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Child Protection Training
Why do we need to do this?
Our School is secure therefore all of our students are safe
OR ARE THEY?
Security on the BSJ School Site
We think our campus is secure.
Security Guards are on site 24 hours a day.
We have CCTV and more cameras have been placed on site.
Staff are on duty all day when students are present.
We have policies and procedures to help keep our students safe.
Students themselves are educated, age appropriate, about how to be/keep safe
BUT we can NEVER say our students are completely safe
either on or off the school site.
The Reasons for Our Training
Know what child abuse means
Know what we do in BSJ to try to keep children safe
Know why this is not always successful
Know what the different types of abuse are
Know what we should look out for – the signs of a student in difficulty
Know what to do if we see a student in difficulty
Know how to protect ourselves as well
Child Abuse Is:
“Limiting or removing a child’s rights as a human being”.
This can be done by an adult or another child.
SAFEGUARDING: we identify signs and get in early to prevent abuse (we keep children safe)
CHILD PROTECTION: know what to do when a child is in danger/being abused
It is a JIGSAW: made up of many pieces – and we all have a part to play in putting this together
What we do to keep our Students Safe
•Bluebird drivers and chaperones
•Security throughout the school site
•Keeping our site well cared for and clean
•Providing healthy food for our students
•Teaching students in classrooms and activities
•Involving parents in education of their children
•Involving students so that they have a voice in what they do
•Training as appropriate for ALL who work with children
The list above is not exhaustive
BUT this does NOT always keep our students safe
Child abuse happens in all countries across the world:
•Wealthy and poor families
•All religions
•All nationalities
•To boys and girls
At BSJ we ALL work with children so we all need to work together to try to keep our students safe.
AND what of life outside School?
Children in danger in 2014 in the UK:
50,000 children on the child protection register because they are known to be “in danger”
600 are added to the register every week
450,000 are bullied in school every week
1 in 10 children suffer serious neglect or abuse
25% of all rape cases are of children
And these are the children that the government knows about. What about the thousands who are not on these lists?
Who carries out this abuse?
Most abuse is carried out by someone the child knows. In the UK a “Child line” survey of children calling about sexual abuse
:
•94% of children knew the person who abused them
•59% were family members
•35% were friends of the family
•ONLY 5% were strangers
•22% of abuse was caused by the father
•20% was caused by the mother
The Problems this Creates
Children will tell about the 5% of abuse caused by strangers
BUT NOT IF IT IS SOMEONE THEY KNOW
(and they are often told to “keep it a secret”) because they love their mother and their father, their grandmother and grandfather,
their older brother and sister.
And who can they tell? Who will believe them?
They place themselves in an imaginary world
They “reveal” at the wrong time
Why does abuse happen?•Sometimes children are on their own at home, feel isolated and become very unhappy
•Domestic violence and misuse of alcohol/drugs
•Parents who are unhappy in their marriage or partnership
•Overwork, tiredness and stress within a family
•Fostering and adoption can lead to problems
•Racism
•Mental illness
• Students with friendship issues; adolescence
These are just some reasons which might cause abuse both intentionally and unintentionally. But there are many more as well.
The 5 Types of AbuseNEGLECT:
•Physical/psycholigical needs not met which damages health and development
• not enough food, clothing, housing; being left alone for a long time
PHYSICAL:
•Hitting, shaking throwing a child/baby;
•sometimes even poisoning or burning a child or deliberately doing something else to damage a child’s health; “making up symptoms
SEXUAL:
•forcing a child to take part in sexual activities;
•watching or taking part in pornographic DVD’s, films.
The 5 Types of AbuseEMOTIONAL:
•making a child feel that they are worthless, unvalued, unloved;
•Frightening, exploiting, corrupting a child
BULLYING:
• this is the most common form of abuse in a school;
•children continually teasing, threatening, frightening and sometimes hitting other children.
Sometimes people do not know that things they do “abuse” and hurt children but we must always know what we should look out for.
The Internet and mobile phones 91% of 5-15 have access to information on line some of which is against
the law
At school we block inappropriate sites but parents do not always do this at home
1/5 of all children put their home address and phone number on line
12% of children 8-11 and 25% of children age 12-15 “chat” with people they do not know
Children put photos of themselves on line
Parents actively help their children get around the age restriction
We sometimes have problems at school because:
• Students take photos and use these to bully other students
• Students use text messages to bully other students
What we should look out for Students who are arguing, using threatening behaviour
A student who changes behaviour and attitude to school, friends
A student who suddenly doesn’t want to take showers or swim
A student who is always on their own in an isolated place
A student who is crying in a toilet during lesson time
A student taking photographs of another who is trying to “say no”
Students who are kissing, cuddling – or smoking
A student who changes their eating habits
We need to be aware that sometimes students hurt themselves by making themselves sick or cutting themselves NOT just older students.
What to do if we are worried about a child
ALWAYS REPORT IT!
•Go to your class teacher or Year Leader
•OR go to Central Administration, the Primary Office and ask to speak to a senior member of staff
•If a child is crying just ask “What is wrong?”, “Can I help?”
•If it is late in the afternoon or during the evening you MUST report what you have seen or heard within 24 hours
•If it is late Friday afternoon/evening you must still report it to a member of staff you trust and not wait until Monday
•Do NOT talk to friends and colleagues about what has happened
What to do if a child approaches you
They want to tell you a secret and you must promise not to tell
You can NEVER promise complete confidentiality
If they will not speak, you MUST tell a member of staff – the class teacher or more senior
If you are concerned about a child, you can only ask open questions: what happened, where did it happen, when did it happen
ALWAYS record: key points, name/s given by the child, date, sign
What we must NOT do• Forget to tell anyone
• Think that we are too busy
• Think that we don’t have time to report later on
• Think that it doesn’t matter because it is so small an incident
• Think that what we have heard cannot be true
• Try to protect a friend or colleague
• Be too frightened to report
And you must NEVER promise to keep a secret!
Often it is only a small incident or small bullying that we can sort out quickly so the children/students are happy again. BUT sometimes it is more and we need to know so that we can help the child/student.
AND I need to protect myself
So I should never:•Touch a child except with great caution
•Take a photograph of a child without permission
•Let a child take a photograph of me
•Speak to a child on a mobile phone without parental permission
•Be alone with a child in a room (without a window)
•Let a child leave the classroom/school without the teachers permission/knowledge
I Should Know That:
• I must have Child Protection Training at least once every 3 years
• I must always follow the School procedures
• The school will support me if I do this
The Child Protection Officer is:
Rachael Hodgson, Head of Secondary
The Deputy Child Protection officer is:
Louise Emmett, Deputy Head of Primary
I Should Know That BSJ has the following policies :
Child Protection Policy: on website
Anti Bullying Policy: on website
Behaviour Management Policy: on website
Physical Restraint Policy
Whistleblowing Policy
Complaints Policy: on website
Safer Recruiting Policy
I Should Know That: We All Work Together
We are all EQUAL and we work as a TEAM
Bus drivers; chaperones; academic and administrative staff; sports coaches and all activity providers; catering staff; security staff; ground staff; governors; parents; contractors; maintenance staff - and all adults who work with our children and students.
•We ALL share responsibility for our children and students
•At BIS this means EVERYONE