Childcare practise – applies to all schools, nurseries and other early yearâ€TMs settings, childminders and childrenâ€TMs homes. All staff needs to be fully trained and be DBS checked. In this practise, correct safeguarding procedures must be followed as the policy of the organisation states and report any concerns. Child protection – all staff working with children and young people must be aware of the policy, reporting and recording procedure within their work place. Records need to be kept of what pupils have said, notes, dates and times of any meetings between school and other agencies as proof of record. If a child reports anything that is a cause for concern it must be logged and school must follow it up. …show more content…
An SCR is for agencies to meet and discuss what can happen differently, how professionals can and have worked together and the most effective way to work together in the future. A report will be written and made public so that recommendations are known. The DCFS publication †̃Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010â€TM sets out the processes which should be followed when undertaking SCRs.
Question: Question 1e
Answer: Under the Data Protection Act 1998, information which is gathered by the school in the context of safeguarding and child protection must be used only for that purpose and this is a policy in which schools handle information. If an individual is concerned about information held about them, they have the right to access it and are entitled to see their own educational record. There are only a few main exceptions to this, that is:
Information which may cause serious harm or risk of abuse to the health of the pupil or another individual
Information given to a court, adoption or parental order records Copies of examination scripts or marks prior to their