Yongin City Establishes 'SafeGuard' for Early Response to Child Abuse

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province has established a 'Safeguard' system that enables cooperation among the private sector, government, and police to systematically respond to child abuse.

On the 15th, Yongin City announced that it signed a non-face-to-face written business agreement with four institutions ? Yongin Dongbu Police Station, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin Office of Education, and Gyeonggi Yongin Child Protection Agency ? and began operating the Safeguard system.

Safeguard is a public-private-police cooperation system established by the city together with Yongin Dongbu Police Station, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin Office of Education, and Gyeonggi Yongin Child Protection Agency to promptly respond to child abuse and provide treatment and protection for abused children.

The city and each institution will respond to and support child abuse in a one-stop manner according to a three-step manual, from the moment a suspected child abuse report is received to the treatment, follow-up management, and monitoring of the abused child.

First, the city and Yongin Dongbu Police Station will immediately conduct on-site investigations and investigations upon receiving a child abuse report. Yongin Severance Hospital will provide initial response by treating the abused child and promptly delivering medical opinions to investigative agencies to determine whether child abuse has occurred.

Next, the Yongin Office of Education will protect the learning rights of the abused child to prevent further harm such as school attendance issues, and the Gyeonggi Yongin Child Protection Agency will assist the child's rapid recovery through case management and monitoring.

Mayor Baek Gun-gi of Yongin emphasized, "We have established the Safeguard system by combining the efforts of the private sector, government, and police so that children can grow up healthily," adding, "We will create a child-friendly city free from child abuse through thorough and systematic operation."

Meanwhile, in accordance with the government's 'Publicization Plan for Child Abuse Investigation,' the city plans to strengthen the expertise of child abuse-related tasks by establishing a Child Protection Team starting in September, which will handle child abuse report reception, emergency protection, counseling and investigation of abused children and child abuse perpetrators, and reception and counseling for children requiring protection outside the home.

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