1.2 Basic principles: what is safeguarding?
Before you begin, it is useful to remind yourself what is meant by safeguarding.
Refresher quiz on safeguarding
a.
Specific health and safety actions that prevent accidents.
b.
A system to report allegations when someone may have been abused.
c.
Having a safeguarding
d.
A range of actions to minimise risk and respond to concerns when they happen.
e.
Checking the criminal records of staff and volunteers.
The correct answer is d.
d.
That’s right! This definition covers all the preventative and responsive safeguarding measures your organisation needs.
a.
Identify a risk, talk to management, change the policy.
b.
Identify a risk, assess how serious it is, respond to minimise it.
c.
Identify a risk, talk to athletes, change the activity.
The correct answer is b.
a.
The size of their family.
b.
Their understanding of national laws.
c.
Their type of school education.
d.
Personal beliefs, values, and life experiences.
The correct answer is d.
a.
True
b.
False
The correct answer is a.
a.
Any crime has been proven.
b.
You fill in a form to report a concern to someone.
c.
You are worried a child or adult may be experiencing abuse.
The correct answer is c.
Comment
In the Safeguarding Essentials course, you learned that safeguarding means preventing abuse, harassment, and exploitation by identifying and minimising risks. It also involves responding appropriately when there are concerns that people have suffered or are at risk of suffering harm. Safeguarding includes some elements of health and safety, but they are not the same thing.
Examples of prevention and response are shown below. Select each tile to learn more.
Now that you have reminded yourself of the basic safeguarding principles, you can begin to explore these in more detail.
1.1 Introduction
