Staff will never attempt to carry out an investigation of suspected abuse by interviewing the child or any others involved. Appendix 3 Confidentiality We recognise that all matters relating to child protection are confidential; however, a member of staff must never guarantee confidentiality to children; children will not be given promises that any information about an allegation will not be shared. there is a child protection concern it will be passed immediately to the designated safeguarding lead and/or to children’s social care. When a child is in immediate danger children’s social care/the police will be contacted. The head teacher or designated safeguarding lead will disclose personal information about a pupil to other members of staff, including the level of involvement of other agencies, only on a ‘need to know’ basis. All staff are aware that they have a professional responsibility to share information with other agencies in order to safeguard children. They are aware that the Data Protection Act 1998 should not be a barrier to sharing of information where failure to do so would result in a child being placed at risk of harm. See also the NSCB guidance. Appendix 4 Records and Monitoring Any concerns about a child will be recorded in writing within 24 hours. All records will provide a factual and evidence based account and there will be accurate recording of any actions. Records will be signed, dated and, where appropriate, witnessed. Where an opinion or professional judgement is recorded this should be clearly stated as such. At no time should an individual teacher/member of staff or school be asked to or consider taking photographic evidence of any injuries or marks to a child’s person, this type of behaviour could lead to the staff member being taken into managing allegations procedures. The body map below should be used in accordance with recording guidance.
accepting our responsibilities (especially our responsibility to respect others trust and protect their right to be physically, emotionally and reputationally safe) Appendix 1 Helplines and reporting Children can talk to a ChildLine counsellor 24 hours a day about anything that is worrying them by ringing 0800 11 11 or in an online chat at http://www.childline.org.uk/Talk/Chat/Pages/OnlineChat.aspx. If parents or carers are concerned that their child is being contacted by adults as a result of having sharing sexual imagery they should report to NCA-CEOP at www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre ChildLine and the Internet Foundation have partnered to help children get sexual or naked images removed from the internet. Young person can get their photo removed by talking to a ChildLine counsellor. More information is available at http://www.childline.org.uk/explore/onlinesafety/pages/sexting.aspx If parents and carers are concerned about their child, they can contact the NSPCC Helpline by ringing 0808 800 5000, by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk, or by texting 88858. They can also ring the Online Safety Helpline by ringing 0808 800 5002. Advice and information for parents The NSPCC has information and advice about sexting available on its website: The National Crime Agency/CEOP has produced a film resource for parents and carers to help them prevent their children coming to harm through sharing sexual imagery: Childnet have information and advice about sexting available on its website: Parent Info () provides information and advice to parents from expert organisations on topics ranging from sex and relationships, mental health and online safety including sexting. Resources parents could highlight to their children ChildLine have created Zip-It, an app that provides witty comebacks in order to help young person say no to requests for naked images There is information on the ChildLine website for young people about sexting: The Safer Internet Centre has produced resources called ‘Childnet So you got naked online which help young people to handle incidents of sexting The NSPCC adults helpline: 0808 800 5002 The NSPCC has partnered with O2 to offer direct support to parents and other adults on issues relating to online safety. ChildLine: ChildLine offers direct support to children and young people including issues relating to the sharing of sexual imagery.