Safeguarding and Integrated Working in the Early Years

The aims for this module are to enable students to develop their knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding agenda and underpinning legislation; to learn how to apply this in practice and respond appropriately to children, parents and colleagues; to develop students’ awareness of healthy choices for babies and young children; to support their understanding of different behaviours and to appreciate the issues involved in being safe and protected. Students will be introduced to current debates around children’s rights, within the current and relevant political frameworks. the complex inter-relationships between protection and rights will also be explored.