Child Protection 
Getting it Right for every child (GIRFEC) states that every adult in Scotland has
a role in ensuring all children live safely and can reach their potential. All
educational establishments and services must take positive steps to help children
protect themselves by ensuring that programmes of health and personal safety are
central to the curriculum. As with other areas of the curriculum, the nursery will keep
you informed of activities within our health and personal safety programme that your
child will be involved in.
Educational establishments and services must create and maintain a positive ethos and climate which actively promotes child welfare and a safe environment by:-
- Ensuring that children are respected and listened to.
- Ensuring that programmes of health and personal safety are central to the curriculum.
- Ensuring that staff are aware of child protection and safety issues and procedures.
- Establishing and maintaining close working relationships with all other agencies to make sure that professionals collaborate effectively in protecting children.
Should any member of staff have concerns regarding the welfare or safety of any child they must report these concerns. If after judging that there may be grounds for concern regarding the welfare or safety of any child, they must advise Social Care Direct of the circumstances.
If you have any concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of a child you must share this with the Child Protection Co-ordinators, Geraldine Dolan, Head of Centre, if she is not in the building then concerns should be shared with Fiona Bark, Depute Head of Centre, Laura Slevin, Team Leader or Ali Youd, Acting Team Leader.
When a young child is at risk of harm, abuse or neglect confidentiality is not an option. No single individual can protect children by acting alone. It is the sharing of information, collective thinking and collaborative action that enables decisions to be made in the best interests of children.