Safeguarding policies

Contents

• Kent Education Safeguarding Templates, Tools and Guidance for Schools
• Kent Education Safeguarding Templates, Tools and Guidance for Early Years
• Assessment and Referrals
• National Guidance
  • Ofsted
  • Domestic abuse
  • Information sharing
  • Online safety
  • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Honour Based Violence (HBV)
  • Prevent and extremism
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
  • Gangs
  • Child Missing Education (CME) and Elective Home Education (EHE)
  • Behaviour management
  • Harmful behaviours
  • Safer recruitment and allegations
  • Useful links

Kent Education Safeguarding Team: Templates, Tools and Guidance for Schools

Template Policies

• Induction leaflet child protection guidelines for school staff   (DOCX, 47.6 KB)
• LA exemplar school's child protection policy (PDF, 385.2 KB) - (PDF) September 2018
• LA exemplar school's child protection policy (DOCX, 425.3 KB) - (Word) September 2018
• Anti-bullying policy model and guidance (PDF, 339.8 KB) - (PDF) September 2018
• Anti-bullying policy model and guidance (DOCX, 166.3 KB) - (Word) September 2018

Guidance

• Safeguarding procedures for managing allegations against staff within schools and education services (DOC, 181.5 KB) - under review
• Kent guidelines for record keeping (PDF, 304.2 KB)
• Kent guidelines for record keeping templates (DOC, 163.5 KB)
• Dealing with disclosures in schools (PDF, 244.8 KB)
• Supervision in schools - under review
• Managing a child accosted disclosure - protocol (PDF, 94.5 KB)

Tools

• Self review tool (DOCX, 98.1 KB) - September 2017
• Template annual report to Governing Body (DOC, 135.5 KB) - December 2016

Kent Education Safeguarding Team: Templates, Tools and Guidance for Early Years

Template Policies

Please note - some policies are currently under review

• Early Years safeguarding exemplar policy (PDF, 483.4 KB) - (PDF) September 2018
• Early Years safeguarding exemplar policy (DOC, 600.5 KB) - (Word) September 2018
• Early Years allegation made against staff exemplar policy (DOCX, 73.6 KB) - under review
• Induction Leaflet Guidelines for Early Years Staff (DOCX, 47.7 KB)

Guidance

Sorry, the below three documents are under review for updating in 2018 and are no longer available for download

• Guidelines for children and young people visiting Early Years settings
• Legal contact guidance
• Supervision in Early Years settings

Tools

• Early Years Safeguarding Self-Evaluation Audit (DOCX, 98.9 KB)

Assessment and Referrals

• Kent Inter-Agency Threshold Criteria for Children in Need
• Kent Inter-Agency Referral Form and guidance
• Early Help and Preventative Services
• Initial child protection conferences report templates

The inter-agency referral form can be emailed to central.duty@kent.gov.uk; (if you have a licenced Egress Switch account we suggest you use that). You will still need to subsequently post or fax a signed copy of the form in the usual way. If the form is completed in writing it should be faxed to the Central Duty Team on 03000 41 23 45.

National Guidance

• Safeguarding children - GOV.UK

• Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015)
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education - Revised guidance commencing September 2018
  • Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

• Professional Practice
  • Teachers' standards (July 2011)
  • Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who work with Children and Young People in Education Settings (PDF, 592.7 KB). (October 2015)

• Complaints and Parental Responsibility
  • What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners (March 2015)
  • Understanding and dealing with issues relating to parental responsibility (January 2016)
  • School behaviour and attendance: parental responsibility measures (January 2017)

Ofsted

• Ofsted - Inspecting safeguarding in Early Years, education and skills from September 2016
• Ofsted Inspection Changes from Sept 2015

Domestic Abuse

• Local Guidance/Links
  • Domestic Abuse Support Referral pathway and flowchart (PDF, 211.8 KB)
  • Domestic Abuse Referral form (DOCX, 34.1 KB)
  • Domestic abuse support services for Kent and Medway
  • KSCB Procedures Domestic Violence and Abuse
  • Referral Form and Pathway (includes leaflets)

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Statutory guidance framework: controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship (December 2015)
  • Victim Support
  • Refuge
  • Women's Aid

Neglect

• Neglect guide

Information Sharing

• National Guidance/Links
  • Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners (July 2018)

• Local Guidance/Links
  • Information sharing

Online Safety

• Visit the Online Safety section for information and guidelines about safeguarding children online including safety policy template and guidance plus:
  • Use of social media and use of mobile phones and personal devices
  • Image use policy template and guidance
  • Acceptable Use Policies templates
  • Links to local and national guidance regarding peer on peer abuse (including "Sexting" and cyberbullying) and curriculum resources
  • Online safety updates via the Online Safety blog.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Honour Based Violence (HBV)

• National Guidance/Links:
  • NSPCC FGM Helpline - 08000 283550
  • Female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting
  • Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation
  • FGM NHS
  • FGM e-learning
  • FGM 'The Facts' Leaflet
  • FGM An Overview Leaflet
  • Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage (p13-14 and p32-36)
  • Forced Marriage Unit contact: 0207 0080151 or email fmu@fco.gov.uk

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • KSCB (training, leaflets, procedures and resources)

Prevent and Extremism

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Prevent Duty guidance
  • Educate against Hate (Includes resources and material for teachers, leaders and parents)
  • Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools
  • SMSC requirements for independent schools
  • Prevent e-Learning Package
  • Channel NCALT - General Awareness e-learning course
  • Channel guidance and vulnerability assessment
  • The use of social media for online radicalisation (July 2015)
  • Developing dynamic lockdown procedures

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • KSCB guidance (Includes referral form)
  • Kelsi guidance
  • South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU), Assessment tool (PDF, 144.9 KB) (PDF version)
  • South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU), Assessment tool (DOCX, 221.7 KB) (Word Version)

Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Child Sexual Exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners (February 2017)
  • Barnardo's - Spotting the Signs

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • Child Sexual Exploitation KSCB Toolkit
  • Operation Willow
  • KSCB guidance (includes leaflets, posters and training)
  • Kelsi guidance - CSET

Gangs

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Advice to parents and carers on gangs (Home Office August 2014)

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • KSCB Procedure Children Affected by Gang Activity or Youth Violence

Child Missing Education (CME) and Elective Home Education (EHE)

• National Guidance/Links:
  • DfE Children Missing Education Guidance (September 2016)

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • Kent CME Kelsi
  • Kent EHE Policy
  • Kent CME Guidance and Procedures
  • CME team: 03000 41 21 21 or cme@kent.gov.uk

Behaviour Management

• National Guidance/Links
  • Behaviour and discipline in schools (January 2016)
  • Getting the simple things right - Charlie Taylor's Behaviour Checklist (January 2016)
  • Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance for governing bodies (September 2015)

• Bullying
  • Preventing and tackling bullying (November 2014)

• Physical Interventions
  • Searching, Screening and Confiscation (January 2018)
  • Guidance on the use of restrictive physical interventions for pupils with severe behavioural difficulties (p19-23 contains a Risk Assessment Proforma for assessing and managing foreseeable risks for children who present challenging behaviours)
  • The use of seclusion, isolation and time out (PDF, 74.9 KB)
  • Use of reasonable force (July 2013)

Harmful Behaviours

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Brook Traffic Lights Tool
  • Brook - Sexual health and wellbeing for under 25s
  • NSPCC Harmful Sexual Behaviours
  • NSPCC Harmful Sexual Behaviors - Research and Resources
  • Contextual Safeguarding Network, University of Bedfordshire: Beyond referrals: levers for addressing harmful sexual behaviour in schools (Self-review tool for wider whole school response)
  • Lucy Faithfull Parent's Protect:
    • Parent's Protect - What's the Problem? (Online behaviours)
    • Helping you understand the sexual development of children under the age of 5
    • Helping you understand the sexual development of children between 5-11

• Local Guidance/Links:
  • KSCB Children Who Exhibit Harmful Behaviour including Sexual Harm (Assessing and Providing Interventions)
  • KSCB  Working with Sexually Active Young People (includes risk assessment tools and resources)
  • Prompts for Workers Coming into Contact with Sexually Active under 18s

Safer Recruitment and Allegations

• National Guidance/Links:
  • Online safer recruitment training is accessible from the NSPCC
  • Disclosure and barring service
  • Disqualification under the childcare act 2006
  • ACAS Help & advice for employers and employees - Discipline and grievance - Acas Code of Practice
  • ACAS Discipline and grievances at work
• Local Guidance/Links:
  • KCC Managing Allegations against Staff
  • Kent County Council employee check
  • Safer Recruitment and Employment KSCB (DOC, 328.0 KB)
  • KCC Disqualification practice guidance and flowchart for schools and settings (PDF, 326.3 KB)