SAFEGUARDING STANDARDS
Restructuring our 10 standards Over the forty years that we’ve existed we’ve developed a unique framework of ten safeguarding standards known simply as our '10 standards' to help organisations operate safely and in a manner that complies with UK law and best practice whichever stage of the safeguarding journey they're on.
Principle
Policy
Procedure
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t is our belief that having a robust framework within which you can set your safeguarding activities and plans is essential and critical to demonstrating your commitment to creating a safe place within your organisation.
Practice
as essential to safeguarding: Organisational Culture and Governance. Whilst these are two very broad areas to consider, our focus as always, will remain on the safeguarding aspects within these areas. Culture within charitable organisations has come under significant scrutiny, over the past few years, following the uncovering of harmful and poor practices that vulnerable beneficiaries have experienced at the hands of those that were meant to serve and protect them. This has therefore, rightly drawn the attention of charity and sector regulators, who have been impressing the need for charity trustees and leaders within charities to give careful and serious thought to their organisational culture and governance, particularly with regards to safeguarding.
However, what is becoming increasingly evident throughout our work, and the outcomes from wider learning such as IICSA, is the crucial role that organisational culture and values have to play. The need for organisational culture to be healthy and open to reflection and learning is critical to facilitating good safeguarding. To help facilitate learning and knowledge building, particularly for faith organisations, on what this means and how this can be achieved, over the last year we have been reviewing our 10 standards to incorporate two new key areas of practice that have emerged over the recent years
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