Safeguarding and Early Help

Broadway Primary School fully recognises its responsibilities for child protection. It aims to ensure that children are effectively safeguarded from the potential risk of harm and that the safety and wellbeing of all children is of the highest priority in all aspects of the school’s work. In addition, it aims to maintain an ethos whereby staff, pupils, parents and governors feel able to articulate concerns comfortably, safe in the knowledge that effective action will be taken as appropriate.

This Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy applies to all adults, including volunteers, working in or on behalf of the school and it is expected that everyone working in or for our school shares the responsibility to keep children safe from harm and abuse and reports any concerns to our Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Safeguarding needs in school are wide-ranging including domestic abuse, neglect, emotional harm, forced marriage and child-on-child abuse. At Broadway Primary School, we use the CPOMS system to record and track Safeguarding concerns and incidents.

We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. All school staff are trained in safeguarding procedures, and children are made aware of the adults they can talk to if they have any concerns. Staff are trained to look out for signs of physical/emotional harm or neglect and are required to report these to the Designated Senior Leader(DSL).

The procedures which we follow have been laid down by the Lancashire Safeguarding Team and the school has adopted a comprehensive Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. On occasions, our concern about a child may mean that we have to consult other agencies whom we will share information , in line with school policy guidelines. We will ensure that all concerns are discussed with parent/carers first, before any referrals are made, unless we believe that such a move may be contrary to a child’s welfare.

At Broadway we have One lead DSL's and Four back-up DSL's. Our DSL team work together to ensure a complete picture of the safeguarding, mental health and other needs of any child identified by the school as being vulnerable is obtained. These regular meetings  also allow the DSL team to explore the best actions to safeguard children and support families.

Our DSLs are:

Chris Bolton - Lead DSL

Scott Smith - Focussing on Curriculum

Lindsey Yates - Focussing on Attendance 

Mary Pedder - Focussing on SEND

Nasseem Khan - Focussing on Family

Our Nominated Governor for Safeguarding is Vickie Butcher

 

What to do if you have concerns about a child

 

Listed below are links to several websites which you can use to report any concerns you may have about a child:

https://www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse - This will provide you with links to the local council/police page for your area.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/report-abuse-online/

https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/contacting-childline/

Alternatively you can contact Lancashire Children Social Care for further advice:

0300 123 6720 / 0300 123 6722 (out of hours)

 

If you think a child is in immediate danger

Don’t delay – call the police on 999

Operation Encompass

Operation Encompass has been adopted within Lancashire to provide early reporting to schools, such as ours, about all domestic abuse incidents that occur outside school hours which a young person attending Broadway Primary has been exposed to, and which might then have an impact on their schooling the following day. This information is shared throughout the year, including school holidays and the weekends.

More information about Operation Encompass can be found here

Children and Family Wellbeing Service

 

The Children and Family Wellbeing Service, previously children's centres and Young People's Service, provide services to help with parenting and other support you may need.

They offer different services across a range of locations to meet the needs of the local community including:

• Support for individual children, young people or their families
• Health services – ranging from health visitors to breastfeeding
• Parenting advice for mums, dads and carers
• Activities and groups where your baby, toddler or child can play and learn
• A place to pick up Healthy Start vitamins and tablets
• Advice to help you to support your child’s learning from birth
• A great place to make new friends
• Connecting with the local community
• Access to specialist support for families with children with disabilities/additional needs
• Groups for expectant mums and dads
• Advice and guidance on how to keep you and your child healthy
• Sensory rooms
• Information about local childcare
• Groups for young people to attend
• Advice for young people
• Help to access adult learning opportunities
• Advice on jobs, training and benefits
• Opportunities for volunteering

For more information or to find out where your local Children's Centre is please click here

Early help at Broadway

Naseem Khan works closely with children, parents and other family members on issues that may be impacting on themselves and/or other family members' wellbeing. She can offer support and advice on a wide range of issues and can signpost parents towards outside agencies if required.

We can provide services to children and parents through the school’s Early Help offer. Other agencies including School based mental health practitioners, Brighter Lives North-West and Barnardo's also work in the school overseeing and managing 1-1 counselling therapy, talk sessions and parental support.

Part of Naseem's role is to work closely with all staff, outside agencies and organisations to improve opportunities for children and their families at our school. An integral part of her role is linking families with other agencies, both statutory and non-statutory such as school nurses, parenting workshops/programmes, the Children and Family Well Being Service, counselling services, financial and housing advice services, parent support groups, to name a few! Families may choose to work with our Inclusion Team on an Early Help Plan, which can help families identify the aspects of their lives they would like to change and identify what support is needed to help make this happen.

Sometimes the stresses of everyday life can be overwhelming for all of us and you may feel you just need to talk these through with someone. You may need help with social and emotional wellbeing, including friendship issues, grief and loss, parental separation, parenting, absence and lateness, behaviour and other issues outside of these.

Please feel free to come in and talk to Naseem by asking for her at the school office or ask to speak to her by ringing 01706 229832. She can also be emailed naseem.khan@broadway.lancs.sch.uk

Below are a number of links to website with more support and advice on a range of issues that impact families.

Haslingden Hub - offer a range of services to support our families. They can be contacted by dropping into the centre of ringing them on 01706 237782

 

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