All safeguarding policies should be based around the †̃working together to safeguard childrenâ€TM guidelines laid out by the government in 2006. These national guidelines state that childrenâ€TMs services (irrespective of the type of service) should be child-centred and work in a multiagency, joined up way to meet the holistic needs of children. National policy also dictates that all organisations have an appropriately positioned safeguarding officer, responsible for the implementation of safeguarding policies within the organisation.
Under the children Act, 2004 organisation are require to …show more content…
On an organisational level, a school will have an attendance policy. These policies will be based on the Every Child Matters framework which states that every child has the right to an education. Attendance policies ensure that the childâ€TMs right to an education is safeguarded. Regarding day to day workings, this means practitioners will need to log the attendance of those in their care and inform the appropriate authorities of none attendance.
Question: Question 4
Answer: Serious case reviews are required when a child has died or has been seriously injured in what is believed to be an incident of abuse, harm or serious neglect. The main purpose of a serious case review is to learn lessons from past event to stop them occurring in the future. A serious case review will look at all the contributing factors to the childâ€TMs death or serious injury including parental failings as well as professional failings. Recommendation from the review will be published and made public with the expectation that all agencies will draw from the finding to improve their own practices and