Safeguarding Policy LEAP AND DIVE Ltd

Alexa Loy : After School Drawing Club at Whitehill Junior School.

This safeguarding policy is a statement which states the steps that Alexa Loy Dent (representing her limited company LEAP AND DIVE LTD) will follow to keep students safe and respond to any safeguarding concerns while teaching at ‘Drawing Club’ hosted after school at Whitehill Junior School.  Alexa Loy is a self employed tutor and all children who attend the club will be students at Whitehill Junior School.

The purpose of a safeguarding policy is: 

• to protect the children and young people who receive tutoring services from Alexa Loy Dent (for LEAP AND DIVE LTD) from harm 

• to respond to any allegations and/ or any concerns relating to the welfare of a child or young adult for whom you provide tutoring services to

• to state the ongoing training Alexa Loy (for LEAP AND DIVE LTD) will undertake to ensure that safeguarding protocols are up-to-date and understood by all.

This policy will be reviewed and updated on an annual basis or earlier if there is a change in safeguarding protocols. 

Responsbilities

Alexa Loy Dent will have a standard DBS check completed on an annual basis, and also has an enhanced DBS check for Whitehill Junior School

Alexa Loy Dent will : 

• ensure that a DBS check is completed each year  Link to current DBS certificate. 

• ensure that appropriate safeguarding training is undertaken at least once every two years

• endeavor to keep up-to-date with any new information about safeguarding and child protection and updating this policy accordingly to include any changes

• report safeguarding concerns correctly to the relevant bodies, following the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) procedures.  

Reporting safeguarding concerns

This is the process I will follow if  (a) a child tells me that they are being abused or (b) I suspect that there are safeguarding concerns for a child who I tutor.  

If a student tells me that they or another child is being abused I will: 

• show that I have heard what they are saying, and that I take their allegations seriously; 

• encourage the child to talk, without prompting them or asking them leading questions. I will not interrupt

 • when a child is recalling significant events and will not make a child repeat their account;

• reassure the child that they can tell me anything that is worrying them, but that I cannot promise not to tell anybody because some things have to be passed on in order to keep them safe; 

• explain what actions I must take, in a way that is appropriate to the age and understanding of the child; 

• record what I have been told, as soon as I can, using exact words where possible; 

• make a note of the date, time, place and people who were present during the disclosure. I will contact the Safeguarding Lead for Whitehill Junior School

If I am concerned that the child is in immediate danger, I will call the police. 

If I have suspicions of a safeguarding or welfare concern in relation to one of my students I will contact the Safeguarding Lead for Whitehill Junior School (Steve Mills 01462 621313)

Useful contact details

Whitehill Junior School Safeguarding :  

(Lead)  Steve Mills  01462 621313 head@whitehill.herts.sch.uk 

(Deputies) Heidi Burniston/Antonia McConnell Smith) 

Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership :  0300 123 4043

Police: Emergency 999 Non Emergency 101

Link or include safeguarding training records or certificates.