Policy: Safeguarding Prevention
Twinkle Tots Sensory have a moral and legal obligation to ensure all participations involved in their activities can do so in an enjoyable and safe environment. This policy has been devised to promote good practice within instructing of Little Diamonds sessions, providing children, young people and vulnerable adults with an appropriate and safe learning environment by implementing regulations and policies; ensuring tutors and instructors accept their responsibilities to safeguard those from harm and abuse.
Good Practice
Twinkle Tots Sensory and all team members representing Twinkle Tots Sensory are committed to the following:
- Providing a safe learning environment for parents/ caregivers and babies.
- Everyone including vulnerable persons should be entitled to partake in Twinkle Tots Sensory activities, the start age is 6 weeks for babies.
- Twinkle Tots Sensorywill ensure safeguarding policies are reviewed and updated every 12 months with easy access for any person involved in their activities
- Instructors wishing to promote Twinkle Tots Sensory activities will ensure their pre-requisite qualifications are maintained and kept up to date at all times
- Reporting any suspicions and allegation of poor practice or abuse
- Taking care to respond to suspicions and allegations, whilst doing so in an appropriate and swift manner to deal with the case in accordance to this safeguarding policy
- Maintain a safe and appropriate distance between instructor and participant however when physical contact or manual handling is required consent must be retained from both parties to avoid any inappropriate or wrongful actions
Responding, Recording and Reporting Allegations and Suspicions
No person has the legal right to assume or decide on an individual basis whether abuse has taken place. If any personnel have concerns, they must act on them responsibly with the appropriate necessary actions to protect both parties.
In the event of receiving a possible allegation of abuse, the receiver must comply with the following:
- Stay calm to ensure a non-threatening environment for both parties
- Reassure the individual informing them they are not to blame and did the right thing by speaking out
- Listen to the individual, showing respect and that they are being taken seriously
- Minimise the questions asked to ensure the individual is disclosing the information on their own accord
- Inform the individual that you will have to speak to your safeguarding officer about what they have told you to help them
- Safety of the individual is paramount. If the individual needs urgent medical care, call the appropriate services, inform those concerned and make them aware that it is a safeguarding issue
- Record all information as soon as you can to ensure all is accurate and true to what the individual described to you
- Report the concern and information to the safeguarding officer within your workplace When recording a safeguarding issue, the following information should be recorded accurately.
- Individual’s name and date of birth
- Individuals home address and telephone number
- Is the individual expressing concern for themselves or another person?
- The nature of the concern
- Description of any visible injury
- Details of any witness to the incidents
- Has any family member been contacted; parent/guardian when dealing with a child
- Has anyone else been consulted with the issue
- Has anyone been named as the abuser?
Safeguarding Complaint
In the event of a Twinkle Tots Sensory Instructor receiving a safeguarding allegation against themselves, the alleged will be suspended immediately whilst an investigation is undertaken. Twinkle Tots Sensory will then seek advice from the necessary areas and report the allegation to the required services up to and including the local safeguarding children’s board, social services, and the police. Every effort will be made by Twinkle Tots Sensory to keep all information confidential except when required, Twinkle Tots Sensory will share the necessary information with all parties and services involved.
Anti-bullying
Twinkle Tots Sensory does not condone or accept bullying behaviour of any kind. We endeavour to ensure all instructors are aware of our safeguarding policy and can ensure that any bullying found to be taking place within and activities are dealt with in the correct manner. If bullying is found within any Twinkle Tots Sensory activity we will ensure that it is addressed and reported to our designated safeguarding officer when required.
Photography Regulations
Twinkle Tots Sensory instructors who take photographs or films of activities must ensure those involved have read and signed the Twinkle Tots Sensory photo consent form to allow this. Anyone who refuses to sign must not be photographed. Written consent from the individual must be gained before Twinkle Tots Sensory can use any photographs or footage for business purposes, such as advertising and marketing.
Date last reviewed: 03/06/2025
Next review date: 03/06/2025
Contact: twinkletotsensory@outlook.com
Equality & Diversity Policy
Twinkle Tots Sensory is committed to ensuring that all courses that we offer are inclusive and accessible to all learners, from initial access to the course right through to completion. Little Diamonds Equal Opportunities Policy is set out to ensure that under no circumstances will there be any discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, political or religious belief during classes.
Twinkle Tots Sensory strongly believes that all participants have the moral right to be treated with nothing but dignity and respect. Twinkle Tots Sensory will not condone any discrimination or harassment towards any persons involved within their activities.
Purpose
Ensure that Twinkle Tots Sensory courses offer equal opportunities.
- Ensure all courses are inclusive and accessible to all learners.
- State that any unfair treatment and/or unlawful discrimination will not be tolerated within our courses.
- Promote fair access and minimise any barriers to learning through implementing the relevant reasonable adjustments and special considerations policy.
- Ensure that learning opportunities is open to all, without compromising the integrity of qualifications and Twinkle Tots Sensory classes.
- Provide relevant training for team members surrounding this policy and procedures.
- Ensure that all team members and learners are treated with dignity and respect regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
- Ensure compliance with current legislation included within the Equality Act 2010.
Monitoring and Review
This policy and its implementation will be reviewed annually or at the point of any inequality or discrimination claims or changes to legislation relating to the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to ensuring that the procedures are fit for purpose and that we are meeting and surpassing the expectations of our learners. Where a claim of inequality or discrimination relates to the structure of the qualification rather than delivery, Twinkle Tots Sensory will follow the relevant policies and regulations.
Date last reviewed: 03/06/2025
Next review date: 03/06/2025