CHILD PROTECTION GUIDELINES CHECKLIST.

Designated Liaison Person: Marie Dineen

Deputy Designated Liaison Person: Helen McEvoy.

If a child discloses information to you:

• Listen.
• Do not ask leading questions.
• Offer reassurance but do not promise to not to tell.
• Explain that other adults may need to be told (D.L.P.)
• Do not stop the child speaking.
• Do not over react or comment.
• Inform D.L.P. if you have reasonable suspicion or reasonable grounds for concern that a child is at risk or has suffered abuse the D.L.P. should contact Túlsa and report it.
• At the earliest opportunity, record accurately what the child has said – using the child’s own words. Record date/time and context of the disclosure. Use child’s registration number – not child’s name.
• Facts only.
• Sketch signs of physical injury if appropriate.
• Retain records for a period of 21 years in keeping with the School’s Record Keeping Policy.

The following should also be reported to the D.L.P:

• An account from a person who saw a child has been abused,
• Injury consistent with abuse.
• Dysfunctional behaviour.
• Implausible explanations for injury or behaviour.
• Consistent evidence over a period of time that a child is being emotionally or physically neglected.