Dayspring's Leadership Safeguarding Statement

The Leadership of Dayspring recognises the importance of its involvement with children and young people and adults with care and support needs and its responsibility to protect everyone entrusted to our care.

The following statement was agreed by the trustees on 29 June 2023 and the core team on 29 June 2023.

Dayspring is committed to the safeguarding of children and adults with care and support needs, ensuring their well-being and increasing their enjoyment of our activities.

We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent the physical, sexual, psychological, financial and discriminatory abuse and neglect of adults with care and support needs and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.

We recognise that the personal dignity and rights of adults and will ensure all our policies and procedures will reflect this.

We believe all adults should enjoy and have access to every aspect of the life of Dayspring.

We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of those who will work with children and adults with care and support needs.

We believe every child should be valued, safe and happy.  We want to make sure that children we have contact with know this and are empowered to tell us if they are experiencing significant harm.

We are committed to:
  • Endorsing and following statutory denominational and specialist guidelines in relation to safeguarding children and adults and will ensure that in Dayspring all workers will work within the agreed procedure of our safeguarding policy.
  • Implementing the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and all other relevant legislation.
  • Supporting, resourcing and training those who undertake this work.
  • Ensuring that we are keeping up to date with national and local developments relating to safeguarding.
  • Ensuring that everyone agrees to abide by these recommendations and the guidelines established by Dayspring.
  • Supporting all in Dayspring affected by abuse.
 
We recognise:
  • Children’s Social Services has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a child.  Adult Social Care has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about an adult with care and support needs.
  • Where an allegation suggests that a criminal offence may have been committed then the police should be contacted as a matter of urgency.
  • Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.We will review this statement and our policy and procedures annually.

If you have any concerns for a child or adult, then speak to one of the following who have been approved as safeguarding co-ordinators for Dayspring.
Sue Sandberg—Child Safeguarding Coordinator - 01249 821554
Carole West – Chair of Trustees and Senior Leader - 07760 175632

As Dayspring’s ministry to adults with care and support needs develops, Safeguarding Co-ordinators will be trained and appointed and appropriate procedures put in place.

A copy of the full policy is available from the Dayspring Office together with the latest procedures in draft or final form.

A copy of our safeguarding policy was lodged with Thirty One:Eight (formerly Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service) in TBD.

Signed for the Trustees by Carole West on 29 June 2023

Signed for the Core Team by David Sandberg on 29 June 2023

This Statement is Policy DCT 020 Revision 07 Dated 29 June 2023.  The signed controlled copy is held in the Dayspring Office.  To view this contact 07738 474290.