Safeguarding

Our School's Designated Safeguarding Leads

Miss Hobbs

Principal Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss Hobbs
Mrs Merry

Deputy Safeguarding & Child Protection Lead

Mrs Merry
Mrs Godfrey

Deputy Safeguarding & Child Protection Lead

Mrs Godfrey
Mr Durkin

Headteacher, Deputy Safeguarding & Child Protection Lead

Mr Durkin
Mr Norris

Deputy Safeguarding Officer

Mr Norris
Mr Cox

Deputy Safeguarding Officer

Mr Cox
Miss Davis

Deputy Safeguarding Officer

Miss Davis
Mrs Bevan

Safeguarding Administrator

Mrs Bevan

If you have safeguarding concerns please contact one of the above team members on safeguarding@castleviewschool.co.uk or call 01268 696811 and ask for the Safeguarding Team.

If you feel a child is at immediate risk you can call the Family Operation Hub directly on 0345 603 7627

The Roles & Responsibilities

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (and Deputy)

The designated safeguarding lead in school takes lead responsibility for managing child protection referrals, safeguarding training and raising awareness of all child protection policies and procedures. They ensure that everyone in school (including temporary staff, volunteers and contractors) is aware of these procedures and that they are followed at all times. They act as a source of advice and support for other staff (on child protection matters) and ensure that timely referrals to Essex Children’s Social Care (Family Operations Hub) are made in accordance with current Southend, Essex & Thurrock (SET) procedures. They work with the local authority and other agencies as required.

If for any reason the designated safeguarding lead is unavailable, the deputy designated safeguarding lead will act in their absence. If the concern is about a member of staff the head teacher must be informed. If it is about the Headteacher you must contact the chair of governors or the LADO.

If Parents have any concerns they should contact the school and ask for a member of the Castle View safeguarding team or alternatively email safeguarding@castleviewschool.co.uk

If a child is immediate danger then you should call the police.

The Headteacher

The Head teacher works in accordance with the requirements upon all school staff. In addition, he ensures that all safeguarding policies and procedures adopted by the governing body are followed by all staff.

All school staff

Everyone is our school has a responsibility to provide a safe learning environment in which our children can learn. All staff members are prepared to identify children who may benefit from early help and understand their role within this process. This includes identifying any emerging problems so appropriate support may be provided and liaising with the designated safeguarding lead to report any concerns. All staff members are aware of and follow school processes and are aware of how to make a referral to Social Care if there is a need to do so.

The governing body

The governing body ensures that the policies, procedures and training in our school are effective and comply with the law at all times. It ensures that all required policies relating to safeguarding are in place and that the child protection policy reflects statutory and local guidance and is reviewed at least annually.

The governing body ensures there is a named designated safeguarding lead and deputy safeguarding lead in place.

The governing body ensures the school contributes to inter-agency working, in line with statutory and local guidance. It ensures that information is shared and stored appropriately and in accordance with statutory requirements.

The governing body ensures that all staff members undergo safeguarding and child protection training at induction and that it is then regularly updated. All staff members receive regular safeguarding and child protection updates, at least annually, to provide them with the relevant skills and knowledge to keep our children safe.

The governing body ensures that children are taught about safeguarding, including online, ensuring that that appropriate filters and monitoring systems for online usage are in place. Our children will be taught how to keep themselves safe through teaching and learning opportunities as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.

The governing body and school leadership team are responsible for ensuring the school follows recruitment procedures that help to deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children. It adheres to statutory responsibilities to check adults working with children and has recruitment and selection procedures in place (see the school’s ‘Safer Recruitment’ policy for further information). It ensures that volunteers are appropriately supervised in school.

Policies & Procedures

Student Support

Parent Support

Our Leaders in Safeguarding Award

Leaders in Safeguarding provides quality assurance and specialist support, advice, training and scrutiny of safeguarding arrangements in education, health, social care and leisure settings.

Our team of experts from the fields of education, health, social care and statutory inspection will help you ensure a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults by:

providing specialist and experienced consultants to audit and scrutinise your safeguarding arrangements, systems and practice
supporting you to develop dynamic safeguarding action plans
improving safeguarding policy and practice within your organisation
helping you prepare for statutory inspection via pre-inspection safeguarding health checks
delivering first class training in safeguarding and Prevent that equips staff with the knowledge and skills to raise awareness of the risks of radicalisation and extremism in schools and colleges
helping you to write critical incident plans for schools, colleges, health, social care or leisure settings
ensuring policies, systems and practices are up-to-date and effective in dealing with bomb threats in schools, colleges, health, social care and leisure settings
providing support with implementing the Prevent duty in colleges, schools etc. and conduct Prevent risk assessments in education
facilitating workshops to raise awareness of Prevent (WRAP) for colleges
supporting you with annual safeguarding audits
helping with annual ‘safeguarding children and young adults reports’ to governors
advising on safeguarding documentation for education, health, social care, sports and leisure industry
scrutinising safeguarding and e-safety policies in education, health and leisure settings
advising on anti-bullying policy for education
advising on health action plans for schools, colleges and clubs
providing training and support for designated safeguarding lead and designated safeguarding officers
ensuring effective governance arrangements in safeguarding and child protection
advising on information sharing and accountability in child protection and safeguarding
scrutinising ‘whistleblowing’ arrangements in child care and schools, colleges and health and social care and recommending improvement where appropriate

Leaders in Safeguarding recognises your role in ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We take seriously the statutory and moral duty that exists to protect and promote the wellbeing of individuals accessing health, education and social care provision by providing:

Scrutiny of safeguarding systems and practice
Policy development and practical advice
Expert consultants and First Class training
Support and challenge to improve quality

What we do

Our approved safeguarding consultants visit organisations to assess the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements. This involves close examination of recruitment, training, policies and procedures as well as observation of day to day practice and routine.

A full audit is conducted and a detailed report is produced.

Once this has been completed the safeguarding consultant presents their assessment and report to the Leaders in Safeguarding scrutiny and validation panel for approval.

The Leaders in Safeguarding panel consists of expert professionals from health, education, social care and statutory inspection sectors.

Organisations meeting statutory requirements and the Leaders in Safeguarding Standard are approved for the Leaders in Safeguarding quality mark.

The Leaders in Safeguarding Quality Mark is an award that celebrates and supports achievement in highly effective and robust safeguarding arrangements. It is awarded to organisations in recognition of their provision, practice and commitment to keep children, young people and vulnerable adults safe. The award is valid for two years.