What to do during the disclosure
- Give the child or young person your full attention.
- Maintain a calm appearance.
- Don't be afraid of saying the "wrong" thing.
- Reassure the child or young person it is right to tell.
Specific safeguarding issues, including information on:
- Child criminal exploitation (CCE)
- Child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- County lines.
- Domestic abuse.
- Preventing radicalisation.
- Upskirting.
- Honour-based abuse.
If the person is in immediate danger take action at once, such as calling emergency services or medical assistance. Make safeguarding personal. Share your concerns with the adult, unless it is not safe or possible to do this. Listen to their views and ask them what they would like to see happen next.
It is 'the act of making new or secret information known' . To call allegations or comments by a child 'disclosure' means you start the investigation from a perspective of 'belief' – exactly the position decried in the Henriques report.
Do not make promises you cannot keep. Do not contact the alleged abuser. Do not be judgemental. Do not pass on the information to anyone other than those with a legitimate 'need to know', such as your line manager or other appropriate person.
An omission is a failure to act, which generally attracts different legal consequences from positive conduct. In the criminal law, an omission will constitute an actus reus and give rise to liability only when the law imposes a duty to act and the defendant is in breach of that duty.
When safeguarding a vulnerable adult you:
- Ensure they can live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.
- Empower them by encouraging them to make their own decisions and provide informed consent.
- Prevent the risk of abuse or neglect, and stop it from occurring.
A Safeguarding Alert can however be made by any person. It might be made by the person who is at risk, a friend or family member, a member of the public, a paid carer, a volunteer or anyone else. Making a Safeguarding Alert just means reporting the concerns to be addressed within the safeguarding procedures.
Don't make promises that you can't be sure to keep, e.g. "everything will be all right now". Reassure the child that they did nothing wrong and that you take what is said seriously. Don't promise confidentiality – never agree to keep secrets. You have a duty to report your concerns.
Make sure the setting is confidential and comfortable. Avoid communicating with shock, horror, or fear about anything said, even though what you are hearing is likely shocking and horrifying. Your child may interpret your reaction as you being shocked and horrified by him or her and shut down.
As many as 1 in 3 children sexually abused by an adult never tells anyone, so it's absolutely crucial that, if you even occasionally work with children, you're aware of the 4 R's of child protection – Recognise, Respond, Report, and Record.
Once children reach the age of 16, they can agree to examination or treatment just like adults. People providing health care do not then have to ask you for consent as well.
A Section 47 enquiry means that CSC must carry out an investigation when they have 'reasonable cause to suspect that a child who lives, or is found, in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm'1. The aim is to decide whether any action should be taken to safeguard the child.
Stay calm / do not show shock. Listen carefully, gently and patiently rather than asking questions. If you do ask for more information use TED: 'tell me…' 'explain to me…' 'describe' this should mean you do not ask leading questions. Encourage them to talk and listen to them.
What are the six principles of safeguarding?
- Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
- Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
- Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
- Protection.
- Partnership.
- Accountability.
Disclosure is the process of making facts or information known to the public. Proper disclosure by corporations is the act of making its customers, investors, and any people involved in doing business with the company aware of pertinent information.
1. Making a Referral - Overview. 1.1 Professionals, employees, managers, helpers, carers and volunteers in all agencies must make a referral to Children's Social Care if it is believed or suspected that: A child is suffering or is likely to suffer Significant Harm, or.
Record your concerns, including any minor concerns, and the details of any action you have taken, information you have shared and decisions you have made relating to those concerns.
The purpose of disclosure is to make available evidence which either supports or undermines the respective parties' cases.
The full disclosure principle is crucial to ensuring that there is limited information asymmetry between the company's management and its current shareholders, debtors, or other third parties. To learn more on reading financial statements check out CFI's FREE Reading Financial Statements Course!
Some common synonyms of disclose are betray, divulge, reveal, and tell.
an adult discloses concerns about the behaviour of another adult, child or adult at risk, • you notice signs of potential abuse of a child or adult at risk. There may also be situations where you are informed of or observe behaviour which is inappropriate and may potentially lead to abuse.
The main purpose of the Disclosure Policy is to ensure that required information, other than confidential business information, is disclosed to the public, investors, employees, customers, creditors and other relevant parties in a timely, accurate, complete, understandable, convenient and affordable manner.
the process of revealing evidence held by one party to an action or a prosecution to the other party. In some systems, in some matters, it is compulsory; in others it may require the support of the court and in yet others there might be a right to refuse to disclose.
