St John’s Renfield Church Playgroup Child Protection Policy Policy Statement We intend to create an environment within our playgroup in which all our children are safe from physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Playgroup will follow the child protection guidelines set down by Glasgow City Council Management Circular No 57 and Scottish Pre-school Play Association. All playleaders and committee members will have a working knowledge of the policy, be aware of their responsibilities and what actions to take should an issue of child protection arise or be suspected. The contents of this policy will be given to every parent who uses the service and they will be asked to sign that they have received it In order to achieve our statement aims we will:
1) Carry out the following procedures for recruitment and training of staff:
a) Ensure that all applicants for work within playgroup will be interviewed b) c)
d) e)
before an appointment is made and will be asked to provide at least two written references which should be both personal and work related. Ensure that staff will be vetted by Disclosure Scotland and will not be able to work until their disclosure certificate has been received from Disclosure Scotland. Seek out training opportunities for all staff members to ensure that they recognize the symptoms of possible physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse and sexual abuse and are aware of child protection procedures. A record will be kept of all training courses attended. Provide each member of staff with a copy of SSSC code of practice which they will be expected to follow. Include Child protection policies as part of a new member of staff’s induction procedure.
2) Ensure that abuse is prevented by means of good practice: