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 professionals should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.

Read Keeping Children Safe in Education on GOV.UK.

If you feel you have a safeguarding emergency, you can call:

Customer First on 0808 800 4005 if you're worried that a child or young person is at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect
the police on 999

Suffolk County Music Service is fully committed to the moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children. We aim to provide a safe and welcoming environment, underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, are able to raise concerns and believe they are being listened to, and that appropriate action will be taken to keep them safe. All external partners engaged in the Suffolk Music Hub are similarly committed and have their own Child Protection Principles and Practices, and Safeguarding Policy.

All staff and volunteers working within our school who have substantial access to children have been checked as to their suitability, including verification of their identity, qualifications, and a satisfactory DBS check (according to guidance) and a central record is kept.

All important documents relating to safeguarding are available on our Music Service Tutors area of the website. As part of our induction process for all staff and volunteers all adults working with Suffolk County Music Service are required to sign to say that they have read and understood these documents.

Role	Name
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)	Benjamin Chadwick county.musicservice@suffolk.gov.uk
Alternate DSL	Helen Simms Mark Sewell Tracey Rayner Lewis Blythe county.musicservice@suffolk.gov.uk
Named SCC CYP link officer for safeguarding	SCC CYP Education & Learning Officers-Resolution
Designated teacher for Children in Care and children previously in care (CiC)	Liaison with Head of Suffolk’s Virtual School

Safeguarding is everybody's responsibility.

External Agency Useful Contacts

If you have a safeguarding concern about a child outside of Suffolk County Music Service the following organisations will be able to help.

Customer First: 0808 800 4005 if you're worried that a child or young person is at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect
Police (emergency only): 999
Suffolk Police main switchboard: 01473 613500
Suffolk Police Cybercrime Unit: 101
Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership
NSPCC
Childline