SAFEGUARDING
At Hazel Slade
Hazel Slade Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. We ensure consistent, effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support children, families and staff at school.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs K. Challinor, Principal
Contact via the school telephone number 01543 227115 or via email hazelsladeprincipal@sbmat.org
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are Mrs L. Hancock and Mrs S. Mason
Contact the DDSL’s via the school telephone number 01543 227115 or via email: hazelslade@sbmat.org
If a child is in immediate danger you should dial 999 and report the matter to the Police.
If you have a concern or request support for a child or family, please contact Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door
Details of contact routes can be found at www.staffordshire.gov.uk/reportconcern
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Useful Links
CAHMS work with parents and children to promote the development of children and young people so they can flourish at home and when they get to school.
https://www.combined.nhs.uk/patient-information/about-camhs/
Childline is for children – a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. They are there for you online, on the phone, anytime. Call free on 0800 1111.
Childnet International is a UK-based charity focused on making the internet a great and safe place for children. They work with children, young people, parents, carers, and educators to provide resources, advice, and training on online safety. Childnet is one of the three charities that make up the UK Safer Internet Centre.
Offering a range of support to parents and professionals, including counselling for you or the child/young person, training on issues around bereavement and loss.
Digital resource that offers targeted advice to parents on a range of subjects including mental health and well-being, behaviour and family issues. This resource also offers a helpline and live chat.
Our mission is to prevent child sexual abuse by intervening with people at risk of causing harm and enabling everyone to create a safer world for children.
Children and young people use a wide range of social media platforms to connect, learn and express themselves. While social media can offer creativity, connection and learning, it’s important to understand the risks and how to support children to stay safe online.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/social-media/
Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/advice-for-families/pants-underwear-rule/
People across the UK are using us to make their digital lives a little better. To improve outcomes for children in an increasingly digital world. To test assumptions and stereotypes around digital family life. To understand what parents and families need – and provide support when it’s most needed.
Safer Internet Centres inform, advise and assist children, parents, teachers and carers on digital questions and fights against online abuse.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/social-media-guides
Services to promote wellbeing and recovery of children and young people in mental distress – and additional support for parents, carers and teachers.
Turn2us is a national charity providing practical help to people who are struggling financially.
As a parent of a child or young person with epilepsy life can be really hard. You and your child might be feeling anxious and lonely, and the condition is often misunderstood. You don’t know what the right thing to do is.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced, any domestic abuse. Operation Encompass will ensure that a member of the school staff, (Designated Safeguarding Lead) known as a Key Adult, is trained to allow them to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence, while ensuring that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been experienced a domestic abuse incident. For further information, please come and see us!
Hazel Slade Primary Academy is fully aware of its responsibility under the Prevent Duty Guidance and recognises that its responsibilities to prevent and protect children from extremism, fits within its duty of child protection and safeguarding. Prevent is part of the government’s counter terrorism strategy to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism, including the extreme right wing, religious extremists and other causes.