Out of necessity a child raising the importance of keeping themselves any advice about keeping aged 1-12 is left with a a child keeping safe from others and safe, and may put adult young person under 14 themselves safe from provides no advice dangers in the way of the who is familiar and has others and provides and support. child. no significant problem for some advice and no longer than support. Carer is indifferent to the Carer hostile to advice or necessary as an isolated importance of safe care professional challenge incident. Carer aware of the of the child and leaves about giving safe care importance of safe care, the child with unsuitable and impact of children but sometimes is or potentially harmful being left with unsuitable inconsistent because of adults and does not and/or unsuitable or own personal recognise the potential dangerous adults circumstances. risks to the child. . SAFETY & SUPERVISION: Responding to adolescents 1) Child focused 2) Adult focused 3) Needs are 4) needs are Child’s Child’s care giving. care giving. secondary to adults. not considered. The needs The carer is aware of The carer does not The needs adolescent’s adolescent’s are fully considered with the needs consistently respond to are not considered and adolescent’s appropriate adult care. but is inconsistent in the needs there is not enough adolescent’s responding to them. and recognises risky appropriate adult care. Where risky behaviour behaviour but does not occurs it is identified and The carer is aware that always respond The carer does not responded to the adolescent needs appropriately. recognise that the appropriately by the appropriate care but is adolescent is still in need carer. inconsistent in providing of guidance with
Out of necessity a child aged 1-12 is left with a young person under 14 who is familiar and has no significant problem for no longer than necessary as an isolated incident. raising the importance of a child keeping themselves safe from others and provides some advice and support. Carer aware of the importance of safe care, but sometimes is inconsistent because of own personal circumstances. keeping themselves safe from others and provides no advice and support. Carer is indifferent to the importance of safe care of the child and leaves the child with unsuitable or potentially harmful adults and does not recognise the potential risks to the child. any advice about keeping safe, and may put adult dangers in the way of the child. Carer hostile to advice or professional challenge about giving safe care and impact of children being left with unsuitable and/or unsuitable or dangerous adults . SAFETY & SUPERVISION: Responding to adolescents 1) Child focused care giving. 2) Adult focused care giving. 3) Child’s Needs are secondary to adults. 4) Child’s needs are not considered. The adolescent’s needs are fully considered with appropriate adult care. Where risky behaviour occurs it is identified and responded to appropriately by the carer. The carer is aware of the adolescent’s needs but is inconsistent in responding to them. The carer is aware that the adolescent needs appropriate care but is inconsistent in providing The carer does not consistently respond to the adolescent’s needs and recognises risky behaviour but does not always respond appropriately. The adolescent’s needs are not considered and there is not enough appropriate adult care. The carer does not recognise that the adolescent is still in need of guidance with