Guidelines that contradict established best practice in safeguarding

[JellySlice]

Can anyone link some, please. I need evidence to back up statements I plan to make.

Cornwall guidelines advocate parental alienation rather than working in partnership with parents. Using guidance to suggest to schools that parental responsibility can be removed is dangerous - only the courts can remove parental responsibility.

www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/equality-and-diversity/cornwall-schools-transgender-guidance/

Page 18 :
"It must be recognised that people have their own prejudices.
A parent or guardian may not always be the most supportive
or appropriate person to assist the young person through
transitioning. It may not be necessary for a parent or guardian
to provide permission for a Trans pupil or student to take
steps to transition as there may be issues raised of Fraser
competence if parents will not consent"

Gires
www.gires.org.uk/e-learning/caring-for-gender-nonconforming-young-people/

Look for Module 2 - responding to disclosures about gender variance;
Dangerous responses to primary child Maisie and teenage Maisie making disclosures and the adults being told NOT to share information with anyone.

Completely in opposition to Working Together. You never tell adults in schools to keep a child's secrets - ever.

Woodcraft Folk transgender guidelines:

Also has something about parental prejudices

Says that you should promise trans kids complete confidentiality

States that binder are not in anyway harmful and their usage is entirely up to the young person.

I'm pretty sure the same people are behind the writing of all of these guidelines.

This makes me so angry. Of course there are parents who don't have their children's best interests at heart but to presume that you, as a Woodcraft Folk group leader, or class teacher etc, should take that information and keep it from parents is abhorrent and goes against everything we teach wrt safeguarding.

We tell children that there is only one type of person who encourages that secrets are kept from parents...

Safeguarding 101 is that you never promise to keep a child's disclosure confidential. Ever.

I'm pretty sure the same people are behind the writing of all of these guidelines.

Yes it's quite likely.

Are Allsorts the same as Gires?

Our council uses the Cornwall guidelines.