SAFEGUARDING
Blackwell Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We strive to ensure that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school.
The Designated SAFEGUARDING LEAD (DSL) is:
Mrs Sarah Martin – dsl@blackwellpri.co.uk
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are:
Mrs Sarah Murrell Mrs Jo Brand Miss Gemma Akehurst
Link Governor:
Ros Clayson
Blackwell Primary School has policies and procedures in place to deal effectively with child protection and safeguarding issues, together with recording and monitoring processes.
To promote a safe environment for young people at Blackwell Primary School, our selection and recruitment policy includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers, including enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks.
All staff are trained to a level appropriate to their safeguarding responsibilities ranging from basic awareness for all to Level 2 for key staff. Other safeguarding training is attended by relevant staff and governors. This training is monitored and comprehensive records kept in our safeguarding file.
All concerns are passed to Sarah Martin who is the “Designated Safeguarding Lead” in school in compliance with the HM Government “sharing of information” guidance July 2018. Staff are required to report any causes of concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead using a written pro-forma. All Cause for Concern notes are stored securely and frequently monitored to ensure that they are completed, shared and followed up appropriately.
Further Advice and Support
If you have a safeguarding concern about a member of our school community or have a question regarding a safeguarding matter, please ask to speak to one of the members of the safeguarding team named above. If they are unavailable, please ask to speak to the next available member of senior staff.
You can also follow our link to report your concerns directly to West Sussex Integrated Front Door using this link: https://www.westsussexscp.org.uk/report-a-concern-about-a-child
Email: wschildrenservices@westsussex.gov.uk
Telephone: 01403 229900
Out of hours telephone number: 0330 2226664 (5.00pm–8.00pm weekdays and weekends)
Safety Net Guidance and Support
Safety Net is an organisation who work together to keep children and young people safe from abuse. They have helpful advice to enable you, as a parent/carer, to keep your child safe. Click on the image to access their website.
Operation Encompass
We are part of Operation Encompass, which ensures that we receive notifications from police of any domestic abuse incidents involving children (incidents in which a child was present, ordinarily resides as the incident location or with an involved party).
Pantosaurus
Use the Pantosaurus resources and video below to discuss with your children about how they can keep themselves safe – Talk PANTS.
NSPCC PANTS Handouts
The Talk Pants Guide for Parents
Keep and Learn Kids’ Pull-Out
Harmful Sexual Behaviours
Click on the image to access traffic light tools to support with recognising worrying sexual behaviours – for parents and carers.
