The Child Protection Coordinator for Mosspark Primary School is Catriona McBride, Head Teacher. In her absence the role is carried out by Jamie McCusker, Acting Depute Head Teacher.
All educational establishments and services must take positive steps to help and protect children themselves by ensuring that programmes of health and personal safety are central to the curriculum and should have in place a curriculum that ensures that children have a clear understanding of the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour on the part of another person, no matter who. As with other areas of the curriculum, you will be kept informed of the health and personal safety programme for your child’s establishment.
Educational establishments and services must create and maintain an ethos and climate which actively promotes child welfare and a safe environment by:
• Ensuring that children are listened to and respected
• Ensuring that programmes of health and personal safety are central to the curriculum
• Ensuring that staff are aware of child protection issues and procedures
• Establishing and maintaining close working relationships and arrangements with all other agencies to make sure that professionals collaborate effectively in protecting children
Should any member of staff have concerns regarding the welfare or safety of any child they must report these concerns to the Head Teacher or the person deputising for her. She, after judging that there may be grounds for concern regarding the welfare or safety of any child must then immediately advise the duty Senior Social Worker at the local Social Work Services department.
The following poster is displayed around our school and nursery to ensure all staff and visitors are aware of our Child Protection procedures.
GIRFEC
GIRFEC stands for ‘Getting It Right For Every Child’. Part of The Children and Young People Act (Scotland) 2014, it is the Scottish Government-led approach to making sure that our children and young people – and their parents or carers – can get all the help and support they need from birth right through to age 18 (or beyond if still in school).
The vast majority of Scotland’s children and young people get the love and support they need from within their families and their wider, local communities. But even the most loving and caring families can sometimes need extra support. The GIRFEC approach aims to make it as easy as possible for any child or young person (and their parents) to get that help or support if they need it.
