Childnet exists to “help make the internet a great and safe place for children”. As such we are committed to the highest standards of child protection, safeguarding and promoting children’s rights.
We support the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and are committed to following national guidance within Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Childnet, its staff, trustees and volunteers, will always seek to:
- Have a zero-tolerance approach to bullying, including cyberbullying, and illegal activity.
- Recognise that all staff have a collective responsibility to safeguard children and young people we work with.
- Ensure that any activities involving children and young people, whether on or offline, are safe, supervised and do not compromise the wellbeing of young people.
We are commited to ensuring that risks are minimised by setting up effective procedures for:
- Recruiting all staff and volunteers,
- Training all new staff on safeguarding children at the time of induction that will enable staff to fulfil their responsibilities in respect of safeguarding and child protection effectively, and ensuring that suitable refresher training to keep staff knowledge and skills up to date is also available,
- Staff with designated lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection will have refresher training every 1-2 years. Staff who do not have designated lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection will have refresher training every two years,
- Carrying out an appropriate and timely risk assessment for all Childnet activities involving children and young people,
- Ensuring appropriate supervision of stakeholders and guests who come into contact with young people at a Childnet event,
- Responding to accidents, complaints and allegations of abuse,
- Ensuring that there is adequate insurance cover for any activity,
- Ensuring that these procedures are reviewed regularly, monitored and where appropriate updated.
