Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
This policy is based on the Department for Education’s statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 and Working Together to Safeguard Children, the Governance Handbook, the Children Act 1989 (and 2004 amendment) and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
I'mPossible takes Child Protection and Safeguarding very serious. We recognise that some children have an increased risk of abuse and experience additional barriers when it comes to recognising or disclosing ill-treatment. We are committed to anti-discriminatory practice and take into account children’s diverse circumstances. We also ensure that all children have the same level of protection, regardless of any barriers they may face.
I'mPossible gives special consideration to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, that are young carers, experience any form of discrimination, have English as an additional language, that are known to be living in difficult or that have issues such as substance abuse or domestic violence.
This policy applies to all our staff and is consistent with the procedures of the local safeguarding board.
If a staff member recognises abuse the following procedures must be applied.
If a child is in immediate danger or at risk of harm:
Contact children’s social care and/or the police immediately.
Where the child already has a safeguarding social worker, the request for service must go directly to the social worker involved, or in their absence to their manager.
Inform Mark Goodridge as soon as possible if you make a referral.
Mark will liaise, where necessary, with the school nurse and doctor or the relevant authority.
The following link provides additional guidance for reporting child abuse to your local council:
https://www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse-to-local-council
If a child discloses a safeguarding issue to you:
Listen to and believe the child.
Allow the child time to talk freely and do not ask leading questions.
Stay calm and do not show that you are shocked or upset.
Reassure the child that telling you was the right thing to do.
Do not tell them they should have told you sooner.
Explain that you will have to pass this information on.
Do not promise to keep it a secret.
Speak immediately and directly to Mark Goodridge or contact a member of the team if you are unable to reach Mark.
Make notes of the conversation as soon as possible and in the child’s own words. Stick to the facts, and do not put your own judgement on it. Be sure to include dates and times.
If appropriate, make a referral to children’s social care and/or the police directly, and tell Mark as soon as possible.
If you have concerns about extremism and radicalisation
If a child is not at immediate risk of harm:
Speak to Mark first to agree a course of action.
Alternatively, make a referral to local authority children’s social care directly.
Where there is a concern, Mark will consider the level of risk and decide which agency to refer to. This could include the local authority children’s social care team or the government’s programme for identifying and supporting individuals at risk of being drawn into terrorism, or the Department for Education using their telephone helpline, 020 7340 7264 or per email counter.extremism@education.gov.uk.
If a child is in an emergency situation:
Call 999
Alternatively, the confidential anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321 if there is an immediate danger, if you learn that someone may be planning to travel to join an extremist group, or if you see or hear something that may be terrorist related. Signs of being radicalised can include:
Refusal to engage with, or becoming abusive to other who are different from themselves
Becoming susceptible to conspiracy theories and feelings of persecution
Changes in friendship groups and appearance
Rejecting activities, they used to enjoy
Converting to a new religion o Isolating themselves from family and friends
Talking as if from a scripted speech
An unwillingness or inability to discuss their views
A sudden disrespectful attitude towards others
Increased levels of anger and secretiveness
Expressions of sympathy for extremist ideologies and groups
Accessing extremist material online o Possessing extremist literature
Forced marriage
If you suspect that a child is being forced into marriage, inform Mark and he will speak to the child about the concern. Mark will then follow the local safeguarding procedures and refer the case to the local authority’s designated officer.
Child sexual exploitation
If you suspect that a child is being sexually exploited, inform Mark and he will trigger the local safeguarding procedures. This may include a referral to the local authority’s children’s social care team and the police.
Signs of sexual exploitation can include:
Appearing with unexplained gifts or new possessions
Associating with other young people involved in exploitation
Having significantly older boyfriends or girlfriends
Suffering from sexually transmitted infections or becoming pregnant
Displaying inappropriate sexualised behaviour
Suffering from changes in emotional wellbeing
Misusing drugs and/or alcohol
Going missing for periods of time
Concerns or allegations of abuse through a staff member
Members of staff must comply with the requirements of the Teachers’ Standards. For more info please go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards
All members of staff must recognise that they are in a professional position and must not become too informal. This includes adding them as Facebook or social media friends, texting or swapping photographs, or arranging to meet out of hours. Any such conduct constitutes as misconduct and is contrary to the terms of your employment.
If you have concerns about a member of staff, please speak to Mark. Mark will then determine the appropriate course of action and inform the local authority.
Allegations of abuse made against other children
Abuse will never be tolerated and must not be passed off as “banter” or “part of growing up” or “just having a laugh” or “boys being boys” etc.
If you have concerns about allegations of abuse, please speak to Mark.
Staff members must make clear that abuse in general and in particular sexual violence and sexual harassment is not acceptable and will never be tolerated.
Allegations and/or Complaints against staff
Allegations and/or complaints against staff that are likely to require a child protection investigation will be handled in accordance with our procedures for dealing with allegations of abuse made against staff.
Other complaints
If concerns are raised by parents/carers that relate to a possible safeguarding issue, the
matter must be referred to Mark and will be handled in line with this Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Whistleblowing
I'mPossible has a separate whistle-blowing policy that covers concerns including poor or unsafe practice, or potential failures.
Training
All staff members will undertake safeguarding and child protection training at induction, including
on whistle-blowing procedures, to ensure they understand I'mPossible`s safeguarding systems
and their responsibilities and can identify signs of possible abuse or neglect. This training will be
annually updated and will be in line with advice from our local safeguarding children board.
Responsibilities
All staff members must read and understand part 1 and Annex A of the Department for Education’s statutory safeguarding guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, and review this guidance at least annually.
All staff members must read and understand this policy including the staff code of conduct policy.
Confidentiality
I'mPossible has a separate policy with respect to confidentiality and data protection. All staff must read and understand this policy and be aware that:
Timely information sharing is essential to effective safeguarding.
Information must only be shared on a ‘need-to-know’ basis, but you do not need consent to share information if a child is suffering, or at risk of, serious harm.
Staff should never promise a child that they will not tell anyone about an allegation, as this may not be in the child’s best interests.
Confidentiality is also addressed in this policy with respect to record-keeping.
Notifying parents
Where appropriate, I'mPossible will discuss any concerns about a child with the child’s parents. Staff must only talk to parents about any such concerns following consultation with Mark.
If we believe that notifying the parents would increase the risk to the child, we will discuss this with the local authority children’s social care team before doing so.
In the case of allegations of abuse made against other children, I'mPossible will notify the parents of all the children involved.
Mobile phones and cameras
No member of staff may use their own tablet, phone or other device to take photographs whilst children are present. Tablets, phones, devices belonging to I'mPossible may only be used in the main area (not toilets or changing rooms or where children are changing their clothes).
This policy will be reviewed annually and was updated on the 2nd February 2020. We may update the terms and conditions for this website at any time.
Should you have any further questions about this Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, please email: info@i-mp.co.uk
Terms and Conditions
These are the terms and conditions for the i-mp.co.uk website. The website introduces the services that I'mPossible provides and by using this website, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.
Purpose of the site
The information on this website is intended to give you general information on matters that you may find interesting. Although, we made every effort to offer up-to-date and accurate information, errors may occur. Moreover, this website can contain references to certain laws and regulations. As those laws and regulations may change, references should be read and interpreted only in light of the date the information was published. The website and its content are for informational purposes only. Thus, this website and the available content does not constitute as professional or legal advice. Furthermore, it must not be relied upon by you or a third party. You should seek independent and professional advice before making any decision or acting.
Linking to our Website
You may link to the home page or sub-page of our website www.i-mp.co.uk provided that linking does not involve the following: The unauthorised use of our logo. A false claim whether actual or implied of endorsement, association, approval or relationship with I'mPossible including framing and embedding of any of our pages of our website. Any infringement of our trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property rights. Please Note that I'mPossible does not assume any responsibility for content, security, accuracy and validity of any websites that are linked to i-mp.co.uk
Use of Website
You may not use our website in a way that disrupts, interferes with or restricts the use by other users. You may not reproduce or copy the content of our website in any form without prior permission.
Copyright
Unless stated otherwise, all material on this website is Copyright © I'mPossible 2019. All rights reserved. No part of the materials on this Site, including but not limited to the text, graphics and code, may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without our written permission.
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Updates
These terms and conditions were updated on the 2nd February 2020. We may update the terms and conditions for this website at any time.
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Further Questions
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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your personal data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the 2nd February 2020.
This Privacy Policy applies to the services of I'mPossible. If you live in the European Economic Area, I'mPossible is the Controller of your personal data.
This Privacy Policy describes how we handle and protect your personal data and the choices available to you regarding collection, process, access, and how to update, correct and delete your personal data. Additional information on our personal data practices can be found in our contractual terms. This Privacy Policy is intended for you as a user of our website and services.
Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Personal Data”).
We may collect data or ask you to provide certain data when you use our website and services. The sources from which we collect Personal Data are:
Data collected directly from you or your device relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject”) and may include direct identifiers such as name, address, email address, phone number.
Data collected online or through indirect identifiers such as login account number, login password, payment details, or IP address.
Data collected that is linked, for example if you have used our service and later choose us again, we will link your data and treat that linked data as Personal Data.
We organise collected Personal Data as Account Data and Billing Data.
Account Data is everything we need to set up your account and includes your email address and username, and information connected with our services, such as license keys, your First and Last Name, your Business address and phone number.
Billing data is everything we need to set up your payment including your name, email address, masked credit card number and in certain circumstances, your billing address and your phone number if this is not already collected.
As described above, we link data and if we have already collected some of your data, we will only ask you for the remaining data that is necessary to carry out the service contracted for.
We use your Personal Data for the following purposes and on the following grounds:
On the basis of fulfilling our contract (when you buy our service)
On the basis of your consent (when you subscribe to our newsletter)
On the basis of legal obligations (for obligations such as tax, accounting, anti-money laundering, or when a court or other authority asks us to)
On the basis of our legitimate interest (for communications about security, privacy and performance improvements of our services. Or for establishing, exercising or defending our legal rights.)
Of course, before relying on any of those legitimate interests we balance them against your interests and make sure they are compelling enough and will not cause any unwarranted harm.
We disclose your Personal Data in response to your business enquiry or your request for information within our Company in order to provide the best service possible and within our legitimate interest.
We may share your information with organisations that help us provide the services described in this Privacy Policy and who may process such data on our behalf and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, to support this website and our services. For example, with our legal other professional advisors.
We may also share information with our secure payment gateway provider, and you may need to provide credit or debit card information directly to the provider in order to process payment details and authorise payment following a secure link. The information which you supply to in such cases is not within our control and is subject to the payment gateway provider’s own Privacy Notice and Terms and Conditions.
In relation to information obtained about you from your use of our website, we may share a cookie identifier and IP data with analytic and advertising network services providers to assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website which is subject to our Cookies Policy.
We may disclose personal information in other circumstances such as when you agree to it or if the law, a Court order, a legal obligation or regulatory authority ask us to. If the purpose is the prevention of fraud or crime or if it is necessary to protect and defend our right, property or personal safety of our staff, the website and its users.
We will only keep the information required to provide our service as long as you are a client. So that we can meet our contractual obligations and for a period after that to identify issues, respect claim limitation periods and to resolve any legal proceedings.
You can learn how long your information is held and when it is destroyed from our Data Retention Policy which you can request using info@i-mp.co.uk
Your Rights
You have the right to:
information about the processing of your personal data
obtain access to the personal data held about you
ask for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected
request that personal data be erased when it’s no longer needed or if processing it is unlawful
object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation
request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in specific cases receive your personal data in a machine-readable format and send it to another controller (‘data portability’)
request that decisions based on automated processing concerning you or significantly affecting you and based on your personal data are made by natural persons, not only by computers. You also have the right in this case to express your point of view and to contest the decision
Where the processing of your personal information is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent without detriment at any time by emailing info@i-mp.co.uk
If you feel that your request is not satisfactorily resolved by us, you may approach your local data protection authority. The Information Commissioner’s Office is the supervisory authority in the UK and relevant to I'mPossible.
The information on this website is intended to give you general information on matters that you may find interesting. Although, we made every effort to offer up-to-date and accurate information, errors may occur. Furthermore, this Site may contain references to certain laws and regulations. Laws and regulations will change over time and should be interpreted only in light of particular circumstances and the date the article was published. The Site, and content available within it, is for informational purposes only. Neither the Site nor the content available within it constitutes professional advice, and neither should be relied upon by you or any third party. Before making any decision or taking any action, you should consult with professional advisers.
We are a global minded business that endeavours to provide its products and services all around the world. In order to reach all of our users and provide all of them with our software, we operate on an infrastructure that spans the globe. The servers that are part of this infrastructure may therefore be located in a country different to the one where you live. In some instances, these may be countries outside of the European Economic Area. Regardless, we provide the same level of protection to all Personal Data it processes and rigorously apply the GDPR principles across our Company.
At the same time, when we transfer Personal Data outside of the EEA, we always make sure to have appropriate and suitable safeguards. For example, standardised contracts that are approved by the European Commission and specific documents that legally bind the receiving party to adhere to a high level of data privacy and data protection. As well as encryption and several algorithms such as Blowfish, Triple DES and RSA encryption.
We protect your data using state of the art technical, and physical safeguards and operate a firm system of policies, confidentiality agreements, digital safeguards and procedures to ensure the highest level of administrative protection.
In more detail to access our database the user must be authorised, is challenged through a two-way authentication system and use an encrypted VPN. Also, the removal of Personal Data from our location is forbidden and made by using a complex encryption system very difficult. We use cutting edge antivirus and anti-malware software and up-to-date firewall protection. Moreover, authorised personnel must have a legitimate need to know interest such as being your point of contact or service your user account.
The data we collect from you may be stored, with appropriate technical and organisational security measures applied to it, on in-house servers in the United Kingdom. In all cases, we follow generally accepted standards and security measures to protect the personal data submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
To exercise any of your rights, or if you have any questions or complaints about our use of your Personal Data and this policy, please email us using info@i-mp.co.uk
Changes
This Privacy Notice and our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal data can result in changes to this Privacy Notice. Please regularly review this Privacy Notice to keep up to date with any changes.
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Anti-slavery and Human Trafficking statement Website
Modern slavery is a crime and a despicable violation of fundamental human rights.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and are fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our corporate activities.
We are also committed to ensure transparency in our own business and in our supply chain, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
We implement and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking are not occurring anywhere in our supply chains.
The relationship with all our suppliers is built upon mutually beneficial factors and we have close and personal links with the owners or directors who share those values.
So far, we have not been made aware of any human trafficking or slavery activities in our supply chain. However, if any become known to us, we will act immediately in accordance with our legal and moral obligations.
Due diligence process
We have systems in place to identify and assess potential risk areas when considering new suppliers.
We regularly review our existing supply chains.
We mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains.
We monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains.
We protect whistle-blowers.
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