Safeguarding responsibilities, reporting, escalation and child protection arrangements.
Policies, safeguarding and assurance
Policies should reflect what actually happens.
Safeguarding, safer recruitment, attendance, risk, data protection and quality assurance are part of day-to-day delivery. The policies on this page explain the framework; commissioners can request current evidence and controlled documents where required.
Public documents
Key policies should be easy to find.
The public library includes safeguarding, admissions, attendance, behaviour, SEND, complaints, equality, health and safety, recruitment, quality assurance, data protection and other operational documents. Where version control is material to a placement decision, commissioners should request the current controlled copy.
LRL public policy library
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Core policy framework
Policy should match practice.
These are the main public-facing policy areas. Operational procedures, review dates and controlled versions are managed centrally and can be supplied during due diligence.
Pre-employment checks, recruitment decision making and suitability controls.
A relational and regulation-informed approach with clear expectations and accountability.
Responsibilities, premises controls, reporting and safe systems of work.
How foreseeable risks are identified, controlled, reviewed and recorded.
First-aid provision, response, recording and escalation.
How personal information is managed in line with applicable data-protection requirements.
A clear route for concerns, complaints, investigation and escalation.
Expectations around access, reasonable adjustment, non-discrimination and inclusion.
Planning, supervision, consent, risk management and emergency arrangements.
Recording, same-day response, commissioner reporting and escalation of non-attendance.
Professional boundaries, conduct and safeguarding expectations for adults working with pupils.
Insurance
Current insurance information, available for due diligence.
LRL’s published insurance arrangements include the cover levels below. Current certificates can be provided as part of placement or framework due diligence.
£10mEmployers’ LiabilityEmployer’s compulsory liability cover.
£10mPublic LiabilityPublic liability cover.
£10mProfessional IndemnityProfessional indemnity cover.
Business-use vehicle arrangements are also maintained where required for delivery. Activity-specific cover and current certificate dates can be confirmed during due diligence.
Safeguarding
Clear leadership, clear reporting routes.
Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, with designated leadership, clear reporting routes, secure recording and escalation to statutory agencies where required.
01DSL-led oversight
02Immediate reporting routes
03Secure safeguarding records
04Safer recruitment and vetting
05Low-level concerns route
06LADO and social-care escalation
07Individual risk assessment
08Multi-agency working
Due diligence
Need current evidence for a placement or framework review?
Tell us what your commissioning process requires and we will provide the relevant current documentation.