It is our collective responsibilities to ensure that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children are maintained in a safe environment. This can only be achieved if the policies and procedures of safeguarding children are ‘child-centered’ at all times. Only through policies and procedures for safeguarding guided by legislation, children’s safety and wellbeing can be achieved. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, whereby in 1991 it was officially ratified by the United Kingdom included many important provisions protecting children’s rights from abuse, freedom to express their views and every child is to be listened to and every disabled child has the right to care for and services provided and the rights
