Our Commitment to Safe Tutoring as Deserve Tuition
Deserve Tuition believes that all children and young people have the right to learn in a safe and caring environment. This includes the right to protection from all types of abuse. Those of us in a position of trust have to do everything possible to foster these rights. To do this, certain protections need to be in place to protect children, as well as those who work with them. Deserve Tuition takes seriously its responsibility towards safeguarding all children who engage with the company, with the focus being on their safety and welfare. Please find details below of the policies and procedures we have in place to ensure the safety and well-being of the children who receive tutoring from one of the expert tutors we work with:
Designated Safeguarding Lead
We have appointed a Designated Safeguarding Lead who is responsible for dealing with safeguarding concerns, providing advice, support and training to Tutors and working with a range of other agencies where necessary to promote the safety of our Trustees. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead can be contacted anytime using the details below, should you have any concerns or require advice on safeguarding procedures or child protection.
Child Protection Policy
We have a robust child protection policy in place. This policy is guided and referenced against the DfE’s publication ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020’ and the ‘NSPCC Website (November 2020)’. You can find our child protection policy.
Name: Ruth Kay
Email:ruth@deservetuition.com
Guidance on Conduct and Behaviour
We expect a high level of professionalism from all of the tutors we work with and, as such, have issued all of our tutors Guidance on Conduct and Behaviour.
Safeguarding Concern Reporting Procedure
As part of our Child Protection Policy we have robust procedures in place for reporting concerns. All concerns are reported via our Safeguarding Concern Reporting Form.
Guidance and Risk Assessment for Lone Working
We recognize that there can be risks associated with working alone and have taken steps to identify and manage these potential risks.
Quick Guide to Safe Sessions
To ensure that all Tutors, Parents and Students are aware of best practice for delivering safe online and face-to-face tutoring sessions.
Safer Recruitment Policy
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults that meet our services. As a company we expect this same commitment from everyone we work with and as such we have a comprehensive safeguarding framework which guides our recruitment process. This process includes thorough vetting of all Tutors via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Accident and Incident Policy
Although the ultimate responsibility for health and safety remains with the individual tutors, parents or students, we have adopted procedures to identify and investigate accidents, their source and hence their underlying causes to mitigate future occurrences.
Guidance for Working Safely During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Working amidst a global pandemic comes with a unique set of challenges. To ensure the safety and well-being of all Tutors, Parents and Students at this time we have produced the following guidance. This represents Deserve Tuition’s best understanding of current guidance, but this can be subject to frequent change. You remain individually responsible for making yourself aware of and implementing the most recent government guidelines.
Fore more information about all our policies, a full document has been provided below.