My name is Dawn Davis, and I have been appointed to the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Support Manager here at Pool Hayes.
What is my role?
I will endeavour to support parents and their children, where there may be early signs that families could benefit from additional help.
I am also available to provide information to parents about relevant local services available, such as child care providers, educational courses, parenting classes/skills etc.
It is also part of my role to engage with families whose children arrive at school late to try to ascertain if there is any way this can effectively be reduced. This would happen in a way where the child doesn't feel isolated, or misses out on mixing with his/her peers prior to going into class.
How to contact me:
I have an open door policy and you would be more than welcome to come into school, or if you prefer I can also visit you at home.
Via email - ddavis@pool-hayes-p.walsall.sch.uk or;
Via Class Dojo or;
Please contact me via the school if you require any further information: 01902 368144
Designated safeguarding lead: Mr A Carter (Deputy Head teacher)
Contact - postbox@pool-hayes-p.walsall.sch.uk
01902 368144 or;
By booking an appointment with the school Receptionist or;
Via Class Dojo
Our Safeguarding Team
To ensure that we are highly responsive to Safeguarding needs and address with them efficiently and effectively at Pool Hayes Primary School, we maintain a team of professionals who are highly trained across a diverse range of needs. This means that we can provide the best Safeguarding support for children and families in our school community. Please familiarise yourself with our team opposite.
Safeguarding Statement
At Pool Hayes Primary School the safety and wellbeing of all children is of paramount importance. Parents and carers send their children to school each day with the expectation that school provides a safe and secure environment in which their children can flourish.
As such we take our responsibility for safeguarding, including our statutory responsibilities, very seriously. Only if children are safe and happy are they able to fulfil their potential in their learning. We expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment.
We achieve this objective by:
- Establishing a safe environment in which children can learn and develop.
- Ensuring that all staff receive appropriate training, guidance and support to undertake the effective safeguarding of children (including emotion coaching and trauma informed methods).
- Raising awareness of child protection issues and equipping children with the skills needed to keep them safe. Pupils are taught about safeguarding as a part of the national curriculum through Online Safety, PSHE, RHSE and Religious Education.
- Supporting pupils who have been abused in accordance with his/her agreed child protection plan.
- All concerns are passed to the designated safeguarding lead/deputy lead within school.
- We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support children, families and staff at school.
Safeguarding is Everyone's Responsibility
In order to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, our school will fulfil our local and national responsibilities as laid out in the following documents:
Pool Hayes Primary School has adopted ‘Walsall Safeguarding Children Board’ policy for safeguarding within school. There is a system of referral transparent to all staff, and any employee or voluntary helper must hold an up-to-date DBS. There are weekly Safeguarding meetings held to discuss provision for vulnerable children. This is to ensure:
- Children are protected from maltreatment;
- Children’s health and development is not impaired;
- Children grow up with a safe provision and have effective care to enable them to have optimum life chances.
In safeguarding the pupils in school, the school may involve other agencies and adopts a multi-agency approach to safeguarding.
All staff working within the school have received Level 1 Safeguarding training delivered by a government Child Safeguarding Team. It is the duty of every member of staff to record and report any concerns to the above named staff.
To download a copy of Pool Hayes Primary School’s Safeguarding Policy please click here.
Our additional supporting school policies that support effective safeguarding can be downloaded below:
Downloadable copies of useful safeguarding information:
For additional translations of Keeping Children Safe in Education, please click here
Helpful Links
Walsall Families First, a message from the team...
We all need some extra help and support at times, as a family we want you to know it’s ok to ask for and expect help. We have a document known as ‘Our Family’, this is a needs assessment, and it follows legal guidance. The purpose of ‘Our Family’ is to help us all to understand your family, what is and has been happening, and what help you need so everyone in the family is safe and has an opportunity to thrive. It helps us understand together your family story, so you can receive purposeful help. The professional who does this assessment with you may vary depending on what help and support your family needs If extra support needs are identified, this can be a quick assessment. The assessment may be completed by the child’s school or education provider, or a health professional, who will focus on these specific needs. If you need more targeted help and support then a Family Help Practitioner will do the assessment with you, they will be known as the Family Help Coordinator. This may include consideration of your children meeting the legal definition of a ‘child in need’, or ‘child in need of protection’. If this is the case, this will be discussed with you and these terms will be properly explained. Please go to the following support page for more information:
With the right support at the right time, things can actually improve. As a family member this might mean that you access Families First support yourself or that professionals work with you and your family.
The Walsall Local Offer
The Local Offer tells you what support is available for children and their families in the borough. It includes information about:
- Advice, information and support services
- Childcare
- Children’s centres
- Education
- Employment, training and volunteering
- Health
- Leisure and youth services
- Money and welfare advice
- Parent support
- Post 16 information
- Special educational needs and disabilities
- Social Care
Walsall Safeguarding Partnership is made up of three organisations working to protect children and young people across the borough. Their website brings together information for children, young people and their families and the professionals who work with them. Click the link below to visit their website.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a national charity which works to fight child abuse. Click the link below to visit their website.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT A CHILD?
If you are concerned about the welfare of a child you can contact:
Initial Response Team, The Quest, 2nd Floor, 139 – 143 Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1 1SE.
Telephone: 0300 555 2866 option 2
Opening hours: 8.45am to 5.15pm (Mon to Thurs); 8.45am to 4.45pm (Fri).
Call the Out of Hours Team on 0300 555 2922 (evenings, weekends and bank holidays)
If you believe a child is in immediate danger, call the police on 999.