Nursery World - Childminders get advice on abuse

Registered childminders throughout Scotland are to benefit from guidance and training on child protection through a new project launched by the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA). The project will provide training for SCMA members on child protection, including how to identify signs of abuse and ways that childminders can safeguard themselves against allegations of abuse.

The project will provide training for SCMA members on child protection, including how to identify signs of abuse and ways that childminders can safeguard themselves against allegations of abuse.

In addition, the SCMA has set up a working group to produce a Child Protection Good Practice Guide, due to be launched in September 2002, offering advice on what to do if a child's safety is suspected to be at risk. The working group will be advised by Children 1st, the Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Project manager Dorothy Bell has been appointed for a year to run the project, which has received funding from Lloyds TSB Foundation and the Northern Rock Foundation. Ms Bell said, 'We found that many childminders do not have a good understanding of child protection issues and we want to spread information so they can help protect the children in their care.

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