Child Protection

 

Children are our most valuable assets.  They are also the most vulnerable members of society.  Protecting and safeguarding children from becoming the victims of abuse is everyone’s responsibility.

 

Child abuse can happen to a child at any age, from birth to when they have left school. It can happen in well-off families and in poor families; it can happen to children from any ethnic background, to children with or without disabilities.

 

You will find valuable information on this site to help you recognise different types of child abuse and how to get help if you think a child you know is being harmed.

 

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It is the process of protecting individual children identified as either suffering, or at risk of suffering, significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect (Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Government, p.27, 2006).

 

 

Safeguarding is a term which is broader than ‘child protection’ as it also includes prevention. A broader definition can be found in Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Government, p.27, 2006.

 

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Sheffield Safeguarding Children Service

Floor 2 Redvers House

Union Street

Sheffield

S1 2JQ

 

Tel:  0114 273 4934

Fax:  0114 273 4628 

 

E-mail: child.protection@sheffield.gov.uk

 

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