Apply for this badge Change Mental Health: Child Protection
View all badgesTo earn this badge you will need to:
- Have a beginning knowledge of GIRFEC (Getting it Right for Every Child), an approach which focuses on ensuring positive child development. Read the Shanarri Indicators which underpin GIFEC and which identify areas necessary for the wellbeing of children and young people. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright/wellbeing
- Read the following 2 policies found in your Support in Mind Scotland Staff Handbook:
Child Protection Policy
Confidentiality policy.
- In your workplace:
Source your Local Authority Child Protection protocol and read the reporting procedures listed in the document
- Read the following case studies or telephone scenarios found on the staff area of the Support in Mind Scotland website and assess whether there is cause for concern. Discuss your findings with your line manager
‘Tom is moving on’
‘Lisa is coping’
http://www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk
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