Safeguarding Quiz - Israel Tour 2024

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Name of Applicant* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

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Youth Movement/Organisation* This field is required.

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What does safeguarding mean?

Protecting and preventing children and young people from abuse or maltreatment

Putting up a barrier to stop children and young people from injuring themselves

Investigating any suspicion of abuse

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A child (as defined by Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018) is a person under the age of:

21

18

16

17

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Which of these is not a form of abuse on its own?

Causing non-accidental harm

Being grounded by parents

Sexual touching of a child

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Two of the main categories of abuse are sexual and physical. What are the other two?

Financial

Neglect

Institutional

Emotional

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One of your chanichim/ot has disclosed to you that they have been having an online relationship with an adult for the past three months. They asked you not to tell anybody else as they don't want their parents to find out. What would your next steps be?

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Which of these sentences would be appropriate to say to a child who has just disclosed abuse to you?

"I promise that I won't share this information with anybody else."

"I know how difficult it is to share this information, you are really brave for telling me."

"This makes me so angry, I wish I could hurt that person for you."

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You arrive at a site for an activity and after assessing the scene (doing a risk assessment), you don't feel that it's a safe environment. What should your next steps be?

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If someone shares a disclosure of abuse with you, how should you record the information?

In your own words with your own interpretation of what you were told

By changing words that were shared by them into technical terms

Using the exact words that they shared

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While on Israel Tour, you notice when swimming that one of your chanichim/ot has scarring on the top of their thighs. You aren't aware of a situation where they were injured, and there wasn't anything reported about it on a medical or welfare form. How would you approach the situation?

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If you receive a disclosure from a child, who should you tell in the first instance?

The relevant person at your youth movement (e.g. the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Welfare Officer or equivalent)

The police

The parents of the child

Your fellow Madrichim

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Whose responsibility is safeguarding when working with children?

A qualified safeguarding specialist only

Every staff member and volunteer

The movement workers only

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You are worried that a group of chanichim/ot have been targeting and abusing one other chanich/a in both a physical and emotional way, leading them to being very isolated from the rest of the group. What action would you take to deal with this?

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Which of these should you avoid doing as a madrich/a?

Being alone in a room with a chanich/a

Connecting with your chanichim/ot on social media

Sharing intimate information about your personal relationships with the chanichim/ot

All of the above

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Who is responsible for deciding whether abuse has or is taking place?

Yourself

The appropriate agencies

The parents

Other staff members/volunteers

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Can you give some examples of good ways to keep children and young people safe when staying overnight in a youth hostel?

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A madrich/a needs to stay behind one-on-one in a hostel with a chanich/a due to illness, injury, behaviour etc. whilst the rest of the group participate in the daily activity. They should avoid being in a private closed door area with each other, and should stay in public spaces. True or False?

TRUEFALSE

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The madrichim made a decision to remove a chanich/a's mobile phone due to behavioural issues during tour. The next activity includes free time in a city. Is it a safeguarding issue to not return their phone to them? What would best practice be in this scenario?

It is a safeguarding issue. Return their phone to them for the activity

It is not a safeguarding issue, but it would still be best practice to return their phone to them just for the activity from a safety and security point of view

It is not a safeguarding issue, they do not need to have their phone returned to them

It is a safeguarding issue, but instead of returning their phone to them, they should just not participate in the activity as it's not safe for them to be out without their phone

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Can a sudden change in a chanich/a's behaviour be a sign of abuse?

Always

Sometimes

Never

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If you notice a chanich/a displaying highly sexualised behaviour, what would you do?

Contact their parents to ask where it's come from

Ignore it so that you don't reinforce the behaviour and hopefully they'll just stop

Report it to the police immediately

Consider that there could be sexual abuse, make a record, observe and report concerns to the relevant parties