Child Q: What is Safeguarding?

This weeks (21.03) News and Views session is the discussion of the recent headline ‘Child Q’. In the news it has been reported that a 15 year old, female was strip searched at a school in Hackney under the idea she was in possession of cannabis. A safeguarding report had claimed that the 15 year old was strip searched while on her period with two female police officers present in the room.

What is safeguarding? Safeguarding is the action that is used to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. As a centre we have the responsibility to protect our apprentices from harm and maltreatment, this is why we have safeguarding procedures in place to make sure all apprentices feel safe at the centre.

This incident has been discussed in news and views sessions to allow our apprentices to understand what has happened, ask any questions regarding the headline and make sure our apprentices know what safeguarding is. As there has been reports of protests in school and outside the MET police we wanted to listen to any worries or concerns our apprentices may have. Our safeguarding procedure was also reissued to apprentices.

Three questions asked this week were:
How do you feel about the headline?
Do you understand what safeguarding is?
What should have been done differently?

Safeguarding Lead – Helen Rutherford, Helen@hairdressingapprenticeships.com, 07507 730536.