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  1. Click ‘Get Form’ to open it in the editor.
  2. Begin with the Introduction section. Familiarize yourself with the purpose of the document, which outlines procedures for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
  3. Move to the Definitions section. Here, ensure you understand key terms such as 'child abuse' and 'adult abuse' as they are crucial for context.
  4. In the Roles and Responsibilities section, fill in your details if applicable. Note who the Designated Safeguarding Officer is and their contact information for any concerns.
  5. Proceed to Raising and Responding to Safeguarding Concerns. Follow the outlined steps carefully, ensuring you know how to report any issues effectively.
  6. Review the Recruitment, Selection, and Vetting section. If you're involved in recruitment, ensure compliance with necessary checks.
  7. Finally, check the Code of Conduct and Appropriate Behaviour section. Acknowledge your understanding of expected behaviours when working with children and vulnerable adults.

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It requires proactively identifying, preventing, and guarding against all risks of harm, exploitation, and abuse by having mature, accountable, and transparent systems for incident reporting, response, and learning. Systems must be survivor-centered and protect those accused until proven guilty.
Safeguarding: Safeguarding means taking all reasonable steps to protect people (especially vulnerable adults and children) from harm (particularly sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment) and responding appropriately when harm occurs.
This protection policy ensures that both children and vulnerable adults are secure from abuse, and also volunteers have the protection from false accusation of abuse.
First introduced by the Department of Health in 2011, but now embedded in the Care Act, these six principles apply to all health and care settings. Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent. Prevention. Proportionality. Protection. Partnership. Accountability.
Safeguarding means protecting a citizens health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care. Safeguarding children, young people and adults is a collective responsibility.
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What are the Principles of Safeguarding? There are 6 main principles of safeguarding as outlined in the Care Act; empowerment, prevention, protection, proportionality, partnerships and accountability.
Safeguarding means protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of children and adults at risk, enabling them to live safely, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and reduce both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect.
Safeguarding and child protection procedures are detailed guidelines and instructions that support your overarching safeguarding policy statement. They explain the steps that your organisation will take to keep children and young people safe and what to do when there are concerns about a childs safety or wellbeing.

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