1.1 Define safeguarding

1.1 Define safeguarding

ATHE Level 4 Diploma in Management for Health and Social Care

Safeguarding Children and Young People

Unit aims

To introduce learners to safeguarding and the individual’s responsibilities in relation to promotion and management of effective safeguarding

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the context of safeguarding for children and young people

1.1 Define safeguarding

1.2 Explain the legislation that relates to safeguarding children and young people

1.3 Review how recent national and local policy developments in safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people

2. Be able to review safeguarding for children and young people within a chosen service setting

2.1 Describe the policies and procedures required for effective safeguarding of children and young people in chosen service settings

2.2 Evaluate the policies and procedures in terms of fitness for purpose and legislative requirements

2.3 Produce recommendations for improvements to safeguarding of children and young people

2.4 Develop an action plan to support organisational improvements in relation to safeguarding of children and young people

3. Understand multi-agency approaches to safeguarding both regionally and nationally

3.1 Explain the rationale for joint work between agencies

3.2 Review guidelines for good practice and service standards applicable to joint working between agencies

3.3 Describe methods of promoting joint working

3.4 Review methods of evaluating joint working