Engaging with children and young people 

If you work with children and young people or with vulnerable adults as either a professional or a volunteer, you should be aware of your responsibilities in relation to safeguarding of children from harm and the prevention of child sexual abuse.

There are some starting points to consider about how you go about your day to day job, but also how your employer/organisation helps you fulfill these duties.

• Did you know there are national child protection guidelines for Scotland?
• Do you know how Registered Sex Offenders(RSO) are managed?
• How can you prevent child sexual abuse across different communities in Scotland?
• How can you talk to others about prevention?

As well as looking out for children you interact with, it is also important that you look after yourself: self care is a vital part of safeguarding and prevention.

Please access the pages below to find out more.

Engaging Scotland's communities

We believe that child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable.

It is the job of "Protecting Adults" to keep children safe in Scotland's communities by making the environments around them safer. We want to stop child abuse before it happens rather than reacting afterwards. 

By "Protecting Adults" we mean YOU - whether you regard yourself as a Professional, someone who volunteers at a community centre, sports clubs etc. It is up to adults to prevent child sexual abuse from happening.

There are steps you can take to make you, your friends, your society, your colleagues and your workplace safer for children.

We want adults in Scotland to protect the next child from child sexual abuse. As well as knowing the facts about the different kinds of child sexual abuse, and the different warning signs that harm has occurred or is imminent, there are things you can do to make your home and community life safer