Staff Safeguarding Questionnaire

Please read the New Safeguarding Policy and confirm, at the end, that you understand your responsibilities by completing the short questionnaire.

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First name

Last name

Do you have responsibility for safety and wellbeing of the children you work with or your organisation is responsible for?

Yes

No

Don't Know ?

If you have safeguarding concerns about a child or young person, do you know the name or job role of the person you would speak to about it?

Yes

No

Don't know ?

If Yes, Name and their job role is:

If you have safeguarding concerns about a child or young person, when would you hope to speak to the person named above?

As soon as practically possible, that day.

The next day.

The next week.

After you have written the report.

If you felt that the concerns you had expressed to your safeguarding lead had not been adequately addressed which one of the following actions would you take?

Raise your concerns with your manager, if s/he is not the safeguarding lead

There is nothing more I would need to do if I had told someone

Contact complaint section within your service/agency and discuss your concerns

Record your concerns and the response of the person you spoke to and take no further action

Escalate the matter to the manager/service head of the safeguarding lead

When sharing information about a child safeguarding concern which one of the following statements is correct:

I can only share information about concerns that I have about an adult client/patient who is a parent or carer if I have their consent

The Data Protection Act is a barrier to information sharing

I must have the consent of a parent to share information with another agency if I have a concern about the care and safety of their child

If I am concerned about a child and have decided to share information, the information I share must be accurate, relevant, proportionate and shared with the correct agency via an appropriate secure method of sharing information

It is not my responsibility to share information

If you had concerns about a colleague’s behaviour with regard to children which is the first step you would take?

I would speak to the colleague about their behaviour and take no further action

I would discuss the matter with other colleagues in my team to see what they think in case I am mistaken

I would contact my safeguarding lead (if different from manager) to discuss my concerns

I would speak to my manager

Don’t know

Who would you contact if a parent/child came to you with a child safeguarding allegation against a colleague/person in a position of trust? Please tick only one answer:

Complaints section/service

Children’s Social Care

Safeguarding Lead for child safeguarding / senior manager

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

Don’t know

What opportunities are there for you to discuss any child safeguarding ‘worries’ you have? Please tick ALL answers which apply:

When was the last time you attended child safeguarding training? Please tick only one answer:

Within the last year

Within the last 3 years

More than 3 years ago

Never/Don't know/Can't remember

Have you received training on Female Genital Mutilation?

Yes

No

Have you received training on neglect?

Yes

No

Have you received any training on honour based violence?

Yes

No

Have you received any training on forced marriages ?

Yes

No

Have you received any training on radicalisation/prevent?

Yes

No

Have you received any training on domestic abuse ?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of female genital mutilation?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of neglect?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of honour based violence ?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of forced marriages?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of radicalisation/ prevent?

Yes

No

Do you now know how to identify indicators of domestic abuse ?

Yes

No

Name one safeguarding strength in your workplace?

Name one area for improvement in safeguarding practice in your workplace.

In your role do you feel confident that you would recognise a concern about a child or an adult/parent and know where to access support/advice? (Please use the scale of 1-10. 10 being very confident and 1 being not confident.)

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