Safeguarding Child & Vulnerable Adult Policy 24-25

Child/Children: Are referred to those accessing our Active provision which provides wrap around care from Holiday Clubs and Term Time Services for 4–11-year-olds.

Colleagues: The term colleagues is all-inclusive term to refer to all employees.

Stakeholders – Refers to all non SCL employed colleagues, contractors , subcontractors, partners and third parties. (However, for the purpose of this policy, the term colleague is used to refer to employees and stakeholder). Residential Learners: Refers to any Learners who are living away from home in a residential arrangement which has been arranged privately between them/parents and the residential arrangement type/person. Residential Arrangements: Refers to any arrangement where the Learner resides away from home arranged privately between them/parents and the residential provider. This can be the form of a host families, student accommodation or other. SCL, do not take any responsibility for sourcing these arrangements.

OVERVIEW OF SAFEGUARDING ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The table below provides an overview of the key safeguarding roles and responsibilities across SCL. Further information on the detailed role of a DSL can be found in KCSIE 2024 Annex C, here: KCSIE 2024.

TITLE

ROLE

RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY

Shareholders Board

Strategic oversight and Governance

Ensure compliance with legislation and statutory guidance, provide a safe environment for children and learners and consider lessons learnt. Ensure compliance with legislation and statutory guidance. Provide challenge, scrutiny, support, consider lessons learned. Feed findings to the Shareholders Board. Responsible for liaising with the CEdO and Senior Designated Safeguarding lead, (SDSL) ensuring policies and procedures are up to date and adhered to, including training. Have strategic oversight and provide scrutiny and challenge as a critical friend. Responsible for oversight of strategic safeguarding, high risk and reputational issues, consider lessons learned to feed to the boards described above.

Safe and Sound Board

Scrutiny, challenge, and strategic governance oversight External scrutiny, challenge, and strategic governance oversight

Safeguarding Governor

CEO

Strategic Safeguarding and Governance

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