Safeguarding

At Dive into Swimming, the safety and welfare of the children in our care is pivotal and stands as the number one priority as a business. In line with The Children Act 1989 and 2004 we are committed to creating a safe environment for every child associated with our swim school. According to the ‘Working together to Safeguard Children’ document published in 2018 the actions needed to safeguard children is as follows:

• Protect from maltreatment.
• Prevention of impairment to a child’s physical, mental health and development.
• Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent with provision of safe and effective care.
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Not only do we focus on safeguarding children within our establishment, but also safeguarding from any mistreatment that may be occurring outside of our business.

The following list includes examples, but is not exhaustive, of what we should be protecting our children from:

• Physical abuse
• Domestic Violence / Abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Psychological / Emotional abuse
• Financial or material abuse
• Modern Slavery
• Discriminatory abuse
• Organisational abuse
• Neglect & Acts of omission
• Self-neglect

All staff will be trained on this issue by the Institute of Swimming. However, it is everyone’s responsibility to safeguard children therefore, if any safeguarding concerns arise from parents or carers these must be reported as a matter of urgency to the Swim Instructors. The concern will be escalated to the designated safeguarding lead immediately. If the concern if regarding an instructor, please report to the designated safety lead directly.

Designated safeguard lead:

Abbie Macleod:

abbie.macleod@diveintoswimming.com

07825347795

If there the issue requires an immediate response and you are unable to contact the designated safeguard lead, please contact the following:

Please note, if the child is in IMMEDIATE danger, please call the emergency services on 999.