Why is safeguarding is important?

Why is safeguarding is important?

Safeguarding is a vital process that protects children and adults from harm, abuse, and neglect. It is the duty of every staff member in a school and a workplace to safeguard all staff and children and provide the right services to those who are unable to protect themselves from abuse, harm and neglect.

What is the purpose of a safeguarding policy?

This means following procedures to protect them and reporting any concerns about their welfare to the appropriate authorities. This policy and procedure helps us to achieve this by: Supporting us to safeguard children, young people and Adults at Risk in practice, by defining abuse and informing us what to do.

Why is safeguarding important for your school?

Schools play an essential role in protecting children from abuse. They have regular contact with children and young people so are in a strong position to identify signs of abuse and neglect.

Who is responsible for reporting safeguarding concerns?

Whether you are a trustee, director, officer, manager, paid professional or volunteer, if your club, association, charity or business works with or provides services to children and young people, you will have statutory responsibility for safeguarding children and their welfare.

How do you report safeguarding concern?

Please call the 24 hour Safeguarding helpline on 0203 373 0440. During office hours please select option 1. Alternatively, you can use our short online form to report suspected abuse or raise a concern and someone from Adult Social Care will call you back.

What is the process for reporting a safeguarding concern?

Process for reporting safeguarding concerns

1. Remain calm and reassure the person that they have done the right thing by speaking up.
2. Listen carefully and give the person time to speak.
3. Explain that only the professionals who need to know will be informed, but never promise confidentiality.

What happens when you report a safeguarding concern?

A person will be identified to lead the enquiry and they will always talk to the adult wherever they can. They can arrange for the adult to be supported by an advocate. If they think the adult at risk is safe, no more action will be taken and the case will be closed as a safeguarding issue.

How long does a safeguarding issue stay on your record?

information should be retained on file, including for people who leave the organisation, at least until the person reaches normal retirement age, or for 10 years if that is longer. The purpose of the record is to enable accurate information to be given in response to any future request for a reference.

How long should a safeguarding investigation take?

How long an investigation takes. That depends on how complicated it is, how many people are involved and how quickly people give us information. We try to finish an investigation within 14 weeks.

What does raising a safeguarding mean?

Raising a Safeguarding Concern Anybody can raise a safeguarding concern, for example they might be a carer, a professional working with adults with care and support needs or somebody who thinks they have been abused. They can raise a concern by contacting adult social care help desk directly on 01452 426868.

What are the four steps for safeguarding?

Four steps to safeguarding

• Checked – to ensure adults are suitable to work with youngsters.
• Trained – from coaches to referees, all are given suitable safeguarding training.
• Hear – concerns from both children and adults will be listened to.
• Report – the importance of raising concerns about a child’s welfare.

What is a Section 42 Safeguarding?

What is a Section 42 Safeguarding Enquiry? What is Safeguarding Adults? The Care Act 2014 (Section 42) requires that each local authority must make enquiries, or cause others to do so, if it believes an adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect.

What is the safeguarding assessment strategy?

The safeguarding assessment strategy is planned by a multi-agency meeting/discussion. Co-ordinating the collection of information about abuse or neglect that has occurred or might occur. This may include different investigations e.g. criminal, disciplinary etc.

What is the safeguarding process?

The adult safeguarding processes seek to respond to concerns about abuse in a way that is sensitive to individual circumstances, person-centred and outcome-focused. To achieve successful safeguarding the procedures in this section must be understood and applied consistently by all organisations.