Safeguarding Policy

Safeguarding Policy

The purpose of this policy is:

  • to protect children and young people who receive support and/or therapy from Sleep and Therapy Services CIC from harm. This includes the children of adults who use our services.
  • to provide staff and volunteers, as well as children and young people and their families, with the overarching principles that guide our approach to child protection.

This policy applies to anyone working on behalf of Sleep and Therapy Services CIC including directors, senior managers and paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, agency staff and students.

Legal framework

This policy has been drawn up on the basis of legislation, policy and guidance that seeks to protect children in England. A summary of the key legislation is available from nspcc.org.uk/learning.

Supporting documents

This policy statement is part of our organisational policies, procedures, guidance. Other related documents include:

  • Role description for nominated child protection lead
  • Safeguarding Procedures
  • Child protection records, retention, and storage guidance
  • Behaviour code for children and young people
  • Photography and filming policy
  • Online Safety Policy
  • Protecting children from bullying and cyberbullying
  • Whistleblowing
  • Safer recruitment policy
  • Induction and Mandatory training policy
  • Code of conduct for adults working with children
  • Managing allegations against staff and volunteers

Safeguarding Policy statement

We believe that:

• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind

• We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

We recognise that:

• the welfare of children is paramount in all the work we do and in all the decisions we take all children, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation have an equal right to protection from all types of harm or abuse.

• some children are additionally vulnerable because of the impact of previous experiences, their level of dependency, communication needs or other issues.

• working in partnership with children, young people, their parents, carers, and other agencies is essential in promoting young people’s welfare.

We will seek to keep children and young people safe by:

• valuing, listening to and respecting them

• appointing a nominated child protection lead for children and young people

• adopting child protection and safeguarding best practice through our policies, procedures, and code of conduct for staff and volunteers

• developing and implementing an effective online safety policy and related procedures

• providing effective management for staff and volunteers through supervision, support, training, and quality assurance measures so that all staff and volunteers know about and follow our policies, procedures and behaviour codes, confidently and competently.

• recruiting and selecting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made.

• recording, storing, and using information professionally and securely, in line with data protection legislation and guidance.

• sharing information about safeguarding and good practice with children and their families via leaflets, posters, group work and one-to-one discussions.

• making sure that children, young people and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern.

• using our safeguarding and child protection procedures to share concerns and relevant information with agencies who need to know, and involving children, young people, parents, families and carers appropriately.

• using our procedures to manage any allegations against staff and volunteers appropriately.

• creating and maintaining an anti-bullying environment and ensuring that we have a policy and procedure to help us deal effectively with any bullying that does arise.

• ensuring that we have effective complaints and whistleblowing measures in place.

• ensuring that we provide a safe physical environment for our children, young

people, staff, and volunteers, by applying health and safety measures in

accordance with the law and regulatory guidance.

• building a safeguarding culture where staff and volunteers, children, young people and their families, treat each other with respect and are comfortable about sharing concerns.

• using our safeguarding and child protection procedures to share concerns and relevant information with agencies who need to know, and involving children, young people, parents, families and carers appropriately.

• using our procedures to manage any allegations against staff and volunteers appropriately.

• creating and maintaining an anti-bullying environment and ensuring that we have a policy and procedure to help us deal effectively with any bullying that does arise.

• ensuring that we have effective complaints and whistleblowing measures in place.

• ensuring that we provide a safe physical environment for our children, young people, staff and volunteers, by applying health and safety measures in accordance with the law and regulatory guidance.

• building a safeguarding culture where staff and volunteers, children, young people and their families, treat each other with respect and are comfortable about sharing concerns.

Contact details for nominated safeguarding lead

Name: Chris Hoyle

Phone: 07838 110985

Email: chris@sleepandtherapyservices.co.uk

For support and advice contact:

NSPCC Helpline Tel.: 0808 800 5000

Childline offers children and young people a range of support including:

  • information and advice
  • online and telephone counselling
  • peer support message boards
  • therapeutic tool

Tel: 08001111

https://www.childline.org.uk/

This Policy review is reviewed annually.

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