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Safeguarding Matters Issue 2
EduCare’s key mission is to help deliver a safer environment for children, young people and adults at risk by sharing essential knowledge and encouraging best practice.
Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) – what are your duty of care and safeguarding responsibilities?
We have written a guide which contains further advice and guidance for people who are volunteering in a school environment.
Anxiety and fear - what is the difference?
Everyone experiences anxiety. In fact, a little anxiety can be good. But if anxious thoughts are impacting on your everyday life then anxiety has become a problem - an anxiety disorder.
Safer Internet day: 10 things you should teach children and young people
Safer Internet Day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community.
A deeper look into mental health
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2018 are sharing an infographic containing some need-to-know facts about mental health and wellbeing.
13 personal and practical recommendations on how to keep children safe online
These suggestions will help you to understand the risks of children being active online, restrict escalation to online danger and help prevent deliberate, or accidental, inappropriate behaviour.
Video: What is the Care Certificate?
'New staff, new to care' - If this is you or someone you work with, you're going to need to get to grips with the Care Certificate. Good thing we've got this handy guide!
What is the Blue Whale Challenge?
The Blue Whale Challenge is a social media challenge that encourages children, teenagers & other users to perform specific tasks, over the course of 50 days, that are assigned to them by an anonymous “group administrator.” The tasks escalate throughout the 50 days and on the last day of the challenge the only way to “win” is to die by suicide.
Sexting and the law
This resource will examine the current legal issues surrounding the distribution of ‘sexy selfies’ and the best methods to prevent criminalisation of children and young adults.
Video: What are Ofsted looking for in a safeguarding policy?
In the latest video in our EduCare Voices series on YouTube, the CEO of an Academy Trust, a Headteacher, and a Safeguarding Training Consultant are among the experts discussing how to create effective and meaningful safeguarding policies.