Safeguarding Children
If you are ever concerned that a child is in immediate danger please call the police on 999.
Our safeguarding team consists of:
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms T Turton
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr J Horsley
Useful documents:
Below are a number of contact details and links for your information:
If you are between 6 and 16-years-old, and you are looking for help or support relating to domestic abuse, you might prefer to talk to a trusted adult about what you have experienced or witnessed. A trusted adult may be a:
- parent or grandparent
- other family member
- teacher at school.
Or you can call:
Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHaSH)
During office hours (Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4.30pm), you can contact EHaSH on:
Outside of office hours, please contact the emergency duty team:
Family Information Services Hub (FISH)
Free, impartial service for children, young people, parents/carers & the people who support them.
National Contact Information
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people exposed to domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools before the start of the next school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening.
The information is given in strict confidence to a school’s Key Adult to enable support to be given dependent on the needs and wishes of the child.
Operation Encompass is a Trauma Informed and Trauma Sensitive charity. We acknowledge and understand the impact of Domestic Abuse as an Adverse Childhood Experience.
Operation Encompass mitigates against the damaged caused by exposure to Domestic Abuse and other ACE’s
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