Safeguarding
Welcome to Key Staff in School:
Joanna Macdonald – Headteacher with overall responsibility for Safeguarding and Protecting all children in school
Georgia Hindle – Named Governor for Safeguarding and Child Protection
Sarah Williams – Deputy Headteacher – Designated Lead for Safeguarding and Child Protection
Phil Gibbons - Deputy Headteacher - Deputy DSL
Liz Donoghue – Senior Teaching Assistant – key responsibilities for Early Help / Looked After Children / Counselling
Steph Bhola - Assistant Headteacher - Deputy DSL
Lia Bolton - Assistant Headteacher - Deputy DSL
Rachel Livesey - Assistant Head - Deputy DSL
Children's Rights
At Camberwell Park School we value the rights of the child when safeguarding and protecting them. We have the responsibility to ensure all pupils are able to communicate their thoughts, wishes and feelings; this is promoted through their own reports for meetings / through conversations & observation / social stories / therapeutic approaches / advocating on their behalf.
All pupils will know that there are adults in the school whom they can approach in confidence if they are in difficulty or feeling worried and that their concerns will be taken seriously and treated with respect.
Safeguarding and Child Protection
This policy has been developed to ensure that all staff in Camberwell Park School are working together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people whilst acting in the best interests of them at all times . All staff are PROUD to work at Camberwell Park and embrace the key principles and expectations of Government Legislation and Guidance and Manchester Safeguarding Children’s Board (MSCB) in protecting children and supporting their families, by providing help for families to stay together. They are Passionate about the children and know them well enough to care and know when things are a cause of concern; they are Respectful of all of our pupils and support them through periods of difficulty and help them to cope with adversity and support them in developing positive strategies that help them become resilient. They are Organised and know who to report concerns to and what action to take; they are Understanding of the needs of the pupils and their families and work with other professionals to ensure the holistic needs of the children are met. They are Dedicated to the children and meet their responsibilities in helping to keep them safe.
Curriculum
Our curriculum enables children to learn to develop the necessary skills to build self-esteem, respect others, defend those in need, resolve conflict without resorting to violence, question and challenge and to make informed choices.
The school has a comprehensive PSHCE and SEAL curriculum that teaches children about safety, relationships, their feelings and emotions; including introducing them to key words such as feeling: ‘safe’, ‘not safe’, ‘scared’, ‘hurt’.
Children and young people are encouraged to express and discuss their ideas, thoughts and feelings through a variety of activities and have access to a range of opportunities which promote the fundamental British values of tolerance, respect, understanding and empathy for others, which supports their social, spiritual and moral well-being as well as their physical and mental health.
Safeguarding and child protection information for parents/carers
Safeguarding and child protection brochure
Keeping Children Safe
All staff and named governor for safeguarding are trained and take into account the latest advice and guidance provided by the government / MSCB; including Keeping Children Safe In Education January 2021 and Working together to safeguard children 2019.
This helps us to address specific vulnerabilities and forms of exploitation for example: Safer Recruitment – including DBS / Prohibition checks, Early Help Assessments and Support for Families, Child Sexual Exploitation, Radicalisation and Extremism, Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, Child Missing from Education, Fabricated or Induced Illness, Faith Abuse, Gangs and Youth Violence etc.
Online safety
Online safety is taught as an important aspect of pupil’s core learning at Camberwell Park, it is important that pupils are taught how to access appropriate sites for themselves, to be aware of programmes that are too old for them and to know what to do if they see something they don’t like.
Keeping Your Child Safe Online – it is vital that you:
- Set rules for how long they can use technology and what they can do on it
- Use parental controls to keep them safe
- Know what sites your child is visiting online
- That you monitor their activity
- You don’t allow them to access or play games that are too old for them, this is against the law
- Know how to ask for help if they see something they don’t like or understand
- Tell you if they are being bullied
- Tell that not everyone is their friend and that they must not talk to strangers
- Social Network sites are for 13yrs + – your child should not have their own account or access yours
Informing Parents / Carers
Our approach to working with parents/carers is one of transparency and honesty and our responsibility is to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children in our care. We aim to do this in partnership with our parents/carers. In most cases parents and carers will be informed when concerns are raised about the safety and welfare of their child. Parents and carers should be given the opportunity to address any concerns raised. The DP / HT will make every effort to inform parent/carers.
Parents and carers will be informed if a referral is to be made to the Children and Families Service or any other agency.
Parents/carers will not be informed if it is believed that by doing so would put the child at risk. In such cases the Designated Person or Headteacher will seek advice from the Children’s Social Care Service or any other agency.
Online-safety cont:
Where to go for help if you are concerned:
- School
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) https://www.ceop.police.uk
- Childline https://www.childline.org.uk
- THINKUKNOW https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
- Internet Matters https://www.internetmatters.org
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Behaviour at Camberwell Park School
At Camberwell Park School we are PROUD of all of our pupils we have high aspirations and show them dignity and respect at all times.
We are Passionate about the children and know that they behave well and are happy to be in school, they are Respectful and accept support to help them manage their own behaviour, they follow the school rules and are able to Organise themselves by doing jobs around school and in the classroom.
They Understand the needs of other pupils and help each other.
They are encouraged to make positive choices and staff are Dedicated to the children ensuring they give them the best possible life chances to act as responsible citizens.
(Copies of the Behaviour Policy can be requested through the main office or click here)
Behaviours for Learning
We employ positive strategies to reward learning and good behaviour; these include:
Identifying and Managing their own and others’ Feelings
Using Total Communication Strategies to help children tell us what is wrong
School Rules / Class Rules
School Charter – understanding how to behave responsibly and resolve conflict in a positive way, how to embrace others who are different from themselves etc.
Praise good behaviour through Praise / Reward Charts / Prizes
Anti-bullying
At Camberwell Park, we do not have a separate anti-bullying policy, this decision has been taken because we know our children well, they are very happy at school and build very positive relationships with each other and adults who care for them. Incidents of bullying behaviour are rarely seen; where there are incidents of children using bullying behaviours towards others this is investigated, recorded, discussed with parents and reported to governors regularly. As part of the reporting procedures; positive strategies are put into effect to deal with the incident and repair the relationship. Any evidence of Bullying by staff will not be tolerated and will be investigated by the Deputy Headteacher.
Therapeutic Approaches
Your child will be supported to manage their own behaviour by staff using therapeutic strategies/approaches such as hand massage, peer massage, breathing techniques, therapeutic toys, social stories etc; to be able to communicate their wants / needs / feelings in a positive way.
Risk Assessments and Individual Behaviour Plans
When pupils need help in managing their own behaviour and making positive decisions, Camberwell Park School has a clear strategy for managing children’s behaviour that may involve holding them safely in order to prevent a serious incident developing.
All staff are highly trained and skilled in identifying behaviours that cause concern and will put plans in place to prevent incidents of concern and crisis situations from happening; including using positive physical interventions with children, through TEAM TEACH, meeting current legal requirements.
If a child needs support a Risk Assessment and an Individual Behaviour Plan will be written for your child and will be discussed with you.
Children's Rights
At Camberwell Park Children have the Right to be Safe.
We have the responsibility to
ensure all pupils are respected,
show respect towards others
and reach their potential.