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The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools
Deliver consistent and effective child protection policy and practice
across your school with this bestselling resource
The job of safeguarding children is a shared responsibility and cannot be left solely to parents or carers. Schools play a critical role in keeping children safe from harm and are under constant pressure to deliver a consistent and effective policy across the school. How confident are you that the rest of your school's staff have all the tools necessary to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils?
The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools is a comprehensive handbook and the first to combine all of the information you need in one easy-to-use resource. It will help you in your important task of providing a strong, whole-school approach to child protection and safeguarding.
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"The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools is a comprehensive guide detailing the school's statutory duty in safeguarding children and promoting their welfare following the serious case reviews which influenced the development of a national framework for child protection, followed by the Education Act 2002
The introduction offers a brief overview of some of the children that have lost their lives at the hands of their abusers and the lessons that can be learned from the serious case reviews in relation to improving collaborative, inter-agency practice.
The handbook is divided into four subsections which cover aspects of inter-agency working, shared responsibilities with partner agencies, a quick reference guide in child protection and an extensive training toolkit for school staff. These materials can be used to ensure all staff become adept, both in their safeguarding knowledge and confidence to carry out their role within the safeguarding process.
An accompanying DVD assists the training process within schools and includes a 40 slide PowerPoint presentation, which can be customized to include the school's details and the designated safeguarding staff.
Policies and laws which have influenced safeguarding are covered in the handbook as well as the ethical considerations that have to be acknowledged when dealing with vulnerable young people. Modes of referral and the importance of accurate documentation are also included.
This is an essential handbook. A must have for all school settings."
Amanda Norman, School Nurse Team Leader, Great Yarmouth
Published in the British Journal of School nursing, September 2010
Books: If you are in the UK, your order should usually arrive within 7 working days. Please allow up to two weeks for deliveries outside the UK.
eBooks: If purchased by credit card, you will be provided with easy download instructions for immediate download. If purchased by invoice you will have to wait until we have confirmed that your email address and contact details match your school’s. This is typically done on the following working day.
Subscriptions: For details about subscription delivery, please see the general product information.
Postage & Packaging Postal rates will vary depending on the weight of the order and the destination of delivery as follows:
| Region | Weight | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 0-11kg | £6.50 | |
| UK | 11-20kg | £11.50 |
| 20kg + | £15.00 | |
| 0-11kg | £11.50 | |
| Europe | 11-20kg | £15.50 |
| 20kg + | £19.00 | |
| 0-11kg | £15.00 | |
| Rest of World | 11-20kg | £19.00 |
| 20kg + | £25.00 |
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Benefits
The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools will enable you to:
- increase your understanding of child protection and safeguarding
- know the general expectations and scope of your role and responsibilities as designated person
- apply policy and guidance to your own unique setting
- clearly explain to others what to do in an emergency
- know and share key facts, misconceptions and recent policy developments
- help your school to meet statutory requirements
- train colleagues in basic child protection and safeguarding
- work effectively with other organisations and understand your role in the context of a multi-agency approach
- respond sensitively and confidently to concerns from staff and parents
- react swiftly and sensitively to pupil disclosure
- create a safe environment for listening to children, staff and parents
- create, review, implement and communicate your school’s child protection policy.
Summary of contents
The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools has been specifically designed with you, the designated person for child protection in your school, in mind. It provides everything you need to be able to meet statutory requirements for schools and fulfil the responsibilities of your role. The handbook has been written especially for schools, so you can apply the contents to your setting, and the guidance applies to all phases.
The first of its kind – guidance specifically for your school
This comprehensive handbook is the first to combine all of the information you need in one easy-to-use resource. It will help you with the important task of providing a strong, whole-school approach to child protection and safeguarding. The book includes guidance on:
- your school’s safeguarding and child protection policy and what it should look like
- what to do if you need to reform policy and practice in your school
- how to achieve a unified agreement to which all parties involved have signed up
- raising awareness of staying safe with pupils and students through the curriculum
- how to deal with an emergency (this is presented in a quick guide format and can be reproduced and handed round to staff)
- the relevance of the SEAL ethos, as well as healthy schools within a child protection context
- school-based abuse prevention programmes – what they are, how to implement one in your school and a discussion of their effectiveness
- children with special needs, social and emotional behavioural difficulties and looked-after children
- inspection and self-evaluation – what to expect and how to prepare, along with a quick guide for staff and a staff directory of support services
- the role of the designated senior person for child protection – its statutory responsibilities and characteristics
- safer recruitment
- the roles and responsibilities of the governing body with regard to safeguarding and child protection
- the challenges of inter-agency cooperation and working with parents and carers along with advice on best practice.
Chapter breakdown
Introduction - the development of a national framework for child protection; child protection and safeguarding; wellbeing
Section 1 - the school's role in protecting children from harm; ethos and practice; roles and responsibilities; protecting challenging children; use of force; inspection and self-evaluation; a quick guide file for staff
Section 2 - essential toolkit for the designated senior person, including a guide to legislation and guidance; confidentiality and information-sharing; off the premises protection; training; recruitment; allegations against staff; recognising abuse; responding to and reporting welfare concerns; record-keeping; referring to children's social care; listening and talking to children
Section 3 - special considerations including SEN; disabled children; sexually harmful behaviour; independent schools and residential schools
Section 4 - support and training, including two training presentations with notes
There is an index at the back of the book.
Description
Print: A4 ringbinder in slipcase, with CD-Rom including PDF, Word and PowerPoint files.
eBook: 1 x PDF, 2 x PowerPoint presentation, delivered in a Zip file
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'The Child Protection & Safeguarding Handbook'
28 January 2011'The Child Proection and Safeguarding Handbook' is packed full of useful and informative resources including a detailed training toolkit I've been able to share around other staff. All issues relating to Child Protection are discussed informatively and with great detail. I am confident that this will remain an important source of reference for many Child Protection Coordinators, and would definitely recommend it to others.