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Whilst there are many different roles when it comes to child welfare, the foundations of safeguarding are everyone’s responsibility to ensure children are kept safe and healthy throughout their childhood.

Staff supervisions are prime opportunities to discuss any matters of relevance with individual members of your team. This can relate to personal matters, such as any holiday plans or changes to circumstances that might impact their availability or suitability to work.

Information sharing is key to provide efficient and maintained safeguarding for all children, so that no child’s needs go unheard.

Staff supervisions are statutory for any staff member working directly with children and their families, let's look at their importance and impact.

Technology is becoming a bigger part of everyday life in early years settings, from staff information and records to digital communication using parental apps. As technology changes we need to ensure our practice keeps up too. Digital safety is about protecting everyone who accesses or shares digital information, while safe use of technology is about how we use it in practice. 

On average, early years settings have over 100 policies in place that set out the setting’s practice. Polices are underpinned by legislation and should reflect a setting’s daily practice. Read our top tips on how you can ensure all staff know and understand your policies. 

Creating a positive culture in the workplace around safeguarding can support staff with their confidence to confront safeguarding issues if and when they arise.