Safeguarding Lucy Pearson and Steve Gallears – Safeguarding Lead “Protecting children from Maltreatment” “Ensuring children receive safe and effective care” “Preventing the impairment of children’s health and development”

Aims  Developing confidence, knowledge and good practice of safeguarding of the children in your school  Keeping yourself safe

Within School  At least 5 Safeguarding C trained professionals  Senior leadership team of the school  Safeguarding officer - Sara Barcas  Our SENCO who deal specifically with those with social and communications difficulties  We provide annual in house training for all staff

When we become concerned  A student’s behaviour is different to normal  A student appearance appears different  A student’s reaction to you may be different  A student becomes withdrawn  A different student discloses information  Unexplained lateness  Unexplained Absence  Truancy  Friendship issues All or none of these may be the result of a genuine safeguarding situation

Who should I speak with if I am concerned about a student?  Line Manager  Form Tutor  Senior Member of Staff  Safeguarding Officers

Why is this important?  To ensure that students who attend the school are safe  To gain further information or advice about a student  To ensure that any information that you have is passed on to those who may already be working on the case

What if a child comes to you?  Disclosure  Information Sharing

Keeping yourself safe  How do you do this inside of school?  How do you do this outside of school?  Social media.