activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images, watching sexual activities, encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways, or grooming a child in preparation for abuse (including via the internet). Sexual abuse is not solely perpetrated by adult males. Women can also commit acts of sexual abuse, as can other children. Neglect Neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to: provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment); protect a child form physical and emotional harm or danger; ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers); or ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child’s basic emotional needs. Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding in College Policies Document Status – Date of Policy Creation 1 October Named Bev Jackson Director 2013 Learner Services Responsibility Date of review completion 24 October Pam Kaminski Head 2014 of Learner Services Responsibility Inception of new Policy October 2013 Named Bev Jackson Deputy Principal Learner Responsibility Services Review in line with Telford March 2016 Named responsibility Pam Kaminski and Wrekin Safeguarding Head of Learner Services Child Board Date of Policy Adoption by Governing Body
activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images, watching sexual activities, encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways, or grooming a child in preparation for abuse (including via the internet). Sexual abuse is not solely perpetrated by adult males. Women can also commit acts of sexual abuse, as can other children. Neglect Neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to: provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment); protect a child form physical and emotional harm or danger; ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers); or ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child’s basic emotional needs. Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding in College Policies – Document Status Date of Policy Creation 1 October 2013 Named Responsibility Bev Jackson Director Learner Services Date of review completion 24 October 2014 Responsibility Pam Kaminski Head of Learner Services Inception of new Policy October 2013 Named Responsibility Bev Jackson Deputy Principal Learner Services Review in line with Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Child Board March 2016 Named responsibility Pam Kaminski Head of Learner Services Date of Policy Adoption by Governing Body
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