Safeguarding
Our ApproachAt Salutem Care and Education, the safety and wellbeing of our pupils and students is our highest priority. Every member of staff receives regular safeguarding training, and we have several trained Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) to ensure there is always someone available to discuss and respond to any concerns.
In conjunction with Merseyside Police, Cavendish View School is involved in an initiative called Operation Encompass. The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who have been involved in, heard or witnessed a domestic abuse incident. Following such an incident, children may arrive at school distressed, upset, worried and unprepared. Operation Encompass aims to ensure that appropriate school staff on the Safeguarding Team are made aware early enough to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe and included.
This is a valuable initiative that means we can continue to support and help children and families within our school community when they need it the most.
You can find out more by visiting www.operationencompass.org or by contacting Louise Kelly Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Read our full policies
Salutem Care & Education schools and colleges benefit from a strong, proactive approach to safety. Regular audits are carried out by both our governance and regional teams to ensure every site is fully supported in maintaining the highest standards of safety.
We achieve this by:
Best practice is shared across the whole organisation, ensuring consistency and high standards in every school and college.
Adjustments and improvements are made in response to the regular cycle of quality, health and safety, and fire audits.
These audits are carried out by a team of both internal and external experts, ensuring rigorous oversight and the highest standards of safety.
We respond promptly to any changes in legislation or guidance, ensuring our practices remain fully compliant and up to date.
We take a robust and transparent approach to managing incidents and complaints, ensuring thorough investigations and appropriate action are taken.
Improvements are implemented at a local level and, where necessary, across all services, ensuring that lessons learned from incident and complaint investigations lead to meaningful change.
www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
The Click CEOP button
The Click CEOP button is part of the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command, which works to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, both online and offline.
The button provides children, young people, parents, carers, and professionals with quick access to trusted online safety advice, help, and support. It also offers a simple way to report known or suspected child sexual abuse or exploitation directly to CEOP — providing a safe alternative to reporting through local police.
CEOP is here to support children and young people up to the age of 18. If you or a friend have been forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity online or in person, or if you are experiencing other online issues such as cyberbullying or hacking, help is available. Visit the CEOP Safety Centre for advice or to make a report by clicking the Click CEOP button.
The CEOP Safety Centre
The Click CEOP button provides direct access to the CEOP Safety Centre, a dedicated area of the CEOP website offering:
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Advice on a wide range of online safety issues, such as hacking and cyberbullying.
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Signposting to trusted NCA-CEOP partners for support with issues outside CEOP’s remit, such as Childline and BeatBullying.
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A secure way to report suspected or known child sexual abuse or exploitation directly to CEOP for investigation.
Reporting to CEOP
CEOP operates a 24/7 reporting service. Reports can be made by a young person, or on their behalf by a parent, carer, or professional.
Children under 11 are encouraged to tell a trusted adult what has happened and ask for their support in making a report to CEOP or to the local police.
All reports to CEOP are treated as reports of crime, which means anonymous reports cannot be accepted.