At St Giles Trust we actively seek to promote:

• the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk as paramount in every intervention we undertake and every decision we make;
• active partnership work with the people we support, including where appropriate, their parents, carers, and communities to empower them to make decisions and choices to keep themselves and others safe from harm;
• the equal rights of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm
• strong partnership working with all statutory and voluntary sector agencies, and where  appropriate to share information that safeguards those at risk;
• robust professional boundaries and excellence in safely applying our lived experience model.

We will seek to keep children, young people and adults safe by:

• valuing, listening to, and respecting them;
• ensuring we have senior safeguarding leads and Board of Trustee oversight for all of our safeguarding work;
• adopting safeguarding best practice through our policies, procedures and code of conduct for staff and volunteers;
• providing effective management for staff and volunteers through supervision, support, training and quality assurance measures so that all staff and volunteers know about and follow our policies, procedures and behaviour codes confidently and competently;
• recruiting and selecting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made before commencement in post;
• recording, storing and sharing information professionally and securely, in line with data protection legislation and guidance [more information about this is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office: ico.org.uk/for organisations];
• making sure that children, young people, families and individuals know where to go for help if they have a concern about feeling unsafe at home, in their community or when working with St Giles;
• ensuring that we have effective complaints and whistleblowing measures in place, with action being taken to investigate promptly and appropriately, including any allegations made against a St Giles representative;
• ensuring that we provide a safe environment where concerns are listened to and taken seriously
• building a safeguarding culture where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Contact Details: 

The Designated Safeguarding Lead for St Giles is: Esther Timson – esther.timson@stgilestrust.org.uk

Alternatively you can contact safeguarding@stgilestrust.org.uk

St Giles CEO is Tracey Burley.

 

If you have a concern about the conduct of a St Giles representative please use the above contact details and mark the correspondence as high priority.

Please be aware that the contact details above are not intended for general safeguarding support. If you are concerned about your own safety, or the safety of another person, please contact your local St Giles team or the emergency services, as appropriate.

If you would like a copy of our Safeguarding Policy please contact us using the details above.