What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:
·Protecting children from maltreatment
·Preventing impairment of children’s health or development
·Ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
·Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
At Savio Salesian College, we are committed to creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for children and young people, identifying where there are child welfare concerns and taking action to address them, in partnership with families and other agencies.
As a school, our safeguarding policy is compliant with the 2020 updated Keeping Children Safe in Education DFE statutory guidance, which can be found by clicking on the link below:
Concerns about a child or young person
If you have a concern regarding a child at Savio Salesian College, in the first instance please report your concern to:
Mrs Clare Murphy Worrell (Assistant Head & Designated Safeguarding Lead) cmurphy@saviosalesiancollege.com
Mr A Dring (Pastoral Care & Standards Leader & Deputy Safeguarding Lead) adring@saviosalesiancollege.com
Mr Tony Costello (Headteacher) tcostello@saviosalesiancollege.com
Our named Safeguarding Governor is Mrs Sue McCormick and can be contacted by calling school.
If you think a child is in immediate danger, you should contact the police on 999
Members of the public can also contact Sefton Children’s Services to report a concern about a child or young person.
Call 0345 140 0845 between 8am and 6pm (minicom 0151 934 4657).
Contact the emergency duty team on 0151 934 3555 for urgent advice outside of office hours (from 5.30pm Mon to Thurs, and 4pm Friday and weekends). If you think a child is in immediate danger call for police assistance.
If you wish to make a referral visit Sefton Council's website "Report a child or young person at risk"
You can contact Sefton's Community Adolescent Service (CAS) if you are concerned about a young person (age 12-25 years) who is: being pushed to be in a gang; at risk of sexual exploitation; have problems with drugs and/or alcohol, have poor mental health, experience violence at home or have run away from their family.
CAS will deal with the issues of the young person and their family before they escalate. Family members, professionals or the young person in question can contact the service on 0345 140 0845.
Any concerns about a member of staff should be raised by contacting the Head teacher, Mr Costello and/or the Chair of Governors, Mr John Thornhill
The LADO officer is Tracy Holyhead who can be contacted at;
C/O 7th Floor, St Peter’s House, Bootle. L20 3AB
Tel: 0151 9343783/ 07739920881
tracy.holyhead@sefton.gov.uk
NSPCC
NSPCC are encouraging children to contact Childline if they need to talk. NSPCC have produced a series of posters and handy credit card sized wallet cards to encourage children to contact Childline if they need to talk. CLICK HERE to access the campaign posters for schools.
Speaking out in Sport—For Parents - NSPCC have produced an animation to help parents understand their role in keeping children safe in sport. The video outlines what parents can do to help keep their child safe and who they can turn to for help if something went wrong. CLICK HERE to view the video.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB)
NSPCC have published a series of podcast episodes on assessing and preventing harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). Using trauma-informed and therapeutic practices with children and young people.
CLICK HERE to access the podcast.
What is Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB)?
HSB is developmentally inappropriate sexual behaviour displayed by children and young people which is harmful or abusive. Peer on Peer abuse is a form of HSB where sexual abuse takes place between children of a similar age or development. NSPCC Learning has information on: Responding to an incident; Preventative Measures; Staff online training; Resources to use with children.
CLICK HERE to access the information.
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
http://www.saviosalesiancollege.com/pdf/document1606305951.pdf
Addendum to Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy January 2021
http://www.saviosalesiancollege.com/pdf/document1612269528.pdf
Working Together to Safeguard Children
Early Help
What is Early Help?
Early Help is about taking action as soon as possible to tackle problems for children and families before they can grow into something that is more difficult to overcome. It is about identifying children and families that may be at risk of running into difficulties and providing timely and effective support.
There will be times when children and families need support and times they are not sure what they need to do to make things better. Early Help can support them at these times and make problems easier to understand and quicker to solve.
It can lead to a quick solution or help to identify extra support if needed. Having an Early Help action plan in place will ensure that everyone involved with the child and family – such as teachers and health visitors – work together to provide support.
If you are experiencing difficulties or challenges as a family and would like to explore whether Early Help would benefit your family please call school and speak to Mrs Lisa Howe (Pastoral Care & Standards Leader) who can discuss this with you.
Keeping Children Safe Online
Please click on the following links to find useful information in helping to keep children safe:
· Parentzone: https://parentzone.org.uk/
· Internet Matters: https://www.internetmatters.org/
· The Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre (CEOP) covers a range of safety issues and offers guidance and advice for both parents and young people: https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
· Thinkuknow: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Mental Health
· CAMHS: http://www.freshcamhs.org/
· CAMHS Sefton https://alderhey.nhs.uk/services/sefton-camhs
· Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/
· Young Minds: https://youngminds.org.uk/
· Kooth: https://www.kooth.com/
Healthy Relationships
Government advice for parents on young people and gangs: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment
PACE (Parents Against Child Exploitation): https://www.paceuk.info/
Domestic Abuse
Sefton Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) Team can:
· Offer free crisis intervention support to high risk victims of domestic abuse.
· Provide practical help including safety planning for the whole family, support through the Criminal Justice System, and home security checks.
· Work with male and female victims aged 16+
· Work with victims even if they chose to remain in their relationship.
The team are available:
Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm Phone: 0151 934 5142
Email: IDVA.Team@sefton.gov.uk - please note this is not a secure email address
Sefton Women's & Children's Aid (SWACA)
SWACA’s dedicated team help women, young people and children survive the impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse by giving free practical and emotional support. Our services are offered regardless of Age, Disability, Sexuality, Race or Religion.
Our support can be given by phone, in person, in school, in the workplace, in Children’s Centres or in our Centre.
Telephone 24hr National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 2470151 922 8606Text: 07779 745 594
Email help@swaca.com
Website www.swaca.com
Where to go 166 Knowsley Road, Bootle, Merseyside. L20 4NR
Honour Based Abuse and Harmful Practices
https://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/
LGBTQi+
https://www.theproudtrust.org/
Radicalisation & Extremism
https://www.internetmatters.org/issues/radicalisation/
https://www.EducateAgainstHate.com
Removing an image online
Just to make you aware the Internet Watch Foundation and Child Line have launched a ‘Report Remove’ tool which will allow children to report if a naked image of them has appeared online and get this removed.
The tool can be accessed via this link: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/remove-nude-image-shared-online/
Useful Phone Numbers
Sefton Children’s Services – 0345-140-0845
Liverpool Children’s Services (Careline) – 0151-233-3700
Knowsley Children’s Services – 0151-443-2600
Wirral Children’s Services (Wirral Integrated Front Door Team) – 0151-606-2008 (9am to 5pm) or 0151-677-6557 (any other time)
St Helens Children’s Services (Contact Care Team) – 01744 676 767 (9am to 5pm) or 0345 050 0148 (Emergency Duty Team)
Other Useful Links
BullyBusters: http://www.bullybusters.org.uk
Childline: http://www.childline.org.uk
Sefton Early Help Directory: https://www.sefton.gov.uk/earlyhelp
Sefton Safeguarding Hub: https://seftonlscb.org.uk/lscb
Barnados: https://www.barnardos.org.uk/
NSPCC: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/
Safeguarding Links
Savio Salesian College Behaviour Survey - April 2021
Merseyside Police Safer Internet - February 2021
A very good website for young people, parents and teachers regarding online safety.
ThinkUKnow Online Safety Education Resources - January 2021
Keeping Children Safe In Education September 2020
ThinkUKnow Online Safety For Young People - June 2020
Merseyside Police Stay Safe at Home Booklet - June 2020