Our Safeguarding Children Policy

Our Safeguarding Children Policy (the legal age of a child being someone under the age of eighteen)

Safeguarding is defined by the Children Act 1989 and Joint Chief Inspectors Report on Arrangements to Safeguard Children (2002) as meaning that:

“Agencies (and organisations) working with children and young people take all reasonable measures to ensure that the risks of harm to the individual’s welfare are minimised; and where there are concerns about children and young people’s welfare, all agencies (and organisations) take all appropriate actions to address those concerns, working to agreed local policies and procedures, working in partnership with other local agencies.”

The Safeguarding Children summary of 2008 also states that:

“Agencies that work with children and young people have a wider role than simply protecting them from neglect and abuse. This role involves keeping them safe from accidents, crime and bullying and actively promoting their welfare in a healthy and safe environment.”

Fashion Enter’s Statement of Policy

– Fashion Enter is dedicated to safeguarding and encouraging the welfare of the children and young adults involved with its wide range of activities

– Resulting, Fashion Enter believes that in the interests of good practice, there should be a clear policy to guide work with people under the age of eighteen.

– Fashion Enter realises and understands that it has a duty to assist staff through support and training to recognise their responsibility for any children they may work with and therefore minimise any possibilities of placing minors in danger.

Fashion Enter believes that all staff take shared responsibility for any child on either their premises, or wherever Fashion Enter may be hosting an event, i.e. workshops. It is at the same time expected that all parents / guardians who bring their children to Fashion Enter’s premises understand our policy, and do not breach any health or safety regulations. Parents / guardians must also remember that they too are responsible for their children if they are placed with Fashion Enter for a work placement or any other activity.

We believe that all children are individuals and have their own rights and we aim to treat them with full respect, cohesive to this. Activities at Fashion Enter involving children will have suitable adaptations made to them if necessary for the child. We do however retain the right to refuse admittance to a child to any of our activities if the adaptations required go well beyond our capabilities, in the best interests both for the child and the company.

As a result of having the best interests of the children we work with at heart, and bearing in mind their safety, all staff members who come into contact with children during company-run activities or events, have had a CRB check. Staff members are also advised to minimise contact with children, except for health and safety reasons, or where it is necessary as a part of the learning process. Fashion Enter also reserves the right not to employ any individual where criminal records may render them a danger to learners / children. Our staff are also aware that they must look out for and report any inappropriate adult behaviour towards a child.