Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership

Model Policies, Templates & Tools

These documents can be adopted and used by settings

Adult Roles in Early Years Settings:

• Role of Adults in Safeguarding and Child Protection in Early Years 
• The Role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead in Early Years Settings 
• The Key Person Role in Early Years Settings 

Adult Conduct in Early Years Settings:

• Adult Behaviour Do's and Do not's 
• Professional Boundaries and Confidentiality in Early Years
• Use of Personal Devices in Sheffield Early Years Settings

Audit and Assessment tools:

• Annual Early Years Online Safety Self-audit (editable)

Child Protection Conferences and Plans:

• Child Protection conferences resources, including multi-agency conference report template
• Record-keeping and Transfer Toolkit for a Child with a Child Protection Plan

Early Help Services, including Family Intervention Service:

• Family Intervention Service

Data Protection:

• Early Years Data Protection Toolkit (editable)

Information for Families:

• Information for Parents re: Child Protection

Model Safeguarding Policies:

Group 1: Safeguarding Overview of the Setting

• Model Safeguarding Policy Overview: How our Setting Safeguards Children
• Safeguarding Policy Coversheet for Early Years
• Who to Contact with Safeguarding Concerns in your Setting (editable)
• Who to contact about Safeguarding Concerns Outside the Setting

Group 2: Safeguarding Concerns

• Recognising and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect in Early Years
• Safeguarding Concerns Flowchart for Early Years

Group 3: Specific Issues:

• Accident, Injury and First Aid Policy Starter Document
• Adult Safeguarding for Early Years
• Managing Children's Behaviour Cover Sheet (editable)
• SEND in the Early Years

Online Safeguarding:

• Early Years Online Safeguarding Toolkit (2017)

Professional Challenge:

• Developing a Whistleblowing Policy for Early Years Settings
• Effective Professional Challenge and Escalation

Risk assessment:

• Staff-child Ratios: All Early Years Providers

Safeguarding Induction:

• Safeguarding Induction in Early Years

Safeguarding Recording Sheets:

• Model Admission Form
• Safeguarding Recording Sheets (Chronology Log and Body Maps)

Safeguarding Supervision:

• Safeguarding Supervision in Early Years
• EY Safeguarding Supervision Useful Forms

Suitable People:

• Annual Appraisal Checklist
• Minimising the Risk of Abuse in Early Years Settings Poster
• Suitable People - Recruitment and Selection Checks Checklist