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Safeguarding at risk children
Information about safeguarding at risk children
Overview
There are different types of abuse that can place a child at risk:
- physical abuse such as punching, hitting or burning
- sexual abuse such as forcing a child to take part in any sexual activity
- emotional harm such as making a child feel unloved or useless or constantly putting them down
- neglect means not providing a child with enough for their basic needs. For example, enough food, clothes, medical care