Babies and young children are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
It's important that everyone working or volunteering with expectant parents, young children and their families is confident about how they prevent, recognise and respond to child protection concerns.
Our resources, guidance and training are designed to help you support pregnant parents, children under 5 and their families.
Find out what safeguarding means in the early years and what you need to do to keep babies and young children safe.
Understand what signs may indicate abuse or neglect and learn what you must do to respond appropriately.
Support parents and carers and improve your practice with our leaflets, guidance and safeguarding resources for early years.
Find out the latest safeguarding requirements of the EYFS in this CASPAR briefing for early years providers in England.
Make sure you have the appropriate number of staff members and volunteers to supervise children and keep them safe.
Follow our steps to ensure the people who work or volunteer with your group or organisation are safe to work with children.
Our thematic briefings highlight the learning from case reviews that are conducted when a child dies or is seriously injured and abuse or neglect are suspect. Learn from our briefings for early years settings, infants, perinatal healthcare teams, and young parents.
Find out what we've learnt from developing, delivering and evaluating our work with parents, infants and children aged 0–5 years. Includes what helps and hinders families' engagement in programmes and the lessons we've learned from implementation.
A group intervention service to support parents who are at risk of or experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and depression during pregnancy.
This service helps social workers and judges decide whether a child on a care plan should live with their birth family or enter care.
GCP2A is an evidence-informed assessment tool to help professionals understand potential risks and support parents.
