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have concerns regarding abuse. In order to do this, we will ensure that our staff and
volunteers receive the relevant training to raise awareness and have access to specialist
staff in the event they have concerns regarding abuse of a child.

Safer Recruitment and Selection It is a requirement for all agencies to ensure that all staff
recruited to work with children and young people are properly selected and checked. At
Felicity’s Fledglings we will ensure that we have a member on every recruitment panel who
has received the appropriate recruitment and selection training. That all of our staff are
appropriately qualified and have the relevant employment history and checks to ensure
they are safe to work with children in compliance with the Key Safeguarding Employment
Standards.

Honour Based Violence Honour based violence’ is a crime or incident, which has or may
have been committed to protect or defend the honour of the family and/or community’. It
is important to be alert to signs of distress and indications such as self-harm, absence from
setting, infections resulting from female genital mutilation, isolation from peers, being
monitored by family, not participating in setting activities, unreasonable restrictions at
home. Where it is suspected that a child/young person is at risk from Honour based violence
Felicity’s Fledglings will report those concerns to the appropriate agency in order to prevent
this form of abuse taking place.

Trafficked Children Child trafficking involves moving children across or within national or
international borders for the purposes of exploitation. Exploitation includes children being
used for sex work, domestic work, restaurant/ sweatshop, drug dealing, shoplifting and
benefit fraud. Where Felicity’s Fledglings is made aware of a child is suspected of or actually
being trafficked/exploited we will report our concerns to the appropriate agency.

Domestic Abuse The Government defines domestic abuse as “Any incident of threatening
behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional)
between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of
gender or sexuality”.

Staff need to understand what is required of them if children are members of the household
where domestic abuse is known or suspected to be taking place. Our policy includes action
to be taken regarding referrals to the Police and Children and Young People’s Services and
any action to be taken where a member of staff is the alleged perpetrator or victim of
domestic abuse. At Felicity’s Fledglings we will follow our safeguarding policy and report any
suspected concerns regarding Domestic Abuse to the relevant agency.

Private Fostering Private fostering is an arrangement made between the parent and the
private foster carer, who then becomes responsible for caring for the child in such a way as
to safeguard and promote his/her welfare.

A privately fostered child means a child under the age of 16 (18 if a disabled child) who is
cared for and provided with accommodation by someone other than:

 A parent.
 A person who is not a parent but has parental responsibility.