Safeguarding

At Altofts Junior School, safeguarding will always be at the top of our priorities. Through their day-to day contact with pupils and direct work with families, our staff have a crucial role to play in noticing indicators of possible child abuse or neglect. All teaching staff and support staff receive regular Child Protection training.  If it appears to a member of staff that a child may have been abused or neglected, the school is required to report these concerns to the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership. 

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Should you need to speak to someone in school about a Safeguarding or Child Protection issue, the Designated Senior Lead (DSL) for Child Protection and Safeguarding at Altofts Junior School is: Mrs Ann-Marie Sheard (Safeguarding Lead, Prevent Duty Lead and Filtering and Monitoring Lead)

The Deputy DSLs are:

Mrs J Vickers (Headteacher) Mr P Hunter (Deputy Headteacher) Mr J Lewis (Learning Mentor) Miss Laura Clayton (Learning Mentor). Our Nominated Safeguarding Governor (including Prevent Duty Governor and Filtering and Monitoring Governor) is Mrs Andrea Wright. 

The Designated Teacher for Children in Care (CiC) is:

Mrs Ann-Marie Sheard

To view our Education Safeguarding Policy, click on the link below:

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Education Safeguarding policy 2024	Download

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Bereavement Policy and Guidelines 2024.pdf	Download
Designated teacher for looked after and previously looked after children (1) (2).pdf	Download
educational-visits-procedure-hsd33-2023-1.pdf	Download
Supporting pupils with medical conditions policy 2023.pdf	Download

safequarding-leaflet.pdf	Download
safequarding-poster.pdf	Download

WhatsApp_parent_factsheet.pdf

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Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership

If you have concerns about a child's safety or well-being, you should contact Social Care Direct.  They will deal with your concerns and can offer advice and support on what to do. Social Care Direct is a free and confidential phone line, open 24 hours a day.

Members of the public can make anonymous referrals, please call:

0345 8 503 503You can also make anonymous referrals by using the following email:  Social_Care_Direct_Children@wakefield.gov.uk 

Safer Recruitment

In order to ensure that staff appreciate the safeguarding responsibility that accompanies their job role, we have a clear ‘Code of Conduct’ and a ‘Whistleblowing Policy’. Our ‘Safer Recruitment Policy’ explains the care and attention we take in order to appoint moral and responsible people to work in our school.

Operation Encompass

We are an Operation Encompass School which is run jointly between schools and West Yorkshire Police. Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced any domestic abuse. Operation Encompass ensures that a member of the school staff, (DSL) known as a Key Adult, is trained to allow them to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence, while ensuring that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been experienced a domestic abuse incident. We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and this has been extremely beneficial for all those involved. Operation Encompass previously only informed schools if the child had been present during an incident but this changed last year so even if the child wasn’t present, school will still receive a notification that the police have attended any domestic abuse incident.

Below is the website link if you would like further information:

https://www.operationencompass.org/ 

Safeguarding resources

Childline

NSPCC PANTS

NSPCC Share Aware

 
  
 

NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe

Wakefield District Domestic Abuse Service - WDDAS

Babies cry  

Lumi Nova app

Night Owls

Prevent

Prevent work is intended to deal with all kinds of terrorist threats to the UK. The most significant of these threats is currently from terrorist activity linked to far right and Islamist extremists, who pose a continued threat to our safety and security.  There is also concern about other extremist groups, for example, extreme left wing or environmental extremism, antisemitism, and extreme misogynist ideology. The Prevent programme is early intervention support to address the personal and social factors which make people more receptive to radicalisation, and to divert them away from being drawn into violent ideologies and criminal behaviour. It works in partnership with front-line professionals such as teachers, health workers, social workers and others, and is delivered by local authority teams, local policing teams, community organisations, and charities. It does not target any one community and is not limited to any age group. The programme provides training for frontline professionals to help them understand and implement the Prevent Duty and protect vulnerable children in their care.

CAMHS

If you’re a professional, a young person aged 16 to 17 or a parent or carer of a child or young person under the age of 18, you can contact the Wakefield CAMHS SPA team directly: Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm on: 01977 735865.

You can also submit a referral online:

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/services/camhs-wakefield/