The document discusses standards for child protection and keeping children safe. It outlines 11 standards for organizations to implement, including having a written child protection policy, guidelines for staff behavior towards children, education and training, and partnering with other organizations to meet standards. The standards aim to protect children from abuse and exploitation, create safe environments, and minimize risks while allowing children to reach their full potential.
Keeping Children Safe: Presentation of child safeguarding standards Keeping Children Safe
This is a presentation of the international standards to keep children safe from child abuse. Produced by Keeping Children Safe this outlines the four areas to consider within your organisation to ensure your organisation is not putting children at risk. For further guidance contact: info@keepingchildrensafe.org.uk
Keeping Children Safe: Presentation of child safeguarding standards Keeping Children Safe
This is a presentation of the international standards to keep children safe from child abuse. Produced by Keeping Children Safe this outlines the four areas to consider within your organisation to ensure your organisation is not putting children at risk. For further guidance contact: info@keepingchildrensafe.org.uk
Raising children in a digital age, Bex Lewis
How do those raising children in the contemporary world –parents, relatives, teachers, and youth workers - gain confidence in the digital environment? How do all enjoy the best whilst avoiding the worst, both for themselves, and those they are responsible for?
For Youthwork the Conference, November 2014
Updated Online Safety 3.0 Talk for Mediterranean Association of International...Larry Magid
A newly revised Online Safety 3.0 talk prepared for the Mediterranean Association of International Schools by ConnectSafely.org co-director and SafeKids.com founder Larry Magid
If you're going to take your child to a park or play ground this summer it is important to do everything you can to keep them healthy and safe. Learn all about keeping kids safe of the playground in this presentation from 24/7 Pediatric Care Centers.
Child Internet Safety summit: online safety and inspectionOfsted
Presentation covering the results of a survey of online safety practice carried out during all HMI-led section 5 school inspections during March 2015; and how online safety will be inspected in all education remits form September 2015.
Presented by David Brown HMI National Lead for Computing at Child Internet Safety summit (http://www.childinternetsafety.co.uk/summit/programme) on 3 July 2015.
@DavidBrownHMI; #CISafe; @childinternetsafe.
Safeguarding Children: The Children Protection Policy at SchoolsA
Kids are amazing, aren’t they? Their happiness, anger, or even the bullying gives us a message, a warning. In this short piece, we’ll try to navigate some of the key principles of safeguarding children. The aim of this article is to introduce you to the children protection policy at schools in the UK.
Let’s start with the definitions first, and we can take a tour into the policy statements and sensitive issues later on.
a document manual based on the child's rights and protection.
this manual is useful for setting up child protection policies for any organization, institution, or any other body that engage with child advocacy matters
Child protection procedures and systems such as Legislations, statutory guidance and policies offer a step by step guidance on how to handle different circumstances on child protection, and they contain roles and responsibilities of each official involved in Child Protection matters (Ferguson, 2011).
Children are considered as a vulnerable group and having legislation, policies and statutory guidance interlinked ensures that everything is available and stress the importance of having proper skills to offer child protection.
Raising children in a digital age, Bex Lewis
How do those raising children in the contemporary world –parents, relatives, teachers, and youth workers - gain confidence in the digital environment? How do all enjoy the best whilst avoiding the worst, both for themselves, and those they are responsible for?
For Youthwork the Conference, November 2014
Updated Online Safety 3.0 Talk for Mediterranean Association of International...Larry Magid
A newly revised Online Safety 3.0 talk prepared for the Mediterranean Association of International Schools by ConnectSafely.org co-director and SafeKids.com founder Larry Magid
If you're going to take your child to a park or play ground this summer it is important to do everything you can to keep them healthy and safe. Learn all about keeping kids safe of the playground in this presentation from 24/7 Pediatric Care Centers.
Child Internet Safety summit: online safety and inspectionOfsted
Presentation covering the results of a survey of online safety practice carried out during all HMI-led section 5 school inspections during March 2015; and how online safety will be inspected in all education remits form September 2015.
Presented by David Brown HMI National Lead for Computing at Child Internet Safety summit (http://www.childinternetsafety.co.uk/summit/programme) on 3 July 2015.
@DavidBrownHMI; #CISafe; @childinternetsafe.
Safeguarding Children: The Children Protection Policy at SchoolsA
Kids are amazing, aren’t they? Their happiness, anger, or even the bullying gives us a message, a warning. In this short piece, we’ll try to navigate some of the key principles of safeguarding children. The aim of this article is to introduce you to the children protection policy at schools in the UK.
Let’s start with the definitions first, and we can take a tour into the policy statements and sensitive issues later on.
a document manual based on the child's rights and protection.
this manual is useful for setting up child protection policies for any organization, institution, or any other body that engage with child advocacy matters
Child protection procedures and systems such as Legislations, statutory guidance and policies offer a step by step guidance on how to handle different circumstances on child protection, and they contain roles and responsibilities of each official involved in Child Protection matters (Ferguson, 2011).
Children are considered as a vulnerable group and having legislation, policies and statutory guidance interlinked ensures that everything is available and stress the importance of having proper skills to offer child protection.
Child Protection Working Group (CPWG): 22 ONGs, organizaciones de la ONU y otros actores se han reagrupado en el seno del CPWG para coordinar las acciones de protección a los niños y niñas en situación de desamparo. Las organizaciones siguientes están representadas (por orden alfabético): ChildFund, Child Soldiers International, Columbia University, Danish Refugee Council, Geneva Call, Handicap International, IKRK, International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief Worldwide, International Labour Organization, Keeping Children Safe, Norwegian Refugee Council, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Village d’enfants, Terre des hommes – Aide à l’enfance (Tdh), UNICEF, UNO-Commission sur la condition de la femme, UNO-Haut-Commissaire pour les réfugiés, UNO-Département des opérations du maintien de la paix, War Child, World Vision.
The First Children Embassy in the World, Megjash Macedonia works with a "vision dedicated to a more just world for every child and follows the motto that all the ideals of the world are less worth than the tears of a child".
9. Standard 1 A written policy on keeping children safe Standard 2 Putting the policy into practice Standard 3 Preventing harm to children Standard 4 Written guidelines on behaviour towards children Standard 5 Meeting the standards in different locations Standard 6 Equal rights of all children to protection Standard 7 Communicating the ‘keep children safe’ message Standard 8 Education and training for keeping children safe Standard 9 Access to advice and support Standard 10 Implementation and monitoring of the standards Standard 11 Working with partners to meet the standards Overview of standards
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12. Children are protected No standards can offer complete protection for children, but following these standards minimises the risk to children from abuse and exploitation. Agency representatives/employees are protected By implementing these standards, all representatives will be clear about how they are expected to behave with children and what to do if there are concerns about the safety a child. The organisation is protected By implementing these standards, organisations make clear their commitment to keeping children safe. The standards will help them to move towards best practice in this area and deter potential abusers from joining the organisation. Advantages of implementing child protection standards
13. The keeping children safe standards for child protection Putting the policy into practice Preventing harm to children Written guidelines on behaviour towards children Meeting the standards in different locations Equal rights of all children to protection Communicating the ‘keep children safe’ message Education and training for keeping children safe Access to advice and support Implementation and monitoring of the standards Working with partners to meet the standards A written policy on keeping children safe
14. What All agencies that work with directly or indirectly with people under the age of 18 should have a written policy on keeping children safe. Why The policy communicates that the agency is committed to keeping children safe. It makes clear to everyone that children must be protected, helps create a safe and positive environment for children, and shows that the organisation is taking its duty of care seriously. Examples: Plan International; Tdh Foundation Standard 1 – a written policy on keeping children safe
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17. Staff recruitment table Answer yes, no or sometimes to the questions below, for each type of employee. Do you check their identity? Do you ask candidates to sign self-declaration form about any previous convictions? Do you check criminal records/ do police background checks? Do you check qualifications? Do you take up references? If so, how many? Are these verbal references? Over telephone, or informally? Word of mouth? Or do you take up written references? Do you only accept written applications? Do you give interviews in person, or over the phone? Are these staff on short-term contracts? Do you employ these staff? Others (please name) Refugees Intern Volunteers Freelance consultants I nternational staff National staff
18. The self - audit tool is an ideal way to measure how far (or near!) your organisation is from meeting the standards on making children safe, and where you need to improve. Keeping children safe self - audit tool
19. Keeping children safe Standards for child protection More on: www.keepingchildrensafe.org.uk