Child

Anyone under 18 years of age

Abuse & Neglect

Forms of maltreatment of a child

Children’s Social Care

The work of Local Authorities exercising their social services functions in relation to children

Safeguarding & Promoting the Welfare of Children

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare may be described as two sides of the same coin.  Safeguarding has two elements:

• Protecting children from harm: and
• Preventing impairment of children’s health or development

Whereas promoting welfare is a proactive responsibility, i.e.:

• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
• Creating opportunities to enable children to have optimum life chances such that they can enter adulthood successfully.

Well-being

Children achieving the five outcomes set by the Government.

• Stay safe
• Be healthy
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being