Safeguarding policy
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• to protect children and young people who receive Madrasatun Noor London’s services from harm. This includes the children of adultswho 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
• Dealing with disclosures and concerns about a child or young person
• Managing allegations against staff and volunteers
• Recording concerns and information sharing
• Child protection records retention and storage
• Code of conduct for staff and volunteers
• Behaviour codes for children and young people
• Photography and sharing images guidance
• Safer recruitment
• Online safety
• Anti-bullying
• Managing complaints
• Whistleblowing
• Health and safety
• Induction, training, supervision and support
• Adult to child supervision ratios
We believe that:
• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind
Legal framework
This policy has been drawn up on the basis of legislation, policy and guidance that
seeks to protect children in England.
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
race, status and ect.
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 will seek to keep children and young people
safe by:
• valuing, listening to and respecting them
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
•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.
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.
• sharing information about safeguarding and good practice with children and
their families by WhatsApp, Parents evening, calls and one-to-one discussions
• making sure that children, young people and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern
