{"id":22,"date":"2021-05-06T10:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T09:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2024-01-25T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:29:15","slug":"care-and-welfare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/our-school\/care-and-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Care and Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">Our school, like all schools in Fife, is concerned with allaspects of a child&#8217;s health and wellbeing. We aim to provide a safe and supportive environment and work together with other agencies to ensure that all children are safe andprotected from harm. The school follows the Education and Children&#8217;s Services Child Protection Guidelines in all<\/p>\n<p>aspects of Child Protection and Care and Welfare. Our school has a child protection co-ordinator who will deal with all child protection issues and with whom any concerns can be discussed.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"entry-title\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Getting it Right for Every Child<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2018The Executive\u2019s vision for Scotland\u2019s children is a Scotland in which every child matters, where every child regardless of his or her family background, has the best possible start in life. Every adult in Scotland has a role in ensuring all our children live safely and can reach their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>Parents, whether living with the child or not, have the most important role to play and other family members will<\/p>\n<p>contribute greatly to a child\u2019s wellbeing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Scottish Executive<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Roles within St Serf&#8217;s RCPS<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Child Protection Co-ordinator \u2013Donna Mulholland (HT)<\/li>\n<li>Depute Child Protection Co-ordinator \u2013 Tracy Mutch (PT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>You may have a concern because of:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>a specific incident, something you see or hear or hear about<\/li>\n<li>a disclosure made by a child or young person or parent\/carer<\/li>\n<li>information from a third party<\/li>\n<li>adult behaviour\/circumstances that may place the child or young person at risk of harm<\/li>\n<li>child\/young person behaviour\/circumstances that may place the child or young person at risk of harm<\/li>\n<li>a culmination of minor concerns over a period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>If you have any concerns relating to child protection you should do one of the following:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Make contact with the school and in the first instance ask to speak to the Child Protection Co-ordinator. If they are not available you should ask to speak to the Depute Child Protection Coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Contact the Social Work Contact Centre on 03451 551503<\/li>\n<li>Call 999 if you feel that the child is in immediate risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Signs of abuse include:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical injury<\/li>\n<li>Physical neglect<\/li>\n<li>Sexual abuse<\/li>\n<li>Emotional abuse<\/li>\n<li>Non organic failure to thrive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Legal Issues<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Child abuse is a criminal offence which can involveprosecution in the Criminal Courts<\/li>\n<li>Child abuse is the concern of the Child Protection system<\/li>\n<li>In the absence of criminal prosecution or conviction, the Children\u2019s Hearing system can act to protect a child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>More information on Child Protection:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/what-is-child-abuse\/\">http:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/what-is-child-abuse\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceop.police.uk\/safety-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ceop.police.uk\/safety-centre\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Further Support: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/girfec\/\">GIRFEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifegingerbread.org.uk\/\">Fife Gingerbread (Support for Lone Parents<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"https:\/\/fifewomensaid.org.uk\/\">Fife Women\u2019s Aid <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishautism.org\/services-support\/family-support\/fife-one-stop-shop\">One Stop Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #e61040\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sajescotland.org\/help-for-men\/\">Support for Men Suffering from Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our school, like all schools in Fife, is concerned with allaspects of a child&#8217;s health and wellbeing. We aim to provide a safe and supportive environment and work together with other agencies to ensure that all children are safe andprotected from harm. The school follows the Education and Children&#8217;s Services Child Protection Guidelines in all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/our-school\/care-and-welfare\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Care and Welfare<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21784,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/183"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stserfsrcps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}