Safeguarding policies

Contents

• Kent Education Safeguarding Templates and Guidance for Schools
• Kent Education Safeguarding Templates and Guidance for Early Years
• Assessment and Referrals
• National Guidance and Ofsted
• Additional Links for Key Safeguarding Concerns
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Information Sharing
  • Online Safety
  • Honour Based Abuse (HBA) including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
  • Prevent and Extremism
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
  • Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), Gangs and County Lines
  • Child Missing Education (CME) and Elective Home Education (EHE)
  • Behaviour Management
  • Sexual Violence and Harassment, Including Sexually Harmful Behaviours
  • Safer Recruitment and Allegations Against Staff

Kent Education Safeguarding Service: Templates and Guidance for Schools

Template Policies

• LA exemplar school's child protection policy (DOCX, 502.3 KB) -  New - September 2020
• School Child Protection Policy Addendum (DOCX, 168.7 KB) - April 2020
• Record Keeping Templates (DOC, 134.0 KB) -  New - September 2020

Guidance

• Kent guidelines for record keeping (PDF, 354.7 KB) (2018)
• Managing a child accosted disclosure - protocol (PDF, 94.5 KB)
• Self review tool (2019-20) (DOCX, 85.9 KB)
• Annual Report to the Governing Body (January 2020) (DOC, 210.0 KB)

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

Template Policies

• Early Years safeguarding exemplar policy (DOCX, 468.0 KB) -  New - September 2020

Guidance

• Lockdown Procedures for Early Years settings (PDF, 125.0 KB)
• Supervision in Early Years settings (DOCX, 313.4 KB) - 2018
  • Example Template for recording Supervision Sessions (DOCX, 18.0 KB) - 2018
• Guidance for Children and Young People Visiting Early Years Settings (PDF, 86.1 KB) - 2019

Assessment and Referrals

The Integrated Front Door is operational to access support for children, young people and families requiring intensive or specialist support at levels 3 and 4.

• Kent Support Levels Guidance
• KSCMP page for professionals worried about a child
• Single Request for Support Form (DOCX, 197.4 KB)
• Select to upload the Kent request for support form
• Early Help and Preventative Services contacts
• Initial child protection conferences report templates

National Guidance and Ofsted

• Safeguarding children - GOV.UK

• Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018)
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education - September 2020
  • Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners (March 2015)

• Professional Practice
  • Teachers' standards (July 2011)
  • Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who work with Children and Young People in Education Settings (PDF, 468.8 KB) (May 2019)

• Parental Responsibility
  • 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 2019
  • Ofsted Education Inspection Framework from September 2019

Additional Links for Key Safeguarding Concerns

Domestic Abuse

• National Guidance Links:
  • Statutory guidance framework - controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
  • Victim Support
  • Refuge
  • Women's Aid
• 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
  • KSCMP Procedures Domestic Violence and Abuse
  • Referral Form and Pathway (includes leaflets)

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:
  • Use of social media and use of mobile phones and personal devices
  • Acceptable Use Policies templates
  • Links to national guidance

Honour Based Abuse (HBA) including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

• 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:
  • KSCMP (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:
  • KSCMP 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
  • Barnardo's - Spotting the Signs
• Local Guidance Links:
  • KSCMP guidance (includes leaflets, posters and training)

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), Gangs and County Lines

• National Guidance Links:
  • Advice to parents and carers on gangs (Home Office)
  • Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance
• Local Guidance Links:
  • KSCMP 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 
• 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 and Bullying

• National Guidance Links
  • DfE Behaviour and discipline in schools
  • Getting the simple things right - Charlie Taylor's Behaviour Checklist
  • Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance for governing bodies
• Bullying
  • DfE Preventing and tackling bullying
• Physical Interventions
  • DfE Searching, Screening and Confiscation
  • 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

Sexual Violence and Harassment, Including Sexually Harmful Behaviours

• National Guidance Links:
  • DfE - Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
  • 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 - 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
    • Preventing harmful sexual behaviour toolkit
• Local Guidance Links:
  • KSCMP Children Who Exhibit Harmful Behaviour including Sexual Harm (Assessing and Providing Interventions)
  • KSCMP 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 Against Staff

• National Guidance Links:
  • Online safer recruitment training is accessible from the NSPCC
  • Disclosure and barring service
  • Disqualification under the childcare act 2006
  • ACAS Help and 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
  • SPS DBS employee check
  • Safer Recruitment and Employment KSCMP (DOC, 328.0 KB)
  • KCC Disqualification practice guidance and flowchart for schools and settings (PDF, 326.3 KB)