The 6 Principles of Safeguarding – What Does It Mean?
When you hear the word “safeguarding”, what do you think about? Often, people immediately think about children, in settings like nurseries or schools. Safeguarding is a wider concept than just childcare though. In recent years the focus has been increasingly on vulnerable adults. The 6 Principles of Safeguarding underpin work in this area. They are discussed at length in the Care Act. If you’re working in this era you’ve probably heard of them already, but here’s a quick recap.
