If you are considering to recruit an EU or foreign national as an employee or volunteer to work with children, you should carry out special checks to ensure that they are safe to work with children. Although we start with a presumption of trust and confidence in those who are qualified to teach Quran, Islamic [...]
Madrassahs must create a culture of safe recruitment and adopt recruitment procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might harm children. As part of doing that, all recruitment material should indicate commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all children. These recruitment material include: Job Advert Application form Job Description Person Specification Invitation [...]
Having all the right documents in place on registration day will help run the registration process effectively by ensuring that you have all the necessary information to carry out your duties of educating and safeguarding your pupils throughout the year. It is important that all documents are printed out in good quality in advance and [...]
If you are planning to go Hajj and are considering leaving your children behind, you must ensure that they will be very well looked after by a trustworthy adult relative or family friend, or by a professional, qualified and registered childminder or baby sitter. You should ensure that the carers will be present with the [...]
All Madrassah staff should know how to report safeguarding or child protection concerns and should know who to report them to. Each Madrassah or hosting Masjid must legally have a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) on their team. The DSL is a member of staff who has received advanced training in addition to Level 1 Child [...]
Many children spend an average of six hours a day online. Even with lesser exposure to the internet and social media, the chances that our children are stumbling upon and viewing Islam-hating material online are highly likely. Despite feelings of shock and disapproval, some may prefer to conceal there experience from their parents out of [...]
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has produced its latest 2017 report addressing the question of 'How safe are our children?' across the United Kingdom. Below are important outlines from the report. Homicide • Child homicide is in long-term decline. Child Suicide • After years in decline, suicide rates for 15 [...]
Parents often worry mostly about their children's safety on their way to and from school. What is coming to surface is a realisation that Muslim parents should sadly be just as cautious for their children's mental, emotional and even physical safety in schools. A new study carried out on Muslim school children in Edinburgh revealed [...]
When a terrorist attack strikes and the perpetrators are thought to be Muslims, fingers of suspicion are pointed at the wider Muslim community. Our children are no exception. They are left to fend for themselves in schools and among peers and senior adults who would speak of 'Islamic terrorism', 'Muslim terrorists' or 'Islamic State'; constantly directly or indirectly [...]
A person who is about to faint experiences some of these symptoms including; nausea (feeling sick), blurry vision or spots in front of his/her eyes, ringing in ears, confusion, fast, deep breathing and lightheadedness. It is caused by extreme emotional stress, sudden pain, suddenly sitting or standing, dehydration and even laughing, sneezing or coughing. If a [...]
