Keeping Learners Safe at Beckton Skills Centre

At Beckton Skills Centre 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 practice in a way that protects them

We recognise that:

·     The welfare of children and young people is paramount in all the work we do and in all the decisions we take

·     Working in partnership with children and young people, their parents, carers and other agencies is essential in promoting their welfare.

·     All children and young people whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, socio-economic status, religious belief and/or sexual identity have an equal right to protection from all types of harm or abuse

·    Extra safeguards may be needed to keep children and young people who are additionally vulnerable safe from abuse

We will seek to keep our learners safe by:

·     Valuing, listening to and respecting them

·     Appointing a nominated child protection lead for children and young people, a deputy and a lead trustee for safeguarding

·     Adopting child protection and safeguarding best practice through our policies, procedures and code of conduct for staff and volunteers

·    Recruiting and selecting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made

·    Providing effective management for staff and volunteers through supervision, support and training

·    Recording , storing and using information professionally and securely, in line with data protection legislation and guidance

·    Ensuring that learners and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern

·    Using our safeguarding and child protection procedures to share concerns and relevant information with agencies who need to know, and involving learners, parents, families and carers respectively

·    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 provide a safe physical environment for our learners, 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, learners and their families, treat each other with respect and are comfortable about sharing concerns

 Beckton Skills Centre

Registered charity number 1152580

Nominated child protection lead

Name: Julie Chant

Phone: 07802 284322

Email:  becktoncentre@hotmail.com

Deputy child protection lead:

Name: Angela Fitzpatrick (Development Officer)

Phone 07484775013

Email: angela@becktonskillscentre.co.uk

To read the Beckton Skills Centre Safeguarding Policy, click here