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Guidance

19.12.22

This page contains documents that will support education settings in writing their Safeguarding Policy

These guidance documents promote safeguarding best practice

Many of the documents under 'Practice Issues' have been moved from previously being on the 'Policies and Procedures' page. This may mean some of the hyperlinks in these documents may need repairing, please be assured this process is underway

These documents have been updated for 2022-23

Induction:

• Staff & Volunteer Safeguarding Induction Pack, Sept 22

• New Staff, Governors, Volunteers, Sept 22 

• How our Setting Safeguards Students, Sept 22 

Practice issues:

• Adult Safeguarding, Sept 22 

• Allegations & Concerns about Staff & Volunteers Guidance, Sept 22

• Alternative Education Provision Guidance, Sept 22

• Behaviour Guidance and Positions of Trust, Sept 22

• Bullying Guidance, Sept 22

• Child Criminal & Sexual Exploitation Guidance, Sept 22

• Children Missing from Education, Home or Care Guidance, Sept 22

• Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Guidance, Sept 22

• Educational Visits, Sept 22 

• First Aid and Medical Conditions Guidance, Sept 22

• Governing Body Role Guidance, Sept 22

• Information Sharing Guidance, Sept 22

• Lone Working, Sept 22 

• Parental Responsibility, Sept 22 

• Personal Care, Showers & Changing Rooms, Sept 22 

• Photographs, Videos and Images Guidance, Sept 22

• Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation Guidance, Sept 22

• Private Fostering & Host Families Guidance, Sept 22

• Reasonable Force, Searching & Screening Guidance, Sept 22

• Referring your Safeguarding Concerns Guidance, Sept 22

• Safer Recruitment Guidance, Sept 22

• Secure Storage of Safeguarding Files & Access Requests, March 23 ***Updated March 2023***
  

• Special Educational Needs & Disability Guidance, Sept 22

• Transporting Pupils, Sept 22 

• Uncollected Children, Sept 22 

• Under 5s in Schools Guidance, Sept 22

• Visitors to a Setting, Sept 22 

• Whistleblowing Guidance, Sept 22

• Work and Study Placements, Sept 22 

• Use of Personal Devices in Education Settings, Sept 22 New for September 2022

Multi-agency work:

• Early Help, Thresholds of Need & Family Common Assessment Framework (FCAF)

• Conferences & Core Groups, Sept 22 (for education settings) 

• Child Protection Conferences - SCSP general guidance re signs of safety & other documents

• Signs of Safety Assessment Guidance Education Settings, Sept 22 

IT guidance:

• Anycomms Instructions, Sept 22 

• SFX User Guide, Sept 22 

Summary of document changes:

• New summary of document changes coming soon

Jargon buster & other information & resources:

• Jargon buster!

• Information & resources section specific safeguarding issues relating to children, young people, their family & community

• Sheffield Directory

• Student Well-Being Resource