Nursery World - Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

The Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance was revised in response to recommendations from Professor Eileen Munro’s report, A child-centred system, which states that the focus needs to be taken away from processes and placed back onto the needs of children.

It clarifies the core legal requirements on individuals and organisations to keep children safe.

It sets out, in one place, the legal requirements that health services, social workers, police, schools and organisations that work with children must follow and emphasises that safeguarding is the responsibility of all professionals who work with children.

Professor Eileen Munro, author of A child-centred system, said, ‘I welcome today's publication of the revised Working Together guidance. It marks an important step in reforming the confusing, prescriptive culture that has ruled professionals who work with children so they can focus more on how well they are helping children, young people and their families.

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