Safeguarding Health Check-Audit Offer

What to expect:

The safeguarding health check provides an independent evaluation of the robustness of the safeguarding procedures, arrangements and the ‘safeguarding culture’ of a setting. Prior to visiting, the Education Officer will carry out a document review and a website check. The support includes a ½ day on site meeting the Senior Leaders, including the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), with leaders, speaking to governors or key staff (where possible), and completing a document review. During the visit the Education Officer will  carry out an evaluation of the settings systems and procedures for safer recruitment and managing allegations and support for the single central record. Following the visit, the Education Officer will provide a follow up report with recommendations and an action plan (where applicable).

Pre-visit off-site preparation:

The Education Officer will conduct

• Documentary review including setting policies and previous inspection report
• Website check
• Setting self-evaluation review (Ofsted reports, etc)

Setting visit on-site will include:

• An interview with the DSL who has responsibility for safeguarding on site (or equivalent member of the senior leadership team)
• A ‘safer recruitment’ review including single central record
• A documentation review, including the child protection-safeguarding policy and other relevant policies
• An evaluation of setting systems and procedures for managing allegations
• Support to determine whether safeguarding systems and procedures are clear to all
• A check to ensure records are being stored and archived appropriately

The Education Officer will support each setting to scrutinise existing policies, procedures and practice; to identify areas for improvement through challenge and reflection. This will provide advice and guidance on topics agreed with the setting.

By the end of the review the setting will have:

• • An independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the safeguarding procedures and practice.
  • An action plan making suggestions about how to improve aspects of provision and thus ensure procedures are as rigorous as they can be.
  • A report is compiled identify strengths of provision and any recommendations to improve/ develop practice within an action plan developed with the setting during the health check. Included will be:
  • Points for immediate action / Improvements to make in the medium term
  • Areas of good practice
  • Strategies and ideas to help you to improve your practice.

Safeguarding support is a service that will be of interest to all settings, their management teams, committees or business leads and is intended to support settings with their safeguarding arrangements.

Total cost for the ½ day Health Check is: £550.00

To book your Safeguarding Health Check please email: Amanda Waterfall.