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Safeguarding Policy

The purpose and scope of this policy

The purpose of this policy statement is:

to protect children and young people who receive Pembroke Tutors’s services 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 Pembroke Tutors, including senior managers, paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, agency staff and students.

We will report any safeguarding concerns to the relevant authorities should we judge that this is necessary to safeguard a child. By engaging our services, you agree to these kinds of referrals and understand that the authority may then follow up directly with you.

Legal framework

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

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:

General:

making sure that children, young people and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern
ensuring that any concerns are escalated to the appropriate authorities
valuing, listening to and respecting children
appointing a nominated child protection lead for children and young people, a deputy lead and a lead trustee/board member for safeguarding
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
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.

During our online lessons:

providing guidance and assistance to all our tutors involved in 1:1 sessions with children on safeguarding best practice
preventing the sharing with attending children of any private details beyond the first name of any Pembroke employee or associate
having a reporting system in place for our tutors to raise any concerns
providing this document and other resources to parents
children are expected to maintain classroom level behaviour during tutoring sessions and we recommend supervision by parents to ensure behaviour

During our 1:1 tutoring in person sessions:

providing guidance and assistance to all our tutors involved in 1:1 sessions with children on safeguarding best practice
having a reporting system in place for our tutors to raise any concerns
providing this document and other resources to parents
children are expected to maintain classroom level behaviour during tutoring sessions and we recommend supervision by parents to ensure behaviour