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Safeguarding: is it more than preventing abuse?

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Genevieve Hibbs Volunteer at MissionAssist / NAF (Board member) ... / A Rocha UK Posted 6 years ago

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CharityConnect: Safeguarding: is it more than preventing abuse?
If they had asked me to list the factors to be consider when forming a safeguarding strategy, without checking out existing strategies, even today, before I read the SCIE roundtable report, I would have missed some important ones.
This report is a 'must read' and 'put on file' document.  It has useful checklists for CEO's, trustee chair-people and many others in the charity sector.  I commend it to you.
Safeguarding for charities roundtable report: April 2019 https://www.scie.org.uk/safeguarding/charities/roundtable-2019-04
"The safeguarding roundtable allowed charity leaders to explore the opportunities for and barriers to good safeguarding practice relating to these different types of abuse. "
I learned some lessons the hard way when I was scammed yesterday.  'They' are so clever, although I was alert to the issues,  but I thought that I had checked it out at each step.  When they were wanting me to go to the post office and send money .... I cut off and dialled 999.  Fortunately damage and great inconvenience, but not too much damage done (I think).
However, one thing I learned yesterday, that it would be very useful for us all to know in such a situation is the emergency first aid that I did not know: 1. make sure that you have a dialling tone before you dial out -- otherwise they 'play' at being 'the police' or ... 2.  disconnect the wi-fi hub if they are online or a mobile phone using it;  3.  Then ring 999, and notify any services that may have been compromised.
From reading the report I added some categories to my checklist:  discriminatory; organisational and institutional, acts of omission; self-abuse ...
Do tell us the points in which this paper helped you identify specific overlooked issues useful in your role.
 
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