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Confidentiality Statement – Child Protection

The Club Supervisors have a substantial amount of contact time with the children in their care. They are therefore, in a good position to notice any signs of child abuse.

The four main types of abuse being

• Physical
• Emotional
• Neglect
• Sexual

It is important to be aware of any signs of a change in the child’s behaviour, these changes being recorded. Regular observation is key to determining behavioural change and incidents of concern such as:

• Recurring themes in the child’s play or language
• Incidents that provoke a behaviour change
• How the child interacts with other children and adults
• How the child acts towards their parents
• Mood changes, and the time of change (e.g. home time)
• Reactions to different routines such as physical education or swimming
• Bruising, markings, breakages
  

The Club operates a confidential incident book that will hold all information of this nature. The incident report will be shown to the respective parent/carer who will be asked to sign the report. The incident report will include the following:

• Name and age of child
• Parent/Carer’s name
• Date and time of record
• A brief description of the observation
• Description of any physical change
• Description of any behavioural change
• Input from the respective parent/carer
  

Observations would continue and if no changes were apparent then the Local Safe Guarding Childrens Board would be informed.

In the event that the staff suspected that a child was at risk to physical or sexual abuse then the Child Protection Officer would be informed as opposed to the child’s parent/carer.