.uk
5 types of Abuse
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Sexual – Sexual abuse is any sexual activity with a child, or inducing a child to act in sexually inappropriate ways.
Many children and young people do not recognise themselves as victims. A child may not understand what is happening and may not even understand that it is wrong.
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Phyisical – This is when someone hurts a child on purpose and with the intent to cause harm. This can include hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning, drowning, or suffocating. If it causes them physical harm, such as cuts, bruises, broken bones or other injuries, it is physical abuse.
Anyone can hurt a child – a relative, friend or stranger. It can also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates the symptoms of, or deliberately induces, illness in a child.
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Emotional – Emotional abuse is when a child’s feelings and emotions are manipulated or shamed on purpose. This can take different forms, for example:
- when a child is unfairly blamed for everything
- told they are stupid, worthless or ugly
- ignored or never shown any emotion in interactions
Emotional abuse is the severe and persistent ill treatment of a child. It can have long-lasting and devastating effects on a child’s emotional health and development.
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Neglect – Neglect is where a child is not looked after. It is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic and essential needs.
This can include:
- not providing adequate food, water, clothing, and shelter
- leaving a child alone in dangerous situations, or to watch after themselves when they are very young
- failure to provide medical care
- failure to meet the child’s emotional needs
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Domestic Abuse – Living in a home where domestic abuse happens can have a serious impact on a child or young person’s mental and physical wellbeing, as well as their behaviour. This can continue after the adults’ relationship has come to an end, and post-separation abuse and coercive controlling behaviours can continue to remain a factor in the child’s life. The impact can last into adulthood.
Through Operation Encompass, information is currently shared by the police with schools and colleges regarding children up to the age of 18 years.
This is now being extended to sharing information from 28 weeks of
pregnancy through to early years children aged 0-5 years.
This means that ALL children will be able to be supported through
Operation Encompass from 28 weeks of pregnancy through to
18 years of age.
This information sharing should follow the same principles as current
Operation Encompass notifications:
• ALL domestic Abuse incidents.
• Delivered as soon as possible on the next day
(school/college notifications are prior to the start
of the school day e.g. 8.30am at the latest).
• Context of the domestic abuse incident shared including
the Voice of the Child.
The successful simplicity of the current information sharing process
– police (who are the holders of the information) sharing information
about children experiencing Domestic Abuse directly with Key Adults
in schools (the receivers of the information) – should be maintained
for the sharing of Early Years’ information.
Parley Community Pre School are dedicated to supporting children and their parents who may be experencing domestic violence. We are proud to be an Operation Encompass setting.
For more information on Operation Encompass please view this document; Operation Encompass