| Safeguarding Team | |
|---|---|
|
Designated Safeguarding Lead |
Caroline Pauls |
|
Designated Teacher & DDSL |
Kiya Dunn |
|
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead |
Adele Cox Susan Alvis TA4 Alicia Little TA4 |
Pioneer House High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Safeguarding Policy.
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies, when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.
To promote a safe environment for students, Pioneer House High School employs a strict selection and recruitment policy which includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers including Enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks. All staff are trained to a level appropriate to their safeguarding responsibilities ranging from basic awareness for all, to Level 3 for key staff. Other safeguarding training is attended by relevant staff and governors. The training is monitored, and comprehensive records kept by the DSL.
All people coming into school who are not staff or pupils of the school are classed as visitors and must all follow this procedure, this includes: parents and carers, former staff and pupils, Governors, contractors and staff from other schools.
All visitors are expected to report to the main school reception. At reception they will be greeted and asked to sign in, at which time they will be given a visitor’s badge, which must be worn at all times.
All visitors should be escorted to reception and signed out when they are ready to leave.
When there are early indications that things are not going well, Early Help is about engaging a child, young person, parent or family in a conversation about how to get things going well again.
Understanding the situation as early as possible and giving the right advice information and support starts here.
For general advice, guidance and information ring your Early Help Hub. To make a request for specialist or targeted interventions for families, complete an Early Help Assessment and request form and email your Early Help Hub.
The Manchester Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) can be contacted on
Early Help Hubs and Early Help Parenting Team