Safeguarding and duty of care: What do I need to do to remain compliant?

Different sectors and different countries have different compliance requirements when it comes to the specific area of safeguarding and duty of care.

Inspectors such as Ofsted, Estyn and The CQC will ask to see evidence of safeguarding and duty of care training.

Education compliance training

In education, the Department for Education Statutory Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSIE) states that: “All staff members undergo safeguarding and child protection training which is regularly updated.”

Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) will have to take more in-depth training than their colleagues, and KCSIE advises that this is refreshed every two years.

Online safety is also a key area where training is referred to in KCSIE: “online safety training for staff is integrated, aligned and considered as part of the overarching safeguarding approach”.

The Department for Education department advice on The Prevent duty stipulates that: as a minimum “schools should ensure that the Designated Safeguarding Lead undertakes Prevent awareness training and is able to provide advice and support to other members of staff on protecting children from the risk of radicalisation.”

With regards to Safe Recruitment practices, the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 require governing bodies of maintained schools to ensure that at least one person on any appointment panel has undertaken safer recruitment training.

For international schools, the Department for Education has published Standards for British schools overseas. This advice is non-statutory, and has been produced to help British schools overseas understand the Department standards required to be met under the British Government’s voluntary inspection scheme.

Induction training in education

Each education setting will have its own induction policy with regards to Health and Safety training or Fire Safety training.

Keeping children safe in education advises that: “Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that all staff members undergo safeguarding and child protection training at induction” and that “Induction and training should be in line with advice from the LSCB.”

School safeguarding policies, and Part one of KCSIE and information regarding the role of the designated safeguarding lead, should be provided to all staff on induction.

Health and social care training

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carry out regular checks on health and social care services to make sure services are providing care that's safe, caring, effective, responsive to people's needs and well-led.

During inspections, the CQC explore a provider’s approach to staff induction, support and training using their key lines of enquiry (KLOE). For example, when the CQC ask ‘Is the service effective?’ they will want to know:

• Do staff have the right qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience to do their job?
• How are learning needs identified?
• Is there a workforce development plan to encourage staff to develop and promote good practice?
• Do staff have appropriate induction, support, training, supervision?
• How are staff supported and managed?

Use of nationally recognised good practice, such as the Care Certificate, is one good way of helping to demonstrate this to CQC.

The care certificate

CQC expects providers to induct, support and train their staff appropriately and are explicit about their expectation that providers should be able to demonstrate that staff have, or are working towards, the skills set out in the Care Certificate, as the benchmark for staff induction.

Female Genital Mutilation

There is a mandatory reporting duty on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which requires regulated health and social care professionals and teachers in England and Wales to report ‘known’ cases of FGM in under 18s which they identify in the course of their professional work to the police. Therefore it is important to understand FGM and know how to spot the signs of it having taken place.

Sport and Leisure

Statutory guidance states that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children, this includes coaches, volunteers and training staff in the sports and leisure sector. Child Protection training would be recommended, particularly following the recent abuse scandal in football.

Safer recruitment training would also be recommended to ensure potential recruits are checked before coming into contact with children.

Equality and Diversity has been recommended for sports and leisure organisations following the Duty of Care in Sport report.

First Aid training would also be advisable and is also a requirement for freelance fitness professionals working with adults.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

On 25 May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be introduced and replace the current Data Protection Act, all organisations will have to show their record keeping is compliant.

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