Safeguarding

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Safeguarding and Child Protection

At Mossford Green we are committed to safeguarding every child within our school.

If you have any concerns over a child or young person's health or welfare; of being harmed through abuse or neglect; please speak to the school's Designated Safeguarding Leaders Mrs P. Martin (Headteacher) or Miss H. Birkett (Deputy Headteacher).

Or you can contact Redbridge’s Children's Social Care Team on Tel: 020 8708 3885 or

e-mail: CPAT.referrals@redbridge.gov.uk. 

During the evening or at weekends, please call the Emergency Duty Team on 020 8708 5897.

For more information visit Redbridge's Child Protection website

In emergency situations please contact the Police on 999.

The NSPCC Helpline can be contacted for advice on 0808 800 5000.

Operation Encompass

At Mossford Green Primary we work in partnership with the Metropolitan Police and Children’s Services to identify and provide appropriate support to pupils who have experienced domestic violence in their household; this scheme is called Operation Encompass.

The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who have been involved in or witness to a domestic abuse incident. Domestic abuse impacts on children in a number of ways. Children are at increased risk of physical injury during an incident, either by accident or because they attempt to intervene. Even when not directly injured, children are greatly distressed by witnessing the physical and emotional suffering of a parent.

Encompass has been created to highlight this situation. It is the implementation of key partnership working between the police and schools. The aim of sharing information with local schools is to allow ‘Key Adults/Safeguarding lead’ the opportunity of engaging with the child and to provide access to support that allows them to remain in a safe but secure familiar environment.

In order to achieve this, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub will share police information of all domestic incidents where one of our pupils has been present, with the Designated Safeguarding Lead(s) (DSL). On receipt of any information, the DSL will decide on the appropriate support the child requires, this should be covert dependent on the needs and wishes of the child.

All information sharing and resulting actions will be undertaken in accordance with the Metropolitan Police and MASH Encompass Protocol Data Sharing Agreement. We will record this information and store this information in accordance with the record keeping procedures outlined in our school's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

To read Mossford Green's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, please click the link below: