Children Act 1989		Every adult that works with children must be suitable person to work with children and have a DBS
Children Act 2004 - Every Child Matters		This policy describes 4 strands of key values which all British Citizens need to follow and practitioners need to promote.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1998		An international agreement specifically aimed at children and young people. Articles 3 and 19 give children the right to be safe from harm and abuse.
Working together to Safeguard Children 2018		This Act outlines how organisations can prevent children and young people from being radicalised and being drawn into terrorism. The Prevent duty is the duty in the act which specifies authorities, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. Note: Radicalisation can affect the children’s families
General Data Protection Regulations 2018		Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’ is the government’s statutory guidance for all organisations and agencies who work with, or carry out work related to, children in the United Kingdom. It sets out the legal requirements of what all professionals can do to keep them safe.
What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused (2015)		Section 3 of the Welfare requirements Look at Section 3- Safeguarding and Welfare requirements Child protection 3.4. Providers must be alert to any issues of concern in the child’s life at home or elsewhere. Providers must have and implement a policy, and procedures, to safeguard children. These should be in line with the guidance and procedures of the relevant Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB). The safeguarding policy and procedures must include an explanation of the action to be taken when there are safeguarding concerns about a child and in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff, and cover the use of mobile phones and cameras in the setting.
Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015- Prevent Duty		All agencies that work with children have a legal responsibility to work together to keep them safe
British Values Policy 2015		This relates to confidentiality-the collection, storage and sharing of information. Settings hold personal and sensitive information which need to be protected –kept securely and only shared with people who need to know and with parental consent HOWEVER, you may share information without consent if, in your judgement, safety and well-being of the child may be at risk. Ensure that the information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you are sharing it, is shared only with those individuals who need to have it, is accurate and up to-date, is shared in a timely fashion, and is shared securely
Protection of Children Act 1999		Local authority guidance on what to do if a child makes a disclosure of abuse or you are worried a child is being abused.
Early Years Foundation Stage Framework 2017		The Welfare of the child is paramount - this act made it an offence to hit a child if it causes a lasting mark on the skin or causes mental harm
Education Act 2002 Section 175		All schools and colleges have a duty to promote safeguarding under section 175 of this Act.