{"id":18464,"date":"2025-08-28T09:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18464"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:44:03","slug":"safeguarding-special-new-safeguarding-self-assessment-tool-launched-for-early-years-and-childcare-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/safeguarding-special-new-safeguarding-self-assessment-tool-launched-for-early-years-and-childcare-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding special: New safeguarding self-assessment tool launched for early years and childcare providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Devon Early Years and Childcare Service has launched an updated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/for-providers\/safeguarding\/safeguarding-self-assessments\/\">\u00a0Safeguarding Self-Assessment Tool\u00a0<\/a>to support early years providers in reviewing and strengthening their safeguarding practices.<\/p>\n<p>Aligned with the\u00a02025 EYFS statutory framework updates, Ofsted registration requirements, and Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership guidance, the tool helps providers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confirm safeguarding culture and compliance<\/li>\n<li>Identify areas for improvement<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for Ofsted inspections<\/li>\n<li>Meet Section 11 of the Children Act (2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Separate versions are available for\u00a0group-based providers\u00a0and\u00a0childminders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>School-managed provision is exempt, as they complete the Devon Education Services Safeguarding Audit annually.<\/p>\n<p>Providers are encouraged to complete the tool with their teams and contact their\u00a0Early Years and Childcare Adviser (EYCA)\u00a0for support or training.<\/p>\n<p>Access the tool and guidance from the early years and childcare service website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/for-providers\/safeguarding\/safeguarding-self-assessments\/\">Safeguarding Self Assessment &#8211; Information for childcare providers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon Early Years and Childcare Service has launched an updated\u00a0Safeguarding Self-Assessment Tool\u00a0to support early years providers in reviewing and strengthening their safeguarding practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 20:49:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18476,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464\/revisions\/18476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}