Over the last few years social media,media in general and online safety has been a major issue where children are involved. Young children are now using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to post pictures of themselves and their friends and to express themselves on the Internet. This has the potential to be very dangerous and leaves underage children at risk of being viewed by dangerous and threatening adults. Children these days are in a hurry to grow up and look more 'adult' , this leaves them open and vulnerable to adults. As an early years Practitioner we have a duty to help the children understand the importance of being careful whilst online. It is usually company policy in a lot of setting now that mobile phones are strictly …show more content…
In order to best protect the child and ensure their welfare it is important that practitioners be made aware of the rules and regulations towards media and Internet safety. The practitioner also has a lot of responsibilities when in comes to following procedures for Safegaurding children. For example a child in your care may all of a sudden come across as very shy and nervous when talking to adults/ practitioners. They may appear to flinch upon contact with adults and not want to be alone with an adult. It is then the practitioners responsibility to find out why they suddenly behave this way. It maybe that they have suffered from some form of abuse and need help. The Practitiner must be able to spot these signs and have a duty to report them as soon as possible. By ignoring them you are continuously putting a child at potential risk of harm. But by knowing the difference in a child and reporting it to the correct authoritive figures the practitioner is fulfilling their duty of care and ensuring the child's interests are met first. In relation to Safegaurding, protection and welfare of children, the roles and responsibilities of early years practioners when undergoing common assessment frameworks, shared assessments