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Safeguarding
What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play.
In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all at the Trinity ensure the approach is child-centred. This means that the Trinity consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.
The Trinity recognise that no single practitioner can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances. If children and families are to receive the right help at the right time, everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action.
The purpose of safeguarding children is to:
- Protect them from abuse, maltreatment and exploitation.
- Prevent anything from harming their health or development.
- Ensure they can grow up under safe and effective care.
- Take action to ensure they have the best outcomes in life.
As part of our Safeguarding offer, the Trinity and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi Academy Trust (OLoL CAMT) have a team of people who lead on safeguarding our students, they are our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
The Trinity DSLs are also the people who will support with any concerns raised around children’s health, wellbeing and safety, as described above. If you have a concern regarding the wellbeing, health, development, relationships or safety of a child, please use the contact details below.
Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) contact details:
Name: Mr D Kelly (Assistant Headteacher – Senior DSL)
Email: d.kelly@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Name: Mr T Pickup (Assistant Headteacher – Curriculum DSL)
Email: t.pickup@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Name: Mrs E Aitchison (Designated Safeguarding Lead – Operational Lead)
Email: e.aitchison@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Name: Ms E Ilett (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Email: e.ilett@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Name: Mrs T Marsden (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – 6th Form)
Email: t.marsden@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Wider Wellbeing Team
Mrs H Ridgley (Mental Health Lead)
Ms K Mooney (School Counsellor)
Reach Out – A place for Trinity Students to share their concerns. We are here to listen.
Kat Mooney (School Counsellor)
Email: k.mooney@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Rachel Greatrix (Safeguarding Governor)
Email: r.greatrix@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk
Safeguarding hotline number for OLoL:
Tel: 01158550557
This will be diverted to our safeguarding team between 9am-3pm weekdays, and will send a voicemail to the safeguarding team outside of these times.
Robert Della-Spina (Trust Safeguarding Lead)
Tel: 07356 120899
Email: robert.della-spina@ololcatholicmat.co.uk
If you consider a child or young person is at risk please also call Nottingham Children and Families Direct on 01158764800 or dial 999 for the police.
- Working together to safeguard children – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Children Act 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)Prevent duty guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Equality Act 2010: guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Designated teacher guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006 guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Supervision of activity with children guidance GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We feel that it is important to support our parents to know how they can protect their children, where to find help and raise concerns if necessary.
As well as skills which are taught within the specific curriculum of Religious Education, PSHE & RSE, please find below contact details for a variety of organisations who support parents and young people if they have any safeguarding, mental health or welfare needs.
- Parent line 07520 619919: Healthy Family Teams confidential texting service to provide parents and carers advice around feeding, child development, parenting advice and support, emotional health and wellbeing, behaviour difficulties and family health.
- Health4kids – www.healthforkids.co.uk; this is an NHS site supporting young children and parents.
- Notts Help Yourself – www.nottshelpyourself.org.uk: this is a site for advice, information and local services available.
All the above websites are for students and their families should they need them.
CAMHS crisis team: (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team) part of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This service is for young people experiencing a mental health crisis. This includes young people who:
- are at risk of immediate and significant self-harm
- are an immediate and significant risk to others due to their mental health
- are being considered for admission to a mental health inpatient unit
- are in acute psychological or emotional distress that is causing them to not be able to go about their daily activities, such as going to school and looking after themselves
Tel: 0115 8542299 or 0115 8440560
Email: CAMHSCrisisTeam@nottshc.nhs.uk
We feel that it is important to support our pupils to know how they can be safe and protected, and to empower them to recognise situations which are unsuitable for them. As well as skills which are taught within the specific curriculum of Religious Education, PSHE & RSE, please find below contact details for a variety of organisations who support young people and their families if they have any safeguarding, mental health or welfare needs.
- Child line 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk; Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, trained counsellors are on hand to support you.
- ChatHealth – 07507 329952: this is a confidential texting service for 11 to 19 year olds in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
- Kooth – www.kooth.com: Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
- Health4teens – www.healthforteens.co.uk– this is an NHS site supporting young people around emotional wellbeing.
- Health4kids – www.healthforkids.co.uk: this is an NHS site supporting young children and parents.
- Notts Help Yourself – www.nottshelpyourself.org.uk– this is a site for advice, information and local services available; there is a section for older teens around feelings and sexual health.
- Young Minds – www.youngminds.org.uk: this organisation support young people to have the best Mental Health
Jigsaw – https://www.changegrowlive.org/jigsaw-young-person-family-service-nottingham/info: Support people up to the age of 18 with their drug and alcohol use. The service is free and confidential.
If you have any concerns regarding Safeguarding any child, you can contact the following Local Authority Multi Agency teams:
Nottinghamshire County Council contact details:
- Child and Family Services Notts County Council: 01158041248
- The Nottinghamshire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) can be contacted on 03005008090
- Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
- Hazel McKibbin, Service Manager, Safeguarding Children (Strategic) and LADO, telephone: 0115 9773921
- Eva Callaghan – Schools, FE Colleges and Early Years Referrals (including nurseries and childminders), telephone: 0115 8041272
Nottingham City Council contact details:
- Nottingham City Children and Families Direct can be contacted on 0115 876 4800
- LADO (Local Authority Designated officer) Caroline Hose: 0115 8765501
