A
Code of Conduct
The Grounds
for Referral highlight the legal requirement on organisations to
refer individuals to the List where the grounds
for referral are met Organisations also need to consider a framework
for thinking about “harm” and for processing
allegations about a worker’s conduct towards a child or young
person. It stressed the need to set down clear standards of behaviour
within a Code of Conduct.
Codes of Conduct should reflect the belief that all individuals
have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Together with
other policies and procedures, they should also be developed in consultation
with a wide range of service users including children, young people
and their parents/carers.
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