Latest government guidance defines safeguarding as:
Protecting children from maltreatment.
Preventing impairment of children’s health or development.
Ensuring the 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.
(Definition taken from the HM Government document ‘Working together to safeguard children’)
Latest government guidance defines safeguarding as:
Protecting children from maltreatment.
Preventing impairment of children’s health or development.
Ensuring the 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.
(Definition taken from the HM Government document ‘Working together to safeguard children’)