Keeping Children Safe in Education - SEPTEMBER 2024
Definition of Safeguarding The definition of safeguarding has been revised to align with the updated definition in the December 2023 version of Working Together to Safeguard Children . However, while this revision echoes the Working Together definition, it doesn't adopt it verbatim. The definition for SAFEGUARDING, paragraph 3 in KCSIE, is as follows: "Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as: · providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge · protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online · preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development · ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care · taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes" About this