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Safeguarding and your Organisation
Safeguarding - What does this mean for your organisation?
Everyone has a responsibility to keep children and young people safe and by ensuring your organisation has safeguarding policies and procedure in place you will be helping to protect children and young people, help your staff and volunteers know what to do if they are worried and will show that your organisation is responsible.
Additionally if you want to receive any kind of public money or are applying for charitable status you will need to be able to show that you are doing everything you can to safeguard the children you work with. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 makes this a statutory requirement for all organisations that receive public money.
But don't worry - there is lots of help out there.
Key Documents/Guidance
| Working Together 2010
The document which sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. |
LSCB Online Procedures and Practice Guidance
The LSCB online manual offers local polices, procedures and practice guidance relating to safeguarding children and young people. |
Safe Network Standards
The Safe Network Standards are designed to help non-statutory organisations keep children and young people safe.
They provide a checklist of the processes and policies that need to be in place and a toolbox of templates, good practice examples and resources for you to use and adapt to help you put in place any elements that are missing.
To find out more visit the Safe Network website
If you would like help, advice or support to implement the standards then please contactyour local Safe Network Champion:
Esther Chamberlain - Safe Network Champion: Leicester, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Email: esther.c@valonline.org.uk
Tel: 0116 2575052
Christine Morgan - Safe Network Champion: Northamptonshire
Email: Chris.Morgan@northampton.ac.uk
Tel: 01604 722244
Information and Guidance for Groups
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Information on culturally appropriate practice for groups working with Black and Minority Ethnic children and young people
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Information on safeguarding issues relating to Faith Groups |
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Information aimed at helping sports groups understand and meet their responsibilities
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Supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender children and young people Advice from the Safe Network on supporting LGBT children and young people including good practice guidance on how your organisation can meet the needs of LGBT children and young people. |
Voluntary Sector Voice on Safeguarding
The LSCB VCS standing reference group acts as a structured link between the VCS and the LSCB. It raises issues to be discussed and is able to feed those issues into the main LSCB board meetings. it aims to encourage the involvement of and develop the influence of the VCS in the work of the LSCB. To find out about the group and how you could get involved click here.