Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Compact – Self-Assessment Tool
2015-16
Introduction
The Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) has a duty under the Children Act 2004 Section 14(1) to ensure the effectiveness of practice in each
service in the city to safeguard children and promote their welfare.
Safeguarding children is not just about effective child protection practice. It is about ensuring that all services have effective processes and practices in place
to keep children and young people safe and respond effectively when they are vulnerable to poor outcomes.
We have been developing this self-assessment tool since 2005 to enable managers to assure safeguarding practice within their service. The tool has been
used by over 100 services working with children and families in Portsmouth. Feedback has been very positive in terms of helping services to identify where
they can improve their safeguarding practice. Each year the tool is updated to reflect learning from local and national reviews of practice, including Serious
Case Reviews.
This tool is also compliant with Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 which requires services to ‘ensure that their functions are discharged having regard to the
need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’
Purpose
This self-assessment tool is principally aimed at enabling service leaders and managers to improve practice which will keep children safe from harm, for
example by offering ‘early help’ to families experiencing difficulties.
The tool also forms the basis of formal annual audits of a large sample of services led by the Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB). The audit
enables the PSCB to identify good and effective practice, as well as common areas for development for services in the city around safeguarding and early
help practice.
This in turn will help the PSCB – alongside the Children’s Trust Board – to put in place effective training and organisational development support to enable full
compliance with these good practice standards in the city.
The annual audit is led by the PSCB Monitoring, Evaluation and Scrutiny Committee
Who should complete the Self Assessment?
The Tool is expected to be completed every two years by any service that comes into contact with children (and information about children) from pre-birth up
to 18 years old, and beyond 18 for those vulnerable young people who may require ‘transition’ support into adult services, e.g. children leaving care or those
with learning difficulties or disabilities.
The Tool can be used by statutory services, voluntary and community services but is not limited to those agencies required to safeguard children under the
Children Act 2004. For example we would expect providers of sports and leisure opportunities for children to self assess against the Compact. Safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children and ensuring the provision of early help is truly everyone’s responsibility.
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The Tool is also expected to be completed by services primarily for adults, where the adults have parenting or caring responsibilities for children and young
people.
It is important to note that we are interested in practice in direct service provision for children and families – how it is ‘on the ground’. We are interested in the
assessment at ‘service’ or ‘team’ level and we are not expecting single self-assessments of large public bodies, e.g. the city council or the hospital. Therefore
organisation/executive leads for safeguarding children should ensure that the Tool is distributed at this level.
How to use the Compact Self-Assessment Tool
The Safeguarding Children Compact Self-Assessment Tool is made up of three sections:
PART A – The 10 Standards
There are 10 Standards and the expectation is that all services are working towards full compliance with each of the 10 standards.
Each Standard has between 3 and 7 statements. There are a total of 52 statements. We ask you to rate yourselves on a 4-point scale against each
of the statements. The 4-point scale is as follows;
1 – Outstanding
2 – Good
3 – Satisfactory
4 - Inadequate
We have added some descriptors for each of the statements which may help guide your scoring.
We recognise that on first reading, the tool looks lengthy and complicated. However, good safeguarding and early help practice has a number of
dimensions that require management attention and review. The audits processes carried out to date have shown the tool to be of the appropriate
length for the importance of the task.
Please note: We recognise that given the wide coverage of services expected to use the Self-Assessment Tool – not all the Standards or 52
statements are fully relevant to the type of service delivered and therefore an assessment of compliance against the Standard may not be possible. If
you think this is the case for your service, feel free to enter ‘not applicable’. However, we may contact you following audit submission to clarify the
basis for using ‘not applicable’ for some items.
PART B - Overall Summary
The summary gives an overall picture of your service’s scorings. This helps us to analyse the results and helps you to identify where your service may
need to target its improvement plans.
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PART C – Governance Sign-Off
We ask that the Executive Lead for Safeguarding Children, Chair of the Governing Body or Board, Chief Executive or senior manager of a service
should sign off the completed self assessment to say it has been formally endorsed.
The Formal Annual Audit Process
We encourage you to use the Self-Assessment Tool flexibly whenever you feel it would be useful for your service development.
However, each year there is a formal annual audit process using the Self-Assessment Tool. If your service is selected for formal audit, we request that you
send your completed return to the Chair of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Scrutiny Committee of the Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board with all three
sections completed.
The audit will be completed in the autumn with 50% of the city’s services audited each year.
The audit is not an inspection. It is a process to both enable your service to improve its practice at keeping children safe, and enables the strategic bodies
within the city to deliver support for practice improvement.
The formal audit process will always include a moderation process through brief visits to a sample of services for face-to-face discussion and consideration of
the basis for the scorings.
The information on the audit return will be confidential to the members of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Scrutiny Committee, although a formal report based
on overall findings will be presented to the PSCB.
However, where an audit return indicates that significant and immediate action is needed to ensure children are kept safe, this will be reported to the senior
manager for the service concerned for action and shared with the Independent Chair of the Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board.
Support with any questions about completing the formal audit process will be made available by members of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Scrutiny
Committee and the details of this will appear in the accompanying letter.
We hope that you find the self-assessment process useful and look forward to engaging with you through the formal audit process each year.
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A Few Words on Language
The language we use in public service delivery shifts over time, none more so than in the world of safeguarding. Below is a guide to some
language used in the Safeguarding Compact together with some of the key documents referenced in the tool.
Safeguarding - has threes component parts 1.
protecting children from maltreatment;
2.
preventing impairment of children’s health or development;
3.
ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
Within this document ‘safeguarding’ covers a variety of issues. Current priority areas for the City are around issues of neglect, domestic
abuse and child sexual exploitation. However this list is not exhaustive and there are a range of significant safeguarding issues related to
physical, emotional and sexual abuse, all of which can be related to wider risk factors around substance misuse, mental health, disability
and the quality of care afforded a child. Therefore the term safeguarding within this self assessment tool promotes practice to support all
vulnerable children regardless of identified risk factors. Agencies need to consider this when completing their self assessment.
Child protection - is a part of safeguarding. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are
likely to suffer, significant harm.
Harm - means ill-treatment or the impairment of health or development, including for example impairment suffered from seeing or hearing
the ill-treatment of another
Early Help - is a term replacing ‘early intervention’. It has emerged from the work of Professor Eileen Munro’s review of child protection in
England and is a helpful term for describing work with children and families at an early point before problems become too complex or
entrenched
Early Help Processes - are those processes that enable the effective identification of vulnerable children, their assessment and the multiagency work to meet their needs at an early point. It therefore includes the Single Assessment Framework (SAF), the role of lead
professionals and Team Around the Child practice
SAF - stands for ‘The Single Assessment Framework’ and is a tool for assessing the strengths and needs of children and families. The
tool includes a simple plan which outlines what the child and family needs to do to improve outcomes and how services can help
Lead Professional - is a named professional from any service responsible for co-ordinating the SAF plan and providing a single point of
contact for the family. It is possible for a parent to be their own family’s lead professional.
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Team Around the Child/Family - describes the ‘virtual’ team of practitioners from different agencies who may be working with a particular
child or family.
SAF Champion - is the manager or experienced practitioner within a service who takes a lead for supporting staff in the organisation to
carry out good SAFs and related Early Help processes. This is often but not always the same person who has the designated lead for
safeguarding.
Portsmouth Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - formerly known as the Joint Action Team or ‘JAT’. The MASH is a multi-agency
team of professionals in Portsmouth – managed within Children’s Social Care – whose role it is to work with services to embed early help
processes. All completed SAFs have to be logged with the MASH.
4LSCB - is the name given to the partnership of the four Safeguarding Children Boards in Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight.
4LSCB Procedures - are the agreed local child protection procedures to be followed by all agencies in Portsmouth, Southampton,
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The procedures are on-line and available at http://4lscb.proceduresonline.com/
LADO - stands for ‘Local Authority Designated Officer’, the single point of contact in Portsmouth for reporting child protection allegations
made against paid professionals and volunteers working for agencies in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Compact
Self-Assessment Tool
2015-16
Please complete all sections highlighted in YELLOW
Name of Service:
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Standard One: Strategic leadership and management
4 - Inadequate
1.1
My organisation has a strategic senior manager
responsible for ensuring effective early help and
safeguarding practices and processes. This person is
skilled, knowledgeable and supported by the
organisation to carry out this function
No senior
management
responsibility
allocated
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
Some responsibility
allocated but this is not
set out anywhere
Responsibility for
most aspects
allocated but there
may be some gaps
Senior management
responsibility for all
aspects is clear.
Policy in place – may
need updating
Policy in place, up to
date and known to
most staff
Policy in place,
reviewed annually,
led by a senior
manager and known
to all staff
Responsibility stated and
clear to some staff
Responsibility
clearly stated and
known by most staff
Responsibility
clearly stated and
known by all staff
Processes in place and
known by some staff
Processes in place
and known by most
staff
Processes in place
and known by all
staff
Some case management
processes are compliant
Most case
management
processes are
compliant.
All case
management
processes are fully
compliant.
Please tick as applicable
1.2
1.3
My organisation has a Safeguarding Children Policy that
is reviewed annually and led by a senior manager
No policy in place
My organisation’s responsibility in relation to
safeguarding is clearly communicated to all staff
Responsibility not
clearly stated nor
known by staff
1.4
My organisation has internal processes that support
proper reporting of child protection concerns to
Children’s Social Care (i.e. compliant with 4LSCB
procedures available at
http://4lscb.proceduresonline.com/)
1.5
My organisation has internal ‘case management’
processes that support the use of early help processes
(i.e. the Single Assessment Framework, lead
professional and Team Around the Child.
No processes in
place
Case management
processes have
not been
developed
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1.6
1.7
My organisation knows which children who access the
service are vulnerable. Staff in my organisation play an
active part on the assessment and plan for that child and
family.
Not in place
Where my organisation contracts services to children
out to other providers, steps have been taken to ensure
that the provider organisation is compliant with this
Compact.
No steps taken
Partially in place
Mostly in place
Completed in full
and consistently
reviewed
Steps are taken but not
consistently applied
In most cases, we
ensure Compact
compliance
All contracted
services are
Compact compliant
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Two: Early Help Processes
4 - Inadequate
2.1
My organisation has an identified staff member to
support practitioners with early help processes – i.e. the
SAF, lead professional and Team Around the Child
practice across the organisation. This staff member is
known as the ‘SAF Champion’
No SAF Champion
identified
3 - Requires
improvement
Person identified who
holds some aspects of
this responsibility
2 - Good
Person identified
who holds most
aspects of this
responsibility
1 - Outstanding
There is an identified
person who supports
SAF, Team around
the child, Lead
Professional and
information sharing
processes
Please tick as applicable
PSCB Safeguarding
Training Basic
Awareness Module, SAF
Awareness E learning
module attended
PSCB
Safeguarding
Training - Early
Help Module
attended
PSCB Safeguarding
Training - Early Help
Module, Child
Protection Module
and Supervision
Module attended
Additional training i.e.
domestic abuse
attended
2.2
The ‘SAF Champion’ has attended relevant training –
for example, the Integrated Working and Safeguarding
Training Programme.
2.3
The SAF Champion receives senior management
support within the organisation to carry out this role.
No support
Some support
Significant support
Significant support
including protected
time and resources
My organisation uses the SAF to make and receive
referrals (or requests for support) to other services emergency child protection situations excepted.
The SAF is not
used at all
In some cases only
In most cases
Referral processes
fully meet this
description
2.4
No training
attended
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Three - Staff Responsibilities and Competencies
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 – Outstanding
No responsibilities
articulated
Some general
responsibilities
articulated
Responsibilities
articulated but may not
be complete
All job descriptions clearly
set out a full description of
safeguarding and integrated
working responsibilities
No staff are aware
Some staff are aware
Most staff have good
awareness
All staff understand this fully
All Staff in my organisation are able to
access the 4LSCB on-line inter-agency child
3.3
protection procedures. Staff are aware of
the procedures and use them appropriately.
Staff are not aware
of and do not use
the procedures
Some staff have
awareness of, can
access easily and use
appropriately
Most staff have
awareness of, can
access, and use
appropriately
All staff have awareness of,
can access easily and use
appropriately
My organisation has identified which staff
have clear responsibilities to conduct a
Single Assessment Framework assessment
3.4
to identify child and family strengths and
needs and this is laid out in their job
specification.
It is not clear which
staff have this
responsibility
It is clear which staff
have this responsibility
but it is not laid out in
their job specification
it is clear which staff have
this responsibility and
their job specification
loosely refers to it
it is clear which staff have
this responsibility and it is
clearly laid out in their job
specification
It is not clear which
staff have this
responsibility
It is clear which staff
have this responsibility
but it is not laid out in
their job specification
it is clear which staff have
this responsibility and
their job specification
loosely refers to it
it is clear which staff have
this responsibility and it is
clearly laid out in their job
specification
4 - Inadequate
Staff in my organisation with access to
children have statements within their Job
3.1 Descriptions and Person Specifications that
articulate responsibilities their around
safeguarding and integrated working.
Please tick as applicable
Staff are aware of who in their service to
3.2 discuss/report concerns about a child’s
safety and welfare.
3.5
My organisation has identified which staff
are able to act as lead professionals and
this is laid out in their job specification.
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3.6
My organisation has ensured relevant staff
have clear responsibility and necessary
competencies to be part of a Team Around
the Child including working to the SAF plan.
No responsibilities
and competencies
Identified
Some of the relevant
responsibilities and
competences are
identified
Most of the relevant
responsibilities and
competencies in place
Responsibilities and
competencies fully in place
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Four - Staff Recruitment and Selection
4.1
My organisation has quality recruitment and selection
procedures for all personnel (including volunteers) that
include methods for exploring a candidate’s attitude to
children and their perception of boundaries of acceptable
behaviour towards children.
4 - Inadequate
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
No procedures
in place
Some procedures in
place but may not be
used consistently
Procedures used
but not set out
explicitly or
monitored
Procedures set out
clearly and monitored
regularly
Some training
completed but it is out
of date
Training
completed but no
systematic
monitoring/review
All relevant staff have
completed and updated
training
Please tick as applicable
4.2
4.3
Staff in my organisation who are responsible for recruitment
and selection receive the appropriate ‘safer recruitment’
training in order to identify recruits with the core skills
required for safeguarding and inter-agency working.
Staff in my organisation, including regular visitors and
volunteers with access to children, or information about
children undergo the appropriate level DBS check
4.4
My organisation obtains two references that are orally
checked before job offers are made to candidates
4.5
All staff recruited into my organisation have to provide a full
employment history, including periods of unemployment and
proof of qualifications
No training
undertaken
No checks
routinely in
place
Checks are routinely
conducted but
updating inconsistent
Checks are
routinely in place
All staff and volunteers
have secure checks and
updates in place and this
is monitored regularly
No checks in
place
Some checks take
place
Most references
are checked
orally
Both references always
orally checked before
any job offer is made
Not always
required
This is required but
often not challenged
where necessary
This is required
and mostly
challenged where
necessary
Always required and
always checked and
challenged if necessary
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4.6
All staff undertake a specified probationary period during
which time they are assessed and supported as to their
suitability to work with children.
No
probationary
period required
Probationary period
required but review
and assessment is not
strong
Probationary
period required
and implemented
Probationary period
required for all staff and
they are properly
assessed and supported.
Training needs fully met.
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Five - Staff Induction, Training and Appraisal
4 - Inadequate
5.1
All staff in my organisation with direct access to children (or
their information) have a planned induction that includes
assessment of individual learning needs around safeguarding
and early help practice.
No planned
induction or
assessment of
learning needs
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
Some induction
and assessment
– variable quality
Induction and
assessment mainly
good
All staff experience
induction and
assessment of their
learning needs
All staff fully inducted
in recognising signs of
maltreatment and how
to raise concerns
Please tick as applicable
5.2
During their induction, new staff in my organisation will
access in house and 4LSCB child protection procedures.
Their understanding is checked. They are inducted into my
organisation’s internal systems for identification and reporting
of suspected child maltreatment.
No induction in
these systems
nor expectation to
have read the
procedures
Some induction
into these
systems but
implementation
not consistently
monitored
Most staff inducted in
these systems
5.3
All staff in my organisation understand the need for accurate
record keeping where there are concerns for the safety and
well-being of a particular child.
No or very limited
understanding
Partial
understanding
Most staff have good
awareness
All staff in my organisation with direct access to children (or
their information) receive regular training on safeguarding
and child protection issues and reporting processes,
refreshed at least once every three years. Training is from a
Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board approved provider.
No training
provided
Training provided
but no quality
assurance of
outcomes
Training provided
from an approved
provider
All staff receive
approved training and
timely updates
None of relevant
staff attended
Some of relevant
staff attended
Most of relevant staff
attended
All of relevant staff
attended
5.4
5.5
Relevant staff in my organisation have attended the multiagency Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board Training
Programme.
All staff understand
this fully
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5.6
5.7
All staff in my organisation with management responsibility
will be aware of the professional development needs of their
staff and be able to demonstrate planned activities to meet
those needs.
My organisation has annual appraisal processes that includes
a review of each worker’s skills, competencies and
knowledge around safeguarding and child protection, early
help practice and multi-agency working.
None of relevant
staff aware and
able to
demonstrate
planned activities
Some of relevant
staff aware and
able to
demonstrate
planned activities
Most of relevant staff
aware and able to
demonstrate planned
activities
All of relevant staff
aware and able to
demonstrate planned
activities
No systematic
practice
Appraisal occurs
but coverage and
content variable
Appraisal occurs and
mostly covers relevant
areas
All staff experience
annual appraisal of
these areas
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Six - Staff Supervision and Accountability
4 - Inadequate
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
No clear
expectation in
place
Expectation in
place but practice
variable
Expectation in place
and mainly achieved
Consistently applies
for all staff
6.2
Staff in my organisation who are working with children
through early help or child protection processes, receive
regular (at least monthly) supervision on an individual or
team basis and can access further support when required.
No clear
expectation in
place
Expectation in
place but practice
variable
Expectation in place
and mainly achieved
All staff consistently
receive this.
6.3
My organisation is working towards embedding the
Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board’s13 standards on
quality safeguarding supervision - Integrated Supervision
Standards for people who work to safeguard children in the
City of Portsmouth (May 2012)
Not seeking any
improvement in
supervision of
staff
Some planning
underway to
improve
supervision
Some work underway
to improve
supervision
Actively working
towards meeting all
supervision standards
6.4
My organisation has a culture which allows staff to raise
concerns about a colleague who does not have the
necessary competencies to work with children. Appropriate
investigative procedures lead to appropriate action.
‘Closed’ culture
and no process
Culture and
process in place
but practice
variable
Culture and process
in place and mainly
achieved
Safe culture for
raising concerns.
Quality process
always used
6.1
Every member of staff has a named identified manager at all
times including times when the organisation has
management vacancies
Please tick as applicable
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6.5
My organisation has a clear accountability structure - all
personnel understand the management structure and how
they receive support and guidance in their work with and for
children
No structure in
place
Structure in place
but not fully
spelled out or
understood
Structure in place and
understood by almost
all staff
Accountability
Structure in place and
support arrangements
fully understood by all
staff
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Seven - Equal Opportunities
4 - Inadequate
7.1
7.2
7.3
My organisation has an Equal Opportunities Policy and staff
understand the implications of the policy in contributing to
safeguarding practice and early help
Please tick as applicable
My organisation ensures that all staff are aware of equal
opportunities issues in policy and in practice and have the
necessary skills and strategies to provide an antidiscriminatory service
My organisation keeps records of ethnicity, gender and
disability to help evidence that practice is non-discriminatory.
Exceptions to this may be appropriate for separate boys or
girls activities or for religious or other groups where
exclusivity can be demonstrated to be necessary
No policy in place
3 - Requires
improvement
Policy in place –
only partially
understood
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
Policy in place and
understanding is good
All staff fully
understand the policy
No support given
to staff in this way
Some support in
place to achieve
this level of
awareness
Good support is in
place and works well
All staff are supported
in fully understanding
these issues
No records kept
Some partial
records kept
Records kept are
mainly good
Complete records are
consistently
maintained
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Eight - Safe Working Practices
4 - Inadequate
8.1
My organisation has processes and procedures in place to
ensure that staff with access to children (or their information)
have the knowledge, understanding and skills to establish
and maintain safe working relationships with children.
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
No clear
processes and
procedures in
place
Some in place but
not
comprehensive
Most aspects covered
Full processes and
procedures ensure
staff have excellent
skills
All staff in my organisation receive clear written guidance on
safe working practices with children. Guidance may include
statements on professional boundaries, safe group sizes,
appropriate physical contact, home visiting, lone working,
outdoor education etc
No guidance in
place
Partial guidance
in place
Guidance in place
covering most aspects
All staff access clear
and comprehensive
guidance
When and if my organisation provides site-based services to
children, we offer safe physical environments that offer
personal space appropriate to the child’s age and
development that offers personal safety and security for the
child that respects their dignity
No particular
arrangements
planned
Some
arrangements in
place
Most aspects covered
reliably
Services provided are
consistently safe
My organisation has processes and procedures in place to
assess and manage risk with regard to children. This
includes risk to children from access to certain people,
physical environments, equipment and particular activities
No clear
processes and
procedures in
place
Most aspects covered
Comprehensive
processes and
procedures ensure
staff assess and
manage risk
effectively
Please tick as applicable
8.2
8.3
8.4
Some in place but
not
comprehensive
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Nine - Complaints and Allegations against staff
4 - Inadequate
9.1
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
No responsibility
identified
Some
responsibility
identified
Most aspects clearly
designated
All aspects of
handling complaints
and allegations clearly
assigned to a
manager
My organisation knows who the Local Authority Designated
Officer (LADO) is and how to contact them to report
allegations
No or very limited
awareness
Some awareness
Most staff have good
awareness
All staff fully aware
My organisation has clear, reviewed and updated written
procedures on complaints and allegations. These are in line
with the 4LSCB procedures.
No procedures in
place
Some in place but
may not be
completely clear
and up to date
Procedures in place,
reviewed and
understood well by
most staff
Procures in place,
reviewed and
understood fully by all
staff
No procedures in
place. ‘Closed’
culture
Some in place but
may not be
completely clear
and up to date
Procedures in place,
reviewed and
understood well by
most staff
Procedures in place,
reviewed and
understood fully by all
staff. Safe culture for
‘whistleblowing’
My organisation has a designated manager in the
organisation trained to handle complaints and allegations of
a safeguarding nature made against the organisation’s staff
including volunteers.
3 - Requires
improvement
Please tick as applicable
9.2
9.3
9.4
My organisation has processes and procedures in place to
support and enable ‘whistleblowing’ on individuals within my
organisation - and individuals in other partner organisations where there are concerns that colleagues are harming
children or failing to protect children from harm. My
organisation promotes a culture that enables ‘whistleblowing’
Total number ticked in column
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Standard Ten - Client Confidentiality and Information Sharing
4 - Inadequate
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
Staff in my organisation are aware of good and effective
practice around client confidentiality, consent and sharing
information with other agencies – with and without consent.
Please tick as applicable
All staff in my organisation receive guidance and training on
good information sharing practice based on the national
guidance in ‘Information Sharing: Guidance for Practitioners
and Managers’
My organisation has a confidentiality policy which includes
procedures for obtaining and maintaining consent to share
and includes the security of personal records held by my
organisation.
Staff in my organisation understand that it is their duty to
share information even without user consent where there are
safeguarding concerns and that the organisation will support
all such actions taken in good faith.
My organisation shares completed SAF assessments
appropriately. We ensure that the Joint Action Team is made
aware of completed SAFs.
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1 - Outstanding
No or very limited
awareness
Some awareness
Most staff have good
awareness
All staff fully aware
No or very limited
guidance/training
in place
Guidance/training
in place but
conent/coverage
is partial
Guidance /training in
place and
coverage/content is
good
All staff receive
guidance and training
of a high standard
No policy in place
Policy in place –
awareness partial
Policy in placeawareness good
All staff fully aware of
the policy
No or very limited
understanding
Partial
understanding
Most staff have good
awareness
All staff understand
this fully
No staff do this
Some staff do this
Most staff do this
All staff consistently
do this.
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10.6
My organisation is signed up to the Portsmouth Information
Sharing Protocol [n.b. sign up is expected by January 2013]
Not signed up
and not aware of
it
Signed up
Signed up and shared
with relevant staff
Signed up and shared
with relevant staff
Total number ticked in column
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PART B - Overall Summary
Please transfer your totals for each standard on to the summary chart below to provide a quick overview of your self assessment and to help identify priority
areas for development.
Standard
4 - Inadequate
3 - Requires
improvement
2 - Good
1Outstanding
1. Strategic leadership and management
2. Early Help Processes
3. Staff Responsibilities and Competencies
4. Staff Recruitment and Selection
5. Staff Induction, Training and Appraisal
6. Staff Supervision and Accountability
7. Equal Opportunities
8. Safe Working Practices
9. Complaints and Allegations against staff
10. Client Confidentiality and Information Sharing
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PART C - Governance Sign-Off
This self-assessment was completed by:
Name:
………………………………………………………………………….
Position/Post :
…………………………………………………………………………….
Date:
…………………………………………………………………………….
This self-assessment has been seen by the chair of the governing body, chief executive or
senior manager:
Name:
………………………………………………………………………….
Position/Post :
…………………………………………………………………………….
Date:
…………………………………………………………………………….
This year's audit is to be completed online via this link
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