Child Protection Policy

The well-being and welfare of every child in the care of Al-Taif International School are guaranteed and protected. The school's top priority is to encourage safe behavior and protect children from all types of danger, abuse, and exploitation. The school also recognizes the significance of creating ana positive, safe, and healthy atmosphere r future generations. This policy was created as a result to assure the highest standards of professional conduct and personal conduct to guarantee that children participating in school-related activities, projects, and programs are never harmed. Anyone under the age of 18 is considered a child for the purposes of this policy. The school staff understands that children's rights, religion, culture, ethnicity, language, nationality, and personality must be respected and protected no matter what the circumstances and conditions are.

Objectives:
1. To prevent and address any potential child exploitation, neglect, and abuse (verbal, physical, emotional, etc.).
2. To foster an environment where kids can grow up happy, healthy, confident, and respected as unique individuals.
3. To ensure that children's opinions are carefully considered, valued, respected, and understood within the context of their own culture, religion, and ethnicity. Additionally, children should be encouraged to participate in making decisions that will have an impact on them personally.
  * Neglect is when a child's basic physical and mental needs are not met on a regular basis. This is likely to hurt the child's physical or mental development in a big way.
  *Bullying is often characterized as intentionally cruel behavior that is repeated over time and makes it difficult for the target of the bullying to defend
  themselves. The three primary sorts are physical (such as beating, punching, slapping, kicking, etc.), verbal (such as threats and name-calling), and emotional (ignoring an individual to make him/her feel inferior and depriving him/her of his/her basic rights like participating in school activities, occasions, festivals and social events.).
Policy Statements:
1. The school's duty is to carry out this policy in an efficient manner. The policy must be clearly known by everyone to whom it may apply. In other words, the school must make sure that every member of staff is aware of this policy, follows its guidelines, and doesn't hurt any student with whom they may come into contact while working there.
2. The school is dedicated to creating an environment that is secure for all students. Therefore, risk assessments are made while planning projects and activities to make sure that safety rules are followed.
3. The school's employees must be educated on how to spot abuse as well as what to do if they or anyone else is concerned about a child.
4. The school must have qualified, competent, and morally sound teachers to carry out its programs, services, and activities to achieve its mission and objectives and ensure student safety and well-being. To guarantee that school staff in all departments are qualified and of good moral character, recruitment and screening procedures should be in place.
5. The school must have strict hiring procedures to screen new members before they interact with students. All new staff members must accept and abide by this policy.
6. The school is required to respond to any accusations of inappropriate behavior or child abuse in accordance with this Policy and the processes outlined below, as well as to carry out the necessary and suitable disciplinary and precautionary measures.
7. If a staff member thinks a child is being abused or neglected, it is their job to tell the student adviser or the principal.
8. To help the school move toward safer, more efficient, and clearer methods to protect the health and welfare of the kids in its care, this policy has to be reviewed and examined on a regular basis. Otherwise, this policy would be rendered invalid.
  Possible indicators of physical abuse:
  - Unbelievable justifications offered for injuries.
  - Bites, cuts, sprains, dislocations, bruises, burns, and other physical injuries that cannot be explained. • Refusing to see a doctor to treat injuries.
  - Injuries to the body that occur in parts that are not often subject to falls, hard play, etc.
  - Always complaining about infections in the urinary tract or an unexplained stomachache.
  - Refusal to talk about wounds.
  - Avoiding eye contact.
  - Suicidal thoughts.
  - Being extremely submissive and passive.
  - Introvert and excessively shy.
  - Aggression and violence.
    Indicators and signs of emotional abuse:
  - Anxious and afraid of participating in school activities.
  - Delayed mental and emotional development.
  - Speech disorders.
  - Low self-esteem.
  - Improper emotional reactions to upsetting circumstances.
  - Theft and stealing.
  - Phobias or obsessions.
  - Inability to concentrate.
  - An attention-seeking attitude.
  - Constant fatigue.
  - Always lying and avoiding telling the truth. Possible signs of neglect include:
  - Severe loneliness.
  - A severe need for love and affection.
  - Failure to advance.
  - Bad-tempered.
  - Regularly absent or late.
  - Negative social interactions.
  - Malnutrition.
  - Violating school dress codes.

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