Child Protection Appendix B
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
STATEMENT
Responsibilities
include will:
- Accept the moral and legal responsibility to implement
procedures to provide a duty of care for young people, safeguard
their well-being and protect them from abuse.
- Respect and promote the rights, wishes and feelings of young
people, disabled and/or vulnerable adults.
- Recruit, train and supervise its employees to adopt best
practice to safeguard and protect young people from abuse, and
themselves against false allegations.
- Require staff to adopt and abide by the
include Child Protection
Guidelines, include Equal Opportunities
policy and include Code of Ethics and
Conduct.
- Respond to any allegations appropriately and implement the
appropriate disciplinary and appeals procedures.
Principles
The guidance given in the procedures is based on the following
principles:
- This policy recognises and builds on legal and statutory
definitions of a young person. The distinction between ages of
consent, civil and criminal liability are recognised but in the
pursuit of good practice in the delivery and management
of include Child Protection a young person is
recognised as being under the age of 18 years (Children’s Act 1989
definition).
- An adult has a moral and statutory duty for the care, custody
and control of any young person under the age of 16 under their
supervision.
- The welfare of young people and disabled adults is the primary
concern.
- All young people, whatever their age, culture, disability,
gender, language, racial origin, religious belief and/or sexual
identity have the right to protection from abuse.
- All incidents of suspicious poor practice and allegations of
abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and
appropriately.
- All young people have a right to use
the include offices and services offered by
them in an enjoyable and safe climate.
- It is the responsibility of the child protection experts to
determine whether or not abuse has taken place but it is everyone’s
responsibility to report any concerns.
- Confidentiality will be upheld in line with the Data Protection
Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 2000.
These guiding principles will be
achieved through a commitment of staff to ensure:
- Appropriate recruitment, employment and deployment procedures
are implemented.
- Individuals involved in the include services
undertake appropriate training e.g. child protection, equal
opportunities and disability awareness.
- Best practice is employed at all times to ensure the safety of
young people.
- All agencies and individuals sign up to the
include Child Protection guidelines, the
include Equal Opportunities Policy and the
include Code of Ethics and Conduct.
- Awareness of good practice is raised with staff, parents and
young people.