Safer Recruitment

3.1

Recruitment and selection processes are fully compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education Part Three and Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) guidelines. 

RED

There is limited oversight over the recruitment and selection processes. 

Governance and senior leadership  have not read the most recent versions of statutory guidance and have not reviewed their practice. 

Practice has followed previous models and processes without consideration for up to date requirements. 

AMBER 

The designated safeguarding lead has ensured that the relevant members of the senior leadership team and the business manager (or equivalent) has appropriate levels of training. 

The headteacher/principal including the governor completes annual audits of the relevant recruitment and selection processes to ensure compliance with statutory guidance. 

To be completed. 

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3.2

The setting has robust measures to conduct pre-employment checks and ensures appropriate record keeping around these checks in a Single Central Record

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

3.3

The setting has appropriate safeguarding measures and checks when commissioning services from other agencies.

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

Promoting Safer Working Practice

3.4

The setting has robust measures in place to ensure effective staff safer working practice.

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

In addition to the conditions in the amber:

To be completed. 

3.5

The settings has effective systems to manage incidents of physical intervention. 

-          The setting has a no-physical intervention policy,

-          Or there is limited records of incidents recorded and no quality assurance around the process.

The setting has an effective behaviour policy includes procedures around the use of positive handling and restraint, detailing the circumstances in which physical intervention may be used. This is consistent with national guidance – Use of Reasonable Force in schools 2013. For Early Years providers this also includes adherence to the statutory prohibition of the use or threat of corporal punishment.

-          Setting has adequate number of staff fully trained

-          All staff receive briefing on de-escalation skills.

-          Learners, parents, and carers are aware of settings approach to using physical interventions.

-          Bound or numbered book (or equivalent)

-          Voice of child is reflected in recordings of incidents processes.

-          Student voice collected as part of the recording of incident process.

-          A named person responsible for monitoring and signing off all incidents reported (operational) – have assured that the setting is complaint with guidance (contact with parents, follow up with child’s individual behaviour plans to reduce need for physical intervention)

There are strategic audits to identify patterns of the following and the designated safeguarding lead can take action to address any deficits in practice

- Staff use (number, intensity)

 - Location,

 - Number of interventions

 - Disproportionate number of interventions.

 -  whether there are vulnerable demographic

 -  on going support for the learner.

-          Setting has a separate positive handling policy.

-          The setting has read the ‘Reducing the need for restrictive intervention ‘ 2019 and have reviewed the setting’s policy and practice.

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-          A whole setting approach is undertaken around a ‘team teach’ approach

-          A review has taken place to ensure appropriate time, capacity and resource is in place to promote the safety and welfare of children beyond

-          Contextual safeguarding approaches are evidenced with location of interventions identified, assessed, and have interventions.

-          There is evidence of the governance, senior leadership team and designated safeguarding leads to identify data trends that impact on practice.

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3.6

Childminders are aware that illegal or safeguarding behaviour of staff and/or members of the household could affect their suitability as a provider.

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

3.7

The Designated Safeguarding Lead regularly reviews and monitor the care that guardians offer in the case of residential settings. This includes the suitability of any care arrangements.

To be completed. 

To be completed. 

To be completed.