These guides are aimed at anyone involved with the safety and care of children who has the opportunity to promote safety to parents and carers. They promote best practice and shared experience and highlight tried and tested interventions and common pitfalls.
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Preventing childhood accidents: guidance on effective action An essential tool for anyone involved in setting a child accident prevention strategy. This comprehensive guide is ideal for local strategic partnerships, children’s trusts, safeguarding boards and managers in health, early years, and childcare. Divided into four sections, the guide covers: how to manage injury prevention while promoting child development; the principles of effective working and the merits of different ways of working; useful sources of data to identify and support strategic goals; and problems in deciding which projects will work in matching resources to local priorities. In addition, it includes examples of effective local initiatives, and illustrates how successful partnerships between statutory and voluntary agencies and the community can be forged and nurtured. This guide is A4 in size, has 36 pages and is £9.00 per copy. Ref: GUI009 |
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Safety in day care and play settings An excellent reference for anyone with responsibility for caring for children, this guide gives advice and information to help run a safe play or care facility. This newly-revised version includes guidance on drawing up a safety plan, carrying out an audit of the play or care environment, a guide to safety equipment, home-specific tips for childminders, safety routines and procedures, special measures for outings and trips, accident reporting and what to do if a child is injured. This guide is A4 in size, has 18 pages and is £7.00 per copy. Ref: GUI006 |
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Accidents and child development PLEASE NOTE: THIS GUIDE IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS IN ENGLAND Ensure that the advice you offer parents is up-to-date, informed and accurate with this detailed guide to child safety from new-borns through to pre-teens. This guide is packed with facts and figures, information on common hazards and how to avoid them, and tips on effective ways of getting child safety messages across to parents of all abilities and backgrounds. Mapped against each of the developmental stages, the guide outlines the key characteristics of young children, giving context and background to the advice, enabling practitioners to further develop their child safety expertise. This guide is A4 in size, has 36 pages and is £9.00 per copy. Ref: GUI001 |