Safeguarding: News, updates and more resources
News, updates and more resources
In this section you will find news and updates on safeguarding as well as a range of leaflets, guides and links to useful safeguarding resources to support you with keeping people safer and to meeting your safeguarding responsibilities.
You have a safeguarding responsibility to the staff and volunteers that work with your organisation as well as to any children, young people, families and/or adults at risk of abuse that you work with.
We all have a part to play in preventing, recognising and reporting abuse and exploitation.
‘Safeguarding should be a governance priority for all charities‘, Charity Commission 2018
“Trustees should ensure their charity provides a safe environment and protects staff, volunteers, and anyone who comes into contact with it from abuse or maltreatment of any kind.
Trustees should take steps to ensure no one who comes into contact with their charity suffers distress or harm, as well as safeguarding children and adults at risk, says regulator of charities’. Charity Commission, 2018
News and service updates
Leaflets and guides
- Guide to Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS, formally CRB)
- ThinkUKnow: guide to e-safety from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
- Munro Report of Child Protection
- Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
ACRE resources:
New! Template Safeguarding policy and advice sheet
Click below to download
#AreTheySafe? Resource pack
CAS has created these resources with colleagues at NAVCA, ACRE and Basingstoke CVS as part of our national safeguarding campaign.
By removing the stigma of reporting and creating a greater understanding of safeguarding, we can change the behaviours of people witnessing potential abuse and neglect, and empower people to speak up and help people in abusive or neglectful situations receive the support they need.
Use the link below to download the campaign pack which includes:
- A2 poster
- A5 flyer
- Social media cards – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
- Email footer
- Plus a template social marketing plan – adaptable to your organisation and your audience
Click here to download your free resource pack
On demand session ‘Safeguarding responsibilities for Town and Parish Councils’
CAS has created this resource specifically for you to work through at your own time and pace.
Aims:
1. To reinforce that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
2. To provide basic awareness of adult and children safeguarding
3. To provide awareness of the main legal and moral responsibilities for safeguarding incl. reporting to the Charity Commission and DBS Checks.