ensure that all workers understand their legal and moral obligations to protect children and young people from harm, abuse and exploitation;
develop best practice in relation to the recruitment of all workers;
ensure that all workers understand their responsibility to work to the standards and procedures detailed in the organisation’s Code of Conduct, Code of Good Practice and the Child Protection Procedures;
ensure that all workers understand their obligations to report care or protection concerns about a child/young person, or a worker’s conduct towards a child/young person, to the organisation’s designated person for child protection;
ensure that all procedures relating to the conduct of workers are implemented in a consistent and equitable manner;
ensure that the designated person understands his/her responsibility to refer any child protection concerns to the statutory child protection agencies (i.e. Police and/or Social Work);
provide opportunities for all workers to develop their skills and knowledge particularly in relation to the care and protection of children and young people;
ensure that children and young people are enabled to express their ideas and views on a wide range of issues and will have access to the organisation’s Complaints Procedure;
ensure that parents/carers are encouraged to be involved in the work of the organisation and, when requested, have access to all guidelines and procedures;
endeavour to keep up-to-date with national developments relating to the care and protection of children and young people.