Self-Assessment
Unit 2.2 : Safeguarding
1. Venessa George worked in a nursery where she sometimes sexually abused infants and young children
during nappy changing routine. She used her camera on her mobile phone to record
the abuse and shared the pictures with other paedophiles.
Click here to read the case study and then answer the questions below:
Vanessa George: paedophile
a. What kind of checks should be carried out when recruiting staff to work in early years settings?
b. Outline the 'nappy changing' procedures that would have prevented Venessa George from committing such atrocity.
c. What other safe guarding measures could have prevented this form of abuse?
d. What would you do, if you saw your best friend in the nursery abuse a child?
e. What is procedure for reporting and recording abuse in your early years setting?