Safeguarding Policy

Safeguarding Children and Young People

Statement of principles

Our approach is based upon respect for all and an unreserved commitment to safety, fairness and equality of opportunity, especially for young people under the age of 18. We will work with employers to provide a safe and secure environment within which all learners can work and learn and we will make every effort to identify any learner at risk of suffering harm during their involvement with our programmes and once identified we will take appropriate action to keep them safe.

Cheynes Training has a duty of care for all learners involved in our learning programmes. We believe that all young people, especially those under the age of 18, deserve to be happy and secure in their working and learning activities and that parents or guardians need to feel sure that the people in charge of these activities are trustworthy, responsible and will do everything possible to keep young people safe from harm. Having safeguards in place not only protects and promotes the welfare of young people, especially those under the age of 18, but it also improves confidence and protects the employees and representatives of Cheynes Training.

We recognise that there could be individuals involved in our programmes who may wish to harm young people, especially those under the age of 18. It is therefore the duty of Cheynes Training to put in place safeguards to protect the children/young people we work with.

Cheynes Training also wishes to avoid placing employees and representatives in positions where abuse might be alleged and to ensure that everyone knows what the reporting structure within the organisation is should abuse be suspected. Our emphasis is not only to protect the vulnerable from abuse and neglect but to actively promote the welfare of young people, especially those under the age of 18.

As a result, Cheynes Training has drawn up a safeguarding policy and a set of procedures to put what is intended into practice. We have also developed a number of resources that are available on our website at http://www.cheynestraining.com/ These resources include general information about our approach to safeguarding, this may be found on the Home Zone under the title of Safeguarding where there are links to our Safeguarding Code of Conduct, our Safeguarding Disclosure Declaration and our Safeguarding Policy (this document).

We also provide information about safeguarding for young people, especially those under the age of 18, and this may be found in the Candidate Zone under the title of ‘Every Candidate Matters’. These pages contain information about the Every Child Matters initiative with links to the following:

• Safeguarding – an explanation of what this means for young people
• Focus on Wellbeing – advice to young people on how to stay fit and healthy
• Safe Surfing – information on the hidden dangers of surfing the internet
• Support Agencies – Comprehensive list of support available to young people
• Young Citizen’s Passport – a guide to the law for young people

Cheynes Training has a responsibility to continually review and monitor its safeguarding policy and procedures, gaining further advice and information wherever possible. Our policy and procedures will therefore be reviewed annually and/or whenever important new developments in safeguarding takes place.

Employees and representatives of Cheynes Training should be aware of our safeguarding policy and procedures in order to help make our programmes safe for young people, especially those under the age of 18, and to understand their individual responsibilities.

Please click on the link below to access the Cheynes Training Safeguarding Policy

Cheynes Training Safeguarding Policy