Glossary: Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children

Defined for the purposes of this guidance as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment, whether the risk of harm comes from within the child’s family and/or outside (from the wider community), including online;
• Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

(Definition provided by Working Together)