Glossary: Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children

Defined for the purposes of this guidance as:

1. Protecting children from maltreatment;
2. Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
3. Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
4. Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

(Definition provided by Working Together)