We have a strong Code of Conduct for all our staff and volunteers as well as clear reporting and responding procedures. We take swift and determined action if staff members fail to adhere to our policies and expectations for child safeguarding.
There is no doubt that the intense proximity of our care, combined with the challenging needs of the children and the difficult circumstances in which we operate, mean there is greater child safeguarding risk in our work. In recognition of this we created our own reporting and record-keeping system for child safeguarding in 2008, building on our universal child safeguarding and reporting policies and procedures.