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Allegations against staff Referral Co-ordinator 01392 384964

Devon’s Domestic Abuse Helpline 0345 155 1074

Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub – MASH

 Manages contacts and enquiries received from any source (usually CYPS and Police 121A
reports)
 Develops a document recording the concern information and all other available
information in the Hubs within agreed timescales and an Early Years and Families
manager makes an informed decision using all of the available information.
 Develops concern information into an Early Years and Families referral if services are
required under section 17 or section 47 of The Children Act 1989
 Liaises with the Early Response Service for children and young people who need services
but do not meet The Children Act 1989 threshold
 Provides consultation to agency enquirers about thresholds, appropriate action to be
undertaken and services.
The Hub contributes to improved outcomes for safeguarding children because it has the
ability to swiftly collate and share information held by the various agencies and to provide a
multi-agency risk assessment of each case for ‘actual or likely harm’.

Current Safeguarding Issues
(This section highlights optional extras that Settings may consider adopting to accompany
their Safeguarding policy)
The following Safeguarding issues are all considered to be child Protection issues and should
be referred immediately to the most relevant agency. The issues featured below are linked to
guidance and local procedures which can be found on the South West Child Protection
Procedures at http://www.proceduresonline.com/swcpp/ (Direct links to the policies listed
below are included where available).

E-Safety Children and young people can be exploited and suffer bullying through their use of
modern technology such as the internet, mobile devices, phones and social networking
sites. In order to minimize the risks to our children and young people Felicity’s Fledglings will
ensure that we have in place appropriate measures such as security filtering, and an
acceptable use policy linked to our E-Safety policy. We will ensure that staff are aware of
how not to compromise their position of trust in or outside of the setting and are aware of
the dangers associated with social networking sites.
Our E-safety policy will clearly state that mobile phone, camera or electronic
communications with a child or family at our setting is not acceptable other than for
approved setting business. Where it is suspected that a child is at risk from internet abuse or
cyber bullying we will report our concerns to the appropriate agency.