Safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION
If you are worried or concerned for yourself, or someone else please use the appropriate contacts below:
Where you believe there is immediate risk of significant harm the police should be contacted on 999.
Doncaster Domestic Abuse Helpline - 0808 2000 247 -https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/support-for-victims
Childline - https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/ - 0800 1111
Contact a school safeguarding lead - safeguarding@st-josephs.doncaster.sch.uk
Doncaster social services - https://www.doncasterchildrenstrust.co.uk/worried-about-a-child
For urgent safeguarding concerns please call the Duty team, on 01302 737 777.
There is also family support counselling offered from the Diocese. Should you require this please contact school for further information.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is Everyone's Responsibility.
St Joseph's School Leaders ensure all staff have up to date training for Safeguarding and Prevent.
We have a nominated Governor who works closely with the Safeguarding Team.
Our Governors also have received Prevent Training through our WRAP 3 trained member of staff, Mrs Courtney.
Each year, the school recieve training on any updates to the DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education Document
Do you have a safeguarding concern?
If you have any safeguarding concerns regarding a pupil at St Joseph's, please send your name and a contact telephone number to safeguarding@st-josephs.doncaster.sch.uk
A member of the safeguarding team will contact you as soon as possible to discuss any concerns.
Please do not explain the concerns in the email.
You can also contact the school on 01302 868098
If no school staff are available, or you wish to report concerns directly to the Doncaster Children's Safeguarding Board, anyone can report concerns using the DCST ‘One Front Door’ Referral system. Click here to be taken to the 'One Front Door' Referral Page.
Serious concerns can be reported to the DCSB Duty Team on 01302 737777.
Where you believe there is immediate risk of significant harm the police should be contacted on 999.
Click the links to view:
- Prevent and ACT Information (Do you have a concern or want further information regarding terrorism? Click here)
- NSPCC Talk PANTS / Safe Touch
- Childline - support for parents and information for children
Please click here to see the St Joseph's Safeguarding Policy
Please click here to view the Government's ACT
(Action Counters Terrorism) Information
Keeping Our Children Safe
Safe Touch Certificate
At St Joseph's, we use an online safeguarding, behaviour and information log called CPOMS. CPOMS can only be fully accessed by the safeguarding team, and is a very secure and safe way to store information. If you would like to discuss the information we keep, or have any further questions, please make an appointment to see one of the safeguarding team.
EARLY HELP TEAM DONCASTER
Early Help is a way of thinking and working together as services with families that have additional or more complex needs. Early help can prevent problems from getting worse by providing support to families when a need is identified or as soon as a problem emerges.
FOR Further information, ON how to report a concern and Early Help enquiries PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/early-help-what-is-it-in-doncaster
Mental Health
At our school we:
- help children to understand their emotions and feelings better
- help children feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries
- help children socially to form and maintain relationships
- promote self-esteem and ensure children know that they count
- encourage children to be confident and ‘dare to be different’
- help children to develop emotional resilience and to manage setbacks
- Universal Support– To meet the needs of all our pupils, through our overall ethos and our wider curriculum. For instance developing resilience for all.
- Additional support– For those who may have short term needs and those who may have been made vulnerable by life experiences such as bereavement.
- Targeted support– For pupils who need more differentiated support and resources or specific targeted interventions such as wellbeing groups or personal mentors.
Your mental health
A range of content designed to give you more information about mental health and to help you to look after your mental health. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
Online Support and Help lines for children under the age of 18
Contact https://www.childline.org.uk
Contact https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/talk-us-phone/
Click here to find out what we did for children's mental health week 2021
Doncaster Early Help
To access resources and support please follow the link below:
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/parentswellbeing
ELSA Information for parents/carers
The message this year is #Being Ourselves. Please click the links below for more information.