Maggie's Music Studio - Safeguarding

The purpose of this policy statement is:

To protect students, who receive our tuition services, from harm. This includes the children of adults who use our services.
To provide students and their families with the overarching principles that guide our approach to child protection.

Scope

Legal framework

This policy has been drawn up on the basis of legislation, policy and guidance that seeks to protect children in England. A summary of the key legislation is available from nspcc.org.uk/learning.
We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all students, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

We recognise that:

all children, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation have an equal right to protection from all types of harm or abuse .
some children are additionally vulnerable because of the impact of previous experiences, their level of dependency, communication needs or other issues.
the welfare of children is paramount in all the work we do and in all the decisions we take.
working in partnership with children, young people, their parents, carers and other agencies is essential in promoting young people’s welfare.

We will seek to keep students safe by:

valuing, listening to and respecting them.
adopting child protection and safeguarding best practice through our policies and procedure.
refreshing our safeguarding training as required.
providing effective management of any furture employee through safe recruitment practices, training and quality assurance measures so that they know their responsibilities in safeguarding our students.
recording, storing and using information professionally and securely, in line with data protection legislation and guidance.
sharing information about safeguarding and good practice with children and their families.
making sure that students and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern.
using safeguarding and child protection procedures to share concerns and relevant information with agencies who need to know, and involving students, clients, families and carers appropriately.
using our procedures to manage any allegations appropriately
ensuring that we provide a safe physical environment to work in.
employees are DBS checked

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