Safe Guarding Policy

Craker Tutoring is a company of which offers tuition to children, our company registration number is available upon request.
 

Purpose of This Policy

This policy is in place to protect children that are provided with a service from Craker Tutoring. Under this policy, the term children means anyone who is under the age of eighteen years of age. 

We believe that no child or young person(s) should experience abuse or harm and are committed to the protection of children and young people. This policy is intended to provide guidance and overarching principles to those who represent us as staff, to guide our approach to child protection and safeguarding. 
 

Safeguarding Officer 

Any question, report or concern about the welfare of children should be shared with our Safeguarding Officer:
Name: Loren Craker
Email: loren.craker@crakertutoring-student.co.uk

Confidentiality and Date Protection

All personal information that we hold relating to children shall be processed and stored in accordance with our data protection privacy policy which can be read here.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks and Reporting

All our staff are checked under the appropriate legislation in the paid position they hold within Craker Tutoring.

Wherever we deem it is necessary and appropriate to remove any individual from a position of work in an activity that is regulated under the relevant legislation, we are obligated to make a referral to the Disclosure ad Barring Service. 

Safeguarding Children

The safeguarding officer will hold ultimate responsibility for overseeing the safety of children, all individuals under this policy must also play an active role in ensuring the safety of children at all times.

Where a certain type of event or activity is taking place, we may issue an additional code of conduct, policy, or some specific other requirements which is specific to that occasion. Any such additional documentation will be made available to all those concerned (staff members, parents or guardians etc) in advance. They should be read carefully and adhere to. 

Appropriate background checks are made in relation to any adult who is engaged by us, wherever we are legally required to do so (see the relevant section above).

Online Interaction Sessions (OIS)

Any tuition staff members that conducts online tutoring lessons via our video conference system (Microsoft Teams) are ensured by the safeguarding officer that the appropriate (DBS) checks have been conducted and reviewed prior to the assigned tutor that is hosting the OIS with children or young person(s). Any Online Interaction Sessions that takes place with children we obtain permission for parent/guardian in means of a consent form of which we obtain via consent form.

Consent Forms

We shall always obtain written consent from a parent or guardian where appropriate.

Consent forms will include emergency contact details and will set out any specific safety needs/requirements for children, especially consent that parent or guardian gives express permission for (OIS which is listed above).

All consent forms will be kept secure and shall be stored in accordance with our data protection privacy policy which can be read here.

Supervision

Parents, guardians or responsible adult must attend all events and actives with their children. They should ensure that children are properly supervised at all times.

Photography

On some occasions, we may take photographs featuring children. We recognise that photography of children carries risks, such as:

• The potential for images to be re-used, shared or adapted in a damaging or inappropriate manner
• The general risk of sharing images and the impact this could have on child's public image as they grow older

In view of these risks, we will:

• Always ask for written permission from a parent/guardian before taking and sharing any image of them
• Always ensure that a parent/guardian are properly informed how the image will be used and shared
• Always ensure that a child's identity is protected as far as is possible within any published material
• Ask that parents/guardians or any other person connected to them who may wish to share any of our published images which features other children to refrain from doing so unless they have permission.
• Always store photos in accordance with our data protection policy which can be read here.

Legal Framework

This policy has been drawn up in accordance with all relevant and applicable legislation and guidance available to us in the jurisdictions we operate within.

This Policy will be reviewed regularly and maybe updated from time to time.