We are responsibility for ensuring childcare providers meet statutory requirements and keep children safe.
Our experienced team can offer advice and support about a wide range of safeguarding and welfare subjects, including the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework, safeguarding and child protection.
For further information or support please contact a member of the team on 01752 307400 or email [email protected].
If you're worried about a child or young person or think they're being abused, even if you're unsure, call 01752 668000 or email [email protected]. Outside of normal working hours call Plymouth Out of Hours Service: 01752 346984.
Early Years Welfare and Child Protection Review
The Early Years Welfare and Child Protection Review is a non statutory monitoring tool based on the EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements. This tool is to assist and support providers in assessing the extent to which their practice meets and embeds the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements within the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. Once completed it will support settings with their individual audit of policies and procedures and will establish whether their practice is meeting the EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements and other legal duties that are separate from those in the EYFS.
These tools have been designed to help providers to self-evaluate their child protection and welfare procedures and policies.
It is an opportunity to reflect on practice and identify action points that need to be included in the settings action plan. It is good practice, to ensure that all practitioners contribute to the review.
Questions should be answered honestly, as this will form the bases of the settings action plan.
Please note that the review can be revisited at any time and you can save progress along the way, before submitting the form.
Once completed, The Early Years Welfare and Child Protection Review can be downloaded for your records.
A support document is available. To request a copy of the latest welfare review guidance document and some additional support or advice contact a member of the team on 01752 307400 or email [email protected].
Policies
We have created some guidance on what to consider when writing a policy.
All policies should regularly be reviewed, you may want to consider additional relevant policies to your setting that are not included within the list.
Templates
We have created a range of templates for all early years providers to access.
Guidance
We have created a range of guidance’s for all early years providers to access.
If there are any templates or guidance that you would like but are not available on this page, contact us by emailing [email protected]
Safeguarding scenarios
These scenarios have been created to be used as a training tool for all practitioners in early year’s settings, including childminders. These scenarios can be used for individual training purposes or as a team discussion in staff meetings.
We aim to change the scenarios regularly to enable providers to use them as a continual training resource.
Behaviour scenarios
These scenarios have been created to be used as a training tool for all practitioners in early year’s settings, including childminders. These scenarios can be used for individual training purposes or as a team discussion in staff meetings.