Child Safeguarding
Little Trees Children’s Nursery is committed to ensuring that all children get the best start in life and are safe from harm.
protecting children
We create an ethos where wellbeing and safeguarding is prioritised by making adaptions to universal and targeted supports by working with multi-agency partners in keeping with the GIRFEC Operational Guidance. In addition, we have well known processes to take action if a risk of significant harm is suspected.
There are several ways Little Trees Nursery proactively supports children’s wellbeing and discharges safeguarding and child protection responsibilities including:
- Empowering children to understand and claim their rights including the right to have a say in decisions which directly or indirectly impact on them.
- Establishing a positive ethos which is inclusive and builds on strengths and resilience as well as addressing risk and vulnerabilities.
- Being alert to wellbeing, safeguarding and child protection concerns.
- Taking decisive action according to established procedures to address wellbeing, safeguarding and child protection concerns.
- Being alert to and proactive in addressing signs of compromised wellbeing in the adults who care for children.
- Working in partnership with Community Planning Partners by seeking a shared understanding.
Child Protection is the collective responsibility of all services, professional bodies and agencies. Little Trees Children’s Nursery has an allocated Child Protection Lead and Child Protection Deputy who oversees and actively supports the implementation of it.
Little Trees Children’s Nursery recognises the important role we play is limiting the escalation of risk that would require statutory measures through the careful design of the curriculum, the strength of universal and targeted supports in school and our proactive approach to working with multi-agency partners.
Child Protection processes are reactive and are followed when there is a suspicion that harm has already occurred or may occur. When there are concerns that a child may have experienced or may experience significant harm, and these concerns relate to the possibility of abuse or neglect, then police or social work must be notified. Along with other relevant services they will form a view as to whether the harm is or is likely to be significant. Professionals must also consider what harm might come to a child from failing to share relevant information, within the terms of their respective duties.