Child Protection Reflections

Child Protection Reflections
These reflections have been put together to support settings with their duty to safeguard and protect children in their care. They are
also helpful to use within the recruitment process as well as induction, staff meetings, training and supervisions.
Its important to link these questions to your settings values/ethos and cross reference to national legislation and guidance and,
importantly, your local authority systems and process.
This is not to be used as a check list and the idea is to aid reflection and discussion on wider issues around safeguarding and child protection.
There are separate questions for setting leaders and for staff.
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Laura interviews: Early Years leaders

Child protection reflections for leaders
Reflections
My own thoughts, feelings and reflections
What do I need to do to further my

understanding and knowledge
Can I see a record of ALL staff DBS checks,

including reference numbers, date and your
system for making sure that the information is
current
How do you ensure staff are confident to
implement safeguarding and child protection
procedures?

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Devised by Kay Williams and Laura Henry
Reflections

How do you inform parents of your duty to

protect children?
How will you keep your knowledge up to date?
How are staff made aware of your safeguarding

and child protection procedure and policy?
What would you do if you felt that your

concerns were not being appropriately
addressed by the LSCB?
How would you manage an allegation against a

member of staff?
How do you liaise with your local authority?
Who would you report a concern to other than

the LA?

Reflections

How do you ensure staff are confident to

report concerns regarding a colleague?
How do you comply with the EYFS

disqualification requirements?
What do you understand about the Prevent

Duty?
How do you make sure that you and your team
are able to identify children/families who may
be vulnerable to radicalisation and how would
you respond to any concerns that may arise?
How do you promote British values in order to
help develop resilience to radicalisation and
extremist views?
How do you follow up on childrens nonattendance?


Child protection reflections for staff
Reflections

Have you read and understood the safeguarding

and child protection policy and procedure?
How confident do you feel in implementing the
procedures?
What would concern you about a child and what
would you do if you became concerned about a
child in your care?
Who is the lead educator for safeguarding and
what is their role?
Where are the safeguarding policies and
procedures?
How do you inform parents of your duty to
protect children?
How will you keep your knowledge up to date?
Who would you notify if you were concerned

about a child in your care?
Can you name the different categories of child
abuse?


Reflections

What systems do you have in place to ensure

children are protected?
What is the policy regarding the use of mobile
phones, other devices and ICT?
What would you do if you felt concerned that a
colleague was harming a child or displaying
inappropriate behaviour?
What professional and personal development
have you had that links to safeguarding and
child protection?
Describe how your induction supported your
awareness of safeguarding and child protection.
How often do you have supervision and are you
able to discuss safeguarding and child
protection issues within these meetings?
Who would you speak to regarding your own
well-being and welfare?
What would you do if you were concerned about
the behaviour and conduct of your line manager,
owner and/or company?
How do you support children to protect
themselves?


Reflections

What does the voice of the child look like

within your setting?
What would you do if you felt that your
concerns were not being appropriately
addressed by the senior team?
Who would you report concerns to outside of
the organisation if need be?
How do you promote British values?
Do you have any specific training needs?
Personalised induction programme

Laura has created a unique induction programme for Early Years settings. Included within this reflective programme are documents for the line
manager to use and a reflective document where the member of staff should state their understanding and knowledge of the settings values, policies
and procedures and national legislation guidance. There is also a unique document where Laura has cross referenced the Common Core to the Early
Years Foundation Stage.
The documents include:
Induction programme for the employee - example

Induction programme for the employee
Induction programme
Annual declaration form
Common core and EYFS
Recruitment checklist


Please click on the link for further information:
Useful Legislation and Guidance
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2016

Local Safeguarding Children Boards Procedures
The Childrens Act 1989
The Childrens Act 2004
The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (this includes the Prevent Duty)
The EYFS 2014
Serious Crime Act 2015 (reference female genital mutilation and domestic violence)
What to do if you are worried a child is being abused 2015
Working together to safeguard children 2015
Safeguarding and Protecting Every Child!

The Second National Early Years Safeguarding and Child Protection Conference
Friday 3rd November 2017 London
For more information and to book please check our website:
www.laurahenryconsultancy.com/safeguarding-and-protecting-every-child
Feeling empowered when Ofsted arrives: celebrating your practice!

This course is a partnership between Laura Henry Consultancy and Croydon Day Nursery Business Forum
The course is for educators who are looking to inspire their practice, linked to Ofsteds Common Inspection Framework.
Saturday 11th March 2017 Croydon
www.laurahenryconsultancy.com/feeling-empowered
Webinar Series: Leadership


First Steps into Leadership Delegation
Laura Henry presents a new webinar series for 2017, linked to leadership and good practice.
The series is for all those who have taken the first step into leadership or who are considering doing so in the near future.
The first webinar will focus on delegation, with the aim of exploring the art of delegation and supporting staff to achieve their best.
Tuesday 24th January 2017
7.00pm 8.30pm
www.laurahenryconsultancy.com/webinar-series-leadership
Training and More

This new reflective document aims to support reflection throughout the continuous development process.
Included in this guide is a selection of templates for staff to use to aid their professional and personal development and to record positive evidence of
their unique learning journey.
This guide has been used in settings to build on staff expertise and knowledge and to demonstrate how they process their new learning and how it
reflects positively on maintaining and enhancing quality and, more importantly, making sure that every child reaches their full potential.
In addition, this toolkit can be used effectively to show how you are using the Early Years Pupil Premium within your setting.
For more information please check our website:
www.laurahenryconsultancy.com/books-and-resources/training-and-more
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New for 2017

Laura interviews: Early Years leaders

My own thoughts, feelings and reflections

What do I need to do to further my

Can I see a record of ALL staff DBS checks,