Safeguarding Policy

Policy Statement

Learn Create Play Ltd T/A Edubox aims to provide outstanding quality extra-curricular provision and care for the students within schools.

The following guidelines are to support all external club and care providers to enable they run a enriching sessions for the students.

The purpose of this policy statement is:

to protect children and young people who receive Edubox’s services from harm. This includes the children of adults who 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. This policy applies to anyone working on behalf of Edubox, including senior managers and the director(s), paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, agency staff and students.

Purpose of policy PEG recognises the responsibility it has regarding safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as set out in the following legislation and guidance.

The Children Act 1989 specifically Section 17 – provision of services for children in need – and Section 47 – local authority duty to investigate
Section 16, Sexual Offences Act 2003
The Children Act 2004 – creation of Local Safeguarding Children Boards, Working Together and information sharing
The Equality Act 2010
What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused 2015
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2022 (KCSIE, 2022)
The Data Protection Act, 2018
The UK General Data Protection Regulations
Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport

This policy and accompanying documents outline how the organisation will meet these responsibilities and provide clear guidance to staff, volunteers, visitors, and parents on expected behaviour as well as our legal obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people at our organisation.

All staff play an important role in detecting signs of potential abuse or neglect through their interactions with children. It is critical that all employees understand what to do if they have any concerns. Staff will foster an environment in which children are encouraged to speak and are listened to. They will be aware of the signs of abuse and take any concerns seriously.

Our ethos

Edubox will create and maintain an environment in which our children feel secure, encouraged to speak, listened to, and safe. Children will be able to speak freely to any member of staff, volunteer, or regular visitor to our organisation if they are worried or concerned about something and feel safe.

If a child is worried or concerned about something, they can freely discuss it with any member of staff, volunteer, or regular visitor to our organisation. All staff, volunteers, and regular visitors will be trained or inducted in how to recognise and manage a child's disclosure. We will not make promises to any child, nor will we keep secrets.

Every child will understand what the adult will do with what they have been told. We will provide activities and opportunities that will teach our children the skills they need to be safe. We will always work collaboratively and strive to establish effective working relationships with parents, carers, and colleagues from other agencies and organisations.

Key principles:

Always see the child first
Never do nothing
Do with, not to, others
Do the simple things better
Have conversations, build relationships
Outcomes not outputs

Edubox will ensure an appropriate level of safeguarding training is available to its trustees, employees, volunteers and any relevant persons linked to the organisation who requires it (e.g. contractors).

For all employees who are working or volunteering with children, this requires them as a minimum to have awareness training that enables them to:

Understand what safeguarding is and their role in safeguarding children.
Recognise a child potentially in need of safeguarding and take action.
Understand how to report a safeguarding alert.
Understand dignity and respect when working with children.
Have knowledge of the Safeguarding Children Policy

Some organisations in England, Scotland and Wales have a duty, as a specified authority under section 26 of the Counterterrorism and Security Act 2015, to identify vulnerable children and young people and prevent them from being drawn into terrorism. This is known as the Prevent duty.

These organisations include:

Schools • Registered childcare providers
Local authorities
Police
Prisons and probation services
NHS trusts and foundations.
Other organisations may also have Prevent duties if they perform delegated local authority functions.

Children can be exposed to diverse viewpoints and information from a variety of sources. Some of these viewpoints may be considered radical or extremist.

Radicalisation is the process by which an individual comes to support or participate in extremist ideologies. It can lead to a person becoming involved in terrorism, which is itself a form of harm.

Extremism is the vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values such as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for different faiths and beliefs. The Home Office provides free training: https://www.elearning.prevent.homeoffice.gov.uk/edu/screen1.html

Safeguarding

If a child discloses anything of concern the supervisor/instructor acting on behalf of Edubox will write down all information and pass onto our reception staff. They will forward the information to The Leadership Team.
Edubox requests that a member of the school staff is on site at all times and can be called upon in any emergency but they will not be required to be present in sessions supporting the supervisor.
If children require the toilet - the supervisor can send a child to the nearest toilet in the building.

Behaviour Expectations:

Children will listen and respect others right to contribute
Children will take turns
Children will respect all classroom resources/materials
Children will take pride in their presentation and respect their workbooks
Children are mindful of other people’s personal space
Children will wear the whole school uniform at all times
Children will not touch others inappropriately
Children will demonstrate appropriate language at all times
Children will have a respectful attitude towards all adults in the school and what they say
Children will demonstrate a positive attitude to their learning and school experience
Children will walk quietly and safely around the school building at all times
Children will show respect for other’s right to learn
Children will have an appropriate inside voice level
Children will always demonstrate our school values ie. Kindness, respect, appreciation • Children will consistently display good manners

Action to be taken during clubs

If these expectations are not met the following steps will be taken within a club:

Verbal Warning and reminder of the appropriate behaviour
Second verbal warning and reminder
5 minute time out given
Children will be sent to the staff led club to sit in time out. (If the supervisor has to give a child time out in that session they need to report this to a senior member of staff or Edubox will be in touch with their direct contact of the school forwarding on any feedback from our supervisor).
If a child has had four time outs across the sessions - the parents will have a meeting with the senior member of staff to review and make a decision going forward. There will be no refunds for paid clubs.