📅 Date of Next Meeting
Tuesday 3rd May 10:00 - 11:00am
👪 Working Group Members
ℹ️ About
The Safeguarding Working Group will work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and resources to strengthen safeguarding practice across the Step Change Consortium.
🎯 Aims of the group
The Group aims to establish a shared understanding of safeguarding and develop approaches that holistically safeguard asylum seekers and refugees and respond to the specific contexts and landscape that we are working in.
📝 Meeting notes
🧭Terms of Reference
📚 Useful Resources and Contacts
- https://www.scie.org.uk/safeguarding/adults (Lots of resources and offer training)
- https://knowhow.ncvo.org.uk/safeguarding/what-is-safeguarding (NCVO has a safeguarding suite of info on requirements and how to implement for different organisations)
- https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/safeguarding-child-protection/writing-a-safeguarding-policy-statement (Lots of child-specific information at the NSPCC website)
- https://www.anncrafttrust.org/resources/safeguarding-adults-policy-procedures-templates/ (Adult specific)
- https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/training/safeguarding-charity-trustees (Great safeguarding governance training for trustees- can be done online. Some funders ask about safeguarding training for trustees and this is a good way to meet that requirement)
- The contact who has been really helpful at DBS is Cathy Taylor Catherine.Taylor1@dbs.gov.uk Cathy Taylor | Stakeholder Engagement Adviser Partnerships Team | Strategy and Performance Directorate Disclosure and Barring Service Tel: 0300 105 3429
🤲 Refugee Action Documents for Sharing
- Safeguarding Strategy
- Safeguarding Policy Statement
- Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy
- Safeguarding Children Policy
- Safeguarding Training (Slides)
- Safeguarding Training Minimum Standards (Flowchart)
- Managing Safeguarding Concerns (1 page guide)
- Digital Safeguarding Policy (DRAFT)
- DBS Checking Process Policy & Guidance
🔔 Report a Safeguarding Concern to Refugee Action 🔔
To use when you have a serious safeguarding concern or serious incident that you need to report to Refugee Action. Open and save a copy or download a Word version.
