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Safeguarding
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What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding is about everything an organisation can do to keep children and young people safe.
Safeguarding is not just about Child Protection (protecting children from suspected abuse and neglect) it's also about minimising the risk of harm and accidents, having safe recruitment procedures, having a code of conduct for staff and volunteers and having the right polices and procedures in place to deal with issues if they occur.
Click here to see a checklist of the main safeguards an organisation is expected to have in place.
What is Child Protection?
Child Protection is about protecting individual children who are suffering or at risk of suffering or significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect.
Abuse and neglect are forms of maltreatment of a child by either inflicting harm or failing to prevent it. Children and young people may be abused by adults or other children, by a family member or friend, someone in an institution or a stranger.
Disabled children are more vulnerable to abuse and neglect than non-disabled children. For information about safeguarding disabled children click here.
If you do have concerns that a child or young person is being harmed or at risk of harm then you should follow the Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures which can be found by clicking on the links
Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Board
Leicester City Safeguarding Children Board - Site currently under construction, follow guidance on Leicestershire and Rutland site.
Click here - to see guidance from the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland LSCB on what to do if you are worried about a child)
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:
General Guidance |
Safe Network's website has everything you need to know about safeguarding and gives help and advice, links to resources and training.
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Working Together 2010 |
The document which sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
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Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Board
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Practice guidance, procedures and publications to help anyoneinterested in safeguarding children. | |
Publications and Resources |
Are They Safe? |
Links to the Are they safe? pack which is an easy to use guide to setting up safeguarding practices in community organisations.
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| NSPCC Publications |
Publications and resources on a range of child protection issues.
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| Keeping Children Safe is Everyone's Business |
Links to a booklet which gives an overview of the general nature of abuse and what you should do if you suspect it.
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Health and Safety |
Preventing avoidable accidents |
Mini guidance from Safe Network outlining key safety tips.
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Information from the Health and Safety Executive
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Safer Recruitment |
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CWDC provide online training, a downloadable guide to safer recruitment and CD ROM toolkit |
| Employers or Recruiters Guidance |
Guidance for employers from Safe Network
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Children and Young People with Disabilities |
Links to documents with a focus on safeguarding disabled children.
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Children and Young People from BME groups |
Links to order the CD ROM which aims to raise awareness of safeguarding in BME voluntary organisations.
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Sports Groups |
Child Protection in Sport |
Link to the NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit website.
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Information on safeguarding in sport with links to policies and resources from the LRS and other sources
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Search tool to find your sport's governing body or click on one of the links below to go directly to policies, resources and information about safeguarding relating to each sporting body: England and Wales Cricket Board, United Kingdom Athletics, England Basketball, The FA, British Gymnastics, England Hockey, England Netball, The RFU, British Tennis LTA,
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Information, guidance and resources for unaffiliated sports clubs from Safe Network
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Faith Groups |
An independent Christian charity providing professional advice, CRB checks, support, training and resources in all areas of safeguarding children and for those affected by abuse. Service is accessed by faith (both Christian and others) and non-faith groups.
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Guidance for faith groups from Safe Network.
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Bullying |
Awareness information and links to more information and resources on dealing with bullying.
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| Anti-Bullying Alliance |
Information and resources to help organisations deal with bullying.
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Internet Safety |
NSPCC |
Information and tips on internet safety for parents and carers.
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Training |
Links to Child Protection training from Educare - free for not-for-profit organisations.
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| Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Board |
Link to details of forthcoming training, who needs training and to what level from the Leicester and Rutland Safeguarding Children Board and the Leicester City safeguarding Children Board. The boards provide free training for employees and volunteers working in the respective areas. Click on the link on the left or see below for dates and locations of upcoming courses.
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| Leicestershire CYP Workforce Welcome and Introduction |
Details and dates of induction sessions for new entrants to the children's workforce (both paid employees and volunteers) in Leicestershire. The sessions include, amongst other topics, an introduction to basic safeguarding awareness and responsibilities.
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Children's Workforce Matters Training Directory
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Provides a list of Safeguarding training providers.
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Auditing |
Kidscheck |
Link to download Kidscheck - an audit tool that can be used by children and young people to help them assess the safeguarding activities of the organisations they use.
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The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland LSCB VCS Standing Reference GroupThe 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.
For explanations of some of the key terms used on this page please see our glossary.
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