concerned grandparent - advice welcome

gorgeouscrystal

HurdyGurdy wrote: »

I have thought on this a bit more, and actually, you should be reporting the school to children's services as well. And when you speak to school if and when your grandchildren tell you about any abuse, emotional or physical, you should point school towards Working Together.



These are "snipped bits" from Working Together To Safeguard Children:

Working together 2013 reaffirms that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and for services to be effective each professional and organisation should play their full part, but adds that for services to be effective they must adopt a child centred approach and be based on a clear understanding of the needs and views of children. Every area should use these principles to underpin their safeguarding plans.

In addition, the guidance asserts that for safeguarding procedures to be effective they must reflect the following:

* The child’s needs are paramount, and the needs and wishes of each child, should be put first, so that every child receives the support they need before a problem escalates;

* All professionals who come into contact with children and families are alert to their needs and any risks of harm that individual abusers, or potential abusers, may pose to children;

* All professionals share appropriate information in a timely way and can discuss any concerns about an individual child with colleagues and local authority children’s social care;

* All professionals contribute to whatever actions are needed to safeguard and promote a child’s welfare and take part in regularly reviewing the outcomes for the child against specific plans and outcomes;


Sorry to bang on about this, but it is SO important that social services are made aware of ANY concerns that anyone has for ANY child. When a tragedy happens and a child has died as a result of abuse, it's always social services that are blamed for not doing anything. But if no one reports concerns for a child, then social services can't act.

Thank you that is very helpful and much appreciated especially as I don't have a lot of confidence in the school's priority of care at present. It is useful to have the information that I can refer to.