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Child Development & Early Education vocabulary · Working with Families and Safeguarding

Child protection

Meaning in child development & early education, with examples

nounCore term

In child development & early education, child protection means: The procedures and actions taken to protect a particular child who is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm from abuse or neglect.

In Turkish: çocuk koruma, çocuğun korunması

How it is used

Part of safeguarding, but narrower. Professionals talk about child protection procedures, concerns and plans. In the UK, local authority children's social care leads child protection enquiries.

Example sentences

  1. All staff must follow the child protection procedures without delay.

  2. The child is now on a child protection plan.

Common collocations

  • child protection procedures
  • child protection concern
  • child protection plan
  • child protection training
  • safeguardingEverything an organisation does to protect children from harm, abuse and neglect and to promote their health, safety and well-being.
  • designated safeguarding leadThe trained member of staff who leads on safeguarding in a school or setting, receives staff concerns and decides when to contact children's social care.
  • disclosureThe moment when a child tells an adult, directly or indirectly, that they have been harmed or are at risk of harm.
  • neglectA form of abuse in which a child's basic needs, such as food, clothing, hygiene, safety, health care or affection, are not met over a period of time.

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