18.1 Crookhey Hall School will ensure risk assessments are in place and regularly updated for children, specific activities and visits. Crookhey Hall will maintain a risk register in respect of known safeguarding risks both site specific and child specific and the control measures in place to control these risks. 18.2 Crookhey Hall School and staff will ensure we are doing everything possible to assess, control, and reduce the risks to acceptable levels. Thus promoting a safe, positive environment and promoting and protecting children from known and unnecessary risks 18.3 Crookhey Hall will ensure staff are regularly briefed and informed of changes to risk assessments to effectively manage the risks. 19. Recording and Reporting Learning from Serious Case Reviews continues to identify the need for improved record keeping and information sharing, both within and between agencies. All concerns, discussions and decisions made and the reasons made for these decisions should be recorded in writing. In in doubt about recording requirements staff should discuss with the DSL. Crookhey Hall School recognises that accurate and up-to-date record keeping is essential for a number of reasons: It helps the school identify causes for concern at an early stage. Often it is only when a number of seemingly minor issues are taken as a whole that a safeguarding or child protection concern becomes clear. It helps the school to monitor and manage its safeguarding practices. It helps to evidence robust and effective safeguarding practice in inspections and audits. Accurate and specific records are important there are child protection and safeguarding concerns e.g. a chronology of information gathered and action taken. Crookhey Hall School has clear procedures for reporting and recording child protection concerns (please refer to the Protection Record keeping procedures’ document). This should be ‘Child read in conjunction with: Keeping Children Safe in Education (Sept 2016) - Information Sharing: Guidance for practitioners and Managers (DfE 2015) The procedures give clear guidance on: Recording reports Storing child protection (CP) files
18.1 Crookhey Hall School will ensure risk assessments are in place and regularly updated for children, specific activities and visits. Crookhey Hall will maintain a risk register in respect of known safeguarding risks both site specific and child specific and the control measures in place to control these risks. 18.2 Crookhey Hall School and staff will ensure we are doing everything possible to assess, control, and reduce the risks to acceptable levels. Thus promoting a safe, positive environment and promoting and protecting children from known and unnecessary risks 18.3 Crookhey Hall will ensure staff are regularly briefed and informed of changes to risk assessments to effectively manage the risks. 19. Recording and Reporting Learning from Serious Case Reviews continues to identify the need for improved record keeping and information sharing, both within and between agencies. All concerns, discussions and decisions made and the reasons made for these decisions should be recorded in writing. In in doubt about recording requirements staff should discuss with the DSL. Crookhey Hall School recognises that accurate and up-to-date record keeping is essential for a number of reasons: It helps the school identify causes for concern at an early stage. Often it is only when a number of seemingly minor issues are taken as a whole that a safeguarding or child protection concern becomes clear. It helps the school to monitor and manage its safeguarding practices. It helps to evidence robust and effective safeguarding practice in inspections and audits. Accurate and specific records are important there are child protection and safeguarding concerns e.g. a chronology of information gathered and action taken. Crookhey Hall School has clear procedures for reporting and recording child protection concerns (please refer to the ‘Child Protection Record keeping procedures’ document). This should be read in conjunction with: Keeping Children Safe in Education (Sept 2016) - Information Sharing: Guidance for practitioners and Managers (DfE 2015) The procedures give clear guidance on: Recording reports Storing child protection (CP) files
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