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Professional Resources
Local Safeguarding Children Board, Ofsted, DfE and partners
Links to supporting documents and guidance.
Local Safeguarding Children Board
Leicestershire and Rutland LSCB
Includes information about:
- Keeping Children Safe is Everyone’s Responsibility leaflet
- Safeguarding Matters - Newsletter
- Keeping safe on-line leaflets
- LSCB Safeguarding Competency Framework
Threshold for access to services for children and families
Includes information about Inter-agency training programmes for safeguarding and training calendars.
Department for Education advice and guidance documents
The following explains the signs of abuse and neglect to look out for and the action to take if you think a child is being abused or neglected (replaces 2006 version):
What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners
The following is a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and includes changes on how to refer allegations of abuse against those who work with children (replaces 2013 version):
Working together to Safeguard children
Keeping children safe in education: statutory guidance for schools and colleges
The following document aims to help people working with children or parents and carers to decide when and how to share personal information legally and professionally (replacing 2008 version):
Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services
Departmental advice regarding the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism:
Guidance for parents and carers about cyberbullying - advice includes set boundaries, talk to children about safety issues and print out evidence of online harassment:
Protecting children from Cyberbullying
OfSTED and Partner information and guidance documents
Guidance document for inspectors undertaking inspection under the common inspection framework:
Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings
This details common actions in Leicestershire given at inspections between June and December 2015 to support developing you own practice and provision:
Plymouth and Birmingham nurseries - Overview of serious case reviews findings
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has produced Guidance for Employers and Code of Practice on whistleblowing. The guidance is generic for all employers but contains very useful information for Childcare providers in putting together and implementing a whistleblowing policy as required under the EYFS:
There is also Ofsted whistleblowing guidance and a helpline: 0300 1233155. Safe Network also have information.