I work with children/young people

The following pages contain information for professionals and volunteers who may come into contact with children, their families and adults at risk during the course of their work. Each page will provide more information on the headline topic.

Whilst the topics covered are the most common you may encounter, there will be others that are covered within different parts of this website such as Protocols, Procedures and Consultation Documents or the Resource Hub.

You may also find it helpful to look in the Children and Young People section or the Parents and Carers section to see what specific information is tailored for the people you are working with.

What is abuse?

Click here to find out about the main forms of abuse: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect along with other types of abuse that may involve one or more of the main forms of abuse

The Wales Safeguarding Procedures for children and adults at risk of abuse and neglect

Click here for the National Wales Safeguarding Procedures. They detail the essential roles and responsibilities for practitioners to ensure that they safeguard children and adults who are at risk of abuse and neglect

Keeping children safe online

Information on guidance, resources, and training available for a range of online safety and cyber resilience issues, to support children, families and schools stay safe and secure online.

Making safeguarding referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

If you dismiss or remove a person from regulated activity (or may have done so had they not left) because they have harmed or posed a risk of harm to a child or vulnerable adult, then you have a LEGAL duty to refer the person to the DBS

Safeguarding children in schools and education settings

All schools, including independent schools and Further Education (FE) institutions have statutory duties to operate in a way that takes into account the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children