The practice guidance documents that are available to help early years and child care setting are below:
If you are concerned about a child or young person, follow this link: Reporting a safeguarding concern to Children’s Social Care
Useful Guidance:
Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted, 2014
SSCB Thresholds of Need Guidance & Family Common Assessment
Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services - Updated
What to do if you're worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners, DfE 2015
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 - Updated
Statutory Framework for the early years foundation stage, DfE 2017
Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings, Ofsted 2018
Fundamental British Values in the Early Years, Foundation Years
Revised Prevent Duty Guidance: For England and Wales
Everyone’s Business, Safeguarding for Trustees, DfE & Children England, 2013
Guidance for safer working practice for those working with children and young people in education settings, Safer Recruitment Consortium
Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010: What Early Years providers need to know and do, Council for Disabled Children 2015
Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures