{"id":302,"date":"2022-05-02T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2024-08-30T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:16:15","slug":"child-protection-and-safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/our-school\/child-protection-and-safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Protection and Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is Child Protection?<\/h3>\n<p>All children and young people have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment where their rights and needs are respected.<\/p>\n<p>Article 19 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org.uk\/what-we-do\/un-convention-child-rights\/\">United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a> states:<br \/>\n<strong><em>\u2018Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and emotional measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Fife, we support the ethos that\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cchild protection is everyone\u2019s job and everyone\u2019s responsibility\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>All professionals have a responsibility to respond appropriately and immediately if they believe a child is at risk from harm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/girfec.fife.scot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-316\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02142049\/GIRFEC_Logo-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02142049\/GIRFEC_Logo-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02142049\/GIRFEC_Logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a school we have clear, appropriate and up-to-date policies and procedures in place to ensure the safeguarding of our children including child protection.<\/p>\n<p>All of our staff take part in regular professional learning and are confident in responding to any child protection or safeguarding issue, including e-safeguarding, child sexual exploitation and extremism.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\">Access our Child Protection, safeguarding and wellbeing policy below.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Child Protection, Safeguarding and Wellbeing Policy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171934\/LWPSCP-Safeguarding-and-Wellbeing-Policy-1.docx\">LWPSCP Safeguarding and Wellbeing Policy (1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Child Protection Coordinator is Mr Anderson &#8211; HT<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1046\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171034\/20240823_143507-1-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171034\/20240823_143507-1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171034\/20240823_143507-1-848x1024.jpg 848w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171034\/20240823_143507-1-768x928.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171034\/20240823_143507-1.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our Depute Child Protection Coordinator is Miss Tate PT<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1058\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171850\/Michelle-Pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171850\/Michelle-Pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171850\/Michelle-Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2024\/08\/29171850\/Michelle-Pic.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-311\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lochellywestps\/uploads\/sites\/12853\/2022\/05\/02140459\/fife-child-protection.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/health-and-social-care2\/help-for-young-people\/child-protection\/worried-about-a-child\">HERE<\/a> if you are worried about a child or young person<\/p>\n<p>Find Useful Links<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/health-and-social-care2\/help-for-young-people\/child-protection\/useful-links\"> HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Child Protection? All children and young people have the right to be cared for and protected from harm and to grow up in a safe environment where their rights and needs are respected. Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states: \u2018Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/our-school\/child-protection-and-safeguarding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Child Protection and Safeguarding<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1082,"parent":176,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-302","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/1060"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}