Child Safeguarding Policy

Effective Date: 1 March 2022
Organization: C.School for Creative Acts

Purpose and scope of the policy statement

As defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 1: “A child means every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier”.

The organisation’s purpose of this child safeguarding policy statement is:
– To protect children who will be contacted and involved as participants in the organisation’s projects and activities;
– To provide any persons interacting with the organisation’s projects and activities with the overarching principles that reflect our approach to child protection.

Actors involved
This policy statement applies to all working partners and contributors of the organisation’s projects and activities.

We believe that:
– Children should never experience abuse of any kind;
– We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children, and to keep them safe. – –

We recognize that:
– The welfare of the child is paramount;
– All children, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation have a right to equal protection from all types of harm or abuse;
– Some children are additionally vulnerable because of the impact of previous experiences, their level of dependency, communication needs or other issues;
– Working in partnership with children, their parents, and other agencies is essential in promoting children’s welfare.

We will keep children and young people safe by:
– Valuing, listening to and respecting them;
– Ensuring child protection and safeguarding policy is in place for all activities involving children;
– Recruiting staff safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made;
– Recording and storing information professionally and securely to ensure, if necessary, anonymity of the children participating in the organisation’s projects and activities.

Reporting procedure for dealing with disclosures, concerns or allegations of child abuse: – – The organisation staff who has received any information about child abuse or who has any concerns about a child should bring them to the attention of the proper authorities. – – Under no circumstances should a child be left in a situation that exposes them to harm or of risk of harm.
– In the event of an emergency where a child is in immediate danger, child protection services or the police are to be contacted.

The code of conduct for research activities with children in the organisation is based on the four areas described in the Keeping Children Safe Child Safeguarding Standards (https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/201706/standards_child_protection_kcsc_en_1.pdf):

Standard 1: Policy The organisation develops a policy that describes how it is committed to preventing, and responding appropriately to, harm to children;
Standard 2: People The organisation places clear responsibilities and expectations on its staff and associates and supports them to understand and act in line with these;
Standard 3: Procedures The organisation creates a child-safe environment by implementing child safeguarding procedures that are applied across the organisation;
Standard 4: Accountability The organisation monitors and reviews its safeguarding measures.