Our safeguarding pledge

To demonstrate our commitment to safeguarding children we pledge to:

ensure that children are visible, their voices heard and their needs, views and wishes addressed
recognise that some children may be more vulnerable to harm due to their age, specific needs or home circumstances
work in partnership with other agencies, always acting in the best interests of children
act without delay to protect children from harm and abuse
provide early help before children’s needs escalate further
apply the local ‘levels of need guidance’ to assess and re-evaluate children’s needs
share information promptly to support a collective and holistic assessment of children’s needs
strengthen relationships with families, supporting them to build resilience by adopting a solution focused approach
attend all multi-agency meetings to ensure collective responsibility for achieving positive outcomes for children in a timely way
ensure agencies challenge each other so that actions are taken promptly, avoiding professional drift
follow local multi-agency procedures to escalate concerns until there is an appropriate resolution
participate in regular and effective supervision with my peers so that there is strong oversight of decisions made and actions taken
meet all mandatory training requirements, regularly updating my professional knowledge whilst applying any learning to my practice and cascading to others