Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Named Designated Officer – Committee Chair
Named Designated Lead – Donna Ellis
Named Designated Deputy – Carla Dabbs

Our pre-school will work with children, parents and the community to ensure the safety of children to give them the very best start in life. Any suspicion of abuse will be promptly and appropriately responded to.

Alongside associated procedures in 06.1-06.10 Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and will do this by putting young people and vulnerable adult’s right to be ‘strong, resilient and listened to ‘at the heart of all our activities. The Early Years Alliance ‘four commitments’ are broad statements against which policies and procedures across the organisation are drawn to provide a consistent and coherent strategy for safeguarding children young people and vulnerable adults. The four key commitments are:

1. The Alliance is committed to empowering children, young people, and vulnerable adults, promoting their right to be ‘strong, resilient, actively listened to, and heard’.

2. The Alliance upholds a culture of safety in which children, young people and vulnerable adults are protected from abuse and harm in all areas of its curriculum and service delivery.

3. The Alliance is committed to preventing harm and responding promptly and appropriately to all incidents or concerns of abuse that may occur. Working with statutory agencies to achieve the best possible outcomes for every child.

4. The Alliance is dedicated to increasing safeguarding confidence, knowledge and good practice

throughout its training and learning programmes for adults, advocating support and representation for those in greatest need. NB: A ‘young person’ is defined as 16–19-year-old. In an early years setting, they may be a student, apprentice educator, or parent/carer. A ‘vulnerable adult’ (see guidance to the Care Act 2014) as: 'a person aged 18 years or over, who is in receipt of or may need community care services by reason of 'mental or other disability, age or illness and who is or may be unable to take care of him or herself, or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation'. In early years, this person may be a service user, parent/carer of a service user, or a volunteer.