Safeguarding and Child Protection Flashcards
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What is 'online grooming' in the context of child safeguarding?
Answer: When an adult builds trust with a child online to facilitate abuse or exploitation
Online grooming involves an adult deliberately building a relationship of trust with a child through online platforms, with the intention of facilitating abuse, exploitation, or harmful contact.
Which document sets out the statutory framework for multi-agency safeguarding in England?
Answer: Working Together to Safeguard Children
Working Together to Safeguard Children is the statutory guidance for multi-agency safeguarding — it sets out how organisations and agencies should work together to protect children.
What is 'self-harm' in terms of child safeguarding concern?
Answer: Deliberately injuring oneself as a way of coping with emotional distress, which requires a safeguarding and pastoral response
Self-harm is a serious safeguarding and welfare concern. It often indicates significant emotional distress and requires a sensitive, coordinated response involving pastoral care and appropriate referral.
What is the primary purpose of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for school staff?
Answer: To check whether an individual has any criminal history that would make them unsuitable to work with children
DBS checks are used to identify criminal records and barred list status, helping schools make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable individuals from working with children.
What does 'child trafficking' involve in safeguarding terms?
Answer: The recruitment, movement, or receipt of children for exploitation, including sexual exploitation, forced labour, or domestic servitude
Child trafficking involves recruiting, moving, harbouring or receiving children for exploitation by force, deception or coercion. It can be internal (within the UK) or international.
Under safer recruitment principles, what must all schools have in place to prevent unsuitable people working with children?
Answer: A single central record (SCR) documenting pre-employment checks for all staff and volunteers
The Single Central Record (SCR) is a statutory requirement — it documents all pre-employment checks, including DBS, right to work, and qualification checks, for all staff and regular volunteers.