Safeguarding policy statement
Last updated: October 2024
EdUkraine runs educational and wellbeing projects for children and teens in Ukraine in the UK. We recognise the importance of the safety of children and young people who come into contact with our services.
The purpose of this policy statement is:
to protect children and young people who receive EdUkraine’s services from harm.
to provide staff and volunteers, as well as children and young people and their families, with the overarching principles that guide our approach to child protection.
This policy applies to anyone working on behalf of EdUkraine CIC, including senior managers and the board of trustees, paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, agency staff, and students.
In implementing this child protection policy our organisation will:
Ensure all staff, trustees and volunteers within our organisation understand their child protection and safeguarding responsibilities.
Recognise the importance of the safety of children and young people who come into contact with our services.
Follow the safer recruitment and vetting of staff, including volunteers and anyone who comes into direct contact with the children we work with.
Work within current legislation to safeguard children, including Section 11, Children's Act 2004 and guidance from Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and the West Yorkshire Interagency Procedures
Act appropriately to any allegations, reports or suspicions of abuse. This may involve sharing concerns with agencies who need to know, and involving parents and children appropriately.
Recognises that some children are additionally vulnerable because of the impact of previous experiences, their level of dependency, communication needs or other issues.
We recognise that all children have equal rights to protection, regardless of age, ability, culture, language, gender, race, religion or sexual identity. We believe that a child or young person should never experience abuse of any kind.
We believe that:
children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind
we have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe, and practise in a way that protects them.
We will seek to keep children and young people safe by:
• valuing, listening to and respecting them
• appointing a nominated child protection lead for children and young people, a deputy and a lead trustee/board member for safeguarding
• adopting child protection and safeguarding best practice through our policies,procedures and code of conduct for staff and volunteers
• developing and implementing an effective online safety policy and related procedures
• providing effective management for staff and volunteers through supervision,
support, training and quality assurance measures so that all staff and volunteers know about and follow our policies, procedures and behaviour codes confidently and competently
• recruiting and selecting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made
recording and 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 via leaflets, posters, group work and one-to-one discussions
• making sure that children, young people and their families know where to go for help if they have a concern
• using our safeguarding and child protection procedures to share concerns and relevant information with agencies who need to know, and involving children, young people, parents, families and carers appropriately
• using our procedures to manage any allegations against staff and volunteers appropriately
• creating and maintaining an anti-bullying environment and ensuring that we have a policy and procedure to help us deal effectively with any bullying that does arise
• ensuring that we have effective complaints and whistleblowing measures in place
• ensuring that we provide a safe physical environment for our children, young people, staff and volunteers, by applying health and safety measures in accordance with the law and regulatory guidance
• building a safeguarding culture where staff and volunteers, children, young people and their families, treat each other with respect and are comfortable about sharing concerns.
Contact details:
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Anna Mykhalchyshyna
DSL is responsible for dealing with any child protection or safeguarding concerns
Name: email: edukraine.project@gmail.com
Deputy DSL: Hannah Isaievska
NSPCC Helpline
0808 800 5000
We are committed to reviewing our policy and good practice annually.