Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults Checklist - Aviva Loss Prevention Standard - V1.0

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Safeguarding General

• 1. Do you have a written safeguarding policy that includes a Statement of Intent on Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons and does this include anti-bullying?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2. Are your safeguarding and protection policies and procedures up to date and communicated to all staff and volunteers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3. Do you have a documented method to ensure the Vulnerable Persons Protection Policy is kept up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4. Are your safeguarding and protection policies easily accessible for employees/volunteers/families/children?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5. Do you have a code of conduct which includes:<br><br>• Appropriate behaviour towards vulnerable persons?<br>• How to manage challenging behaviour of vulnerable persons?<br>• Intimate care and appropriate conduct?<br>• Supervision of vulnerable persons whilst away from the premises?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 6. If you provide overnight accommodation, do you have suitable policies, procedures, guidance, training and supervision in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 7. Have safeguarding responsibilities and accountabilities been assigned to individuals and are these clearly defined and reviewed regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Recruitment and Training

• 8. Do advertisements for job vacancies make reference to your safeguarding policy and screening?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 9. Are written references required and do you carry out a check to ensure they are relevant?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 10. Do successful candidates sign a personal declaration of criminal convictions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 11. Do you:<br><br>• Undertake DBS checks including where appropriate Enhanced DBS checks with barred list or similar statutory disclosure checks for all new employees and volunteers before their start date?<br>• Complete DBS rechecks for all employees on a regular basis?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 12. Is there induction training for all new employees/volunteers prior to a start date that includes safeguarding policy principles and procedures relevant to your sector?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 13. Is this refreshed to ensure knowledge is up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 14. Are staff and volunteers provided with ongoing supervision, support, appraisal and training?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 15. Is all training recorded and signed for by all employees and volunteers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Incident Reporting

• 16. Are there procedures in place for reporting of safeguarding incidents and are these made clear to all staff and volunteers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 17. Is there a whistleblower policy and is there a formal whistleblowing investigation procedure?<br><br>Have staff and volunteers been reminded of the incident reporting procedure and whistleblowing policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Record Keeping

• 18. Do you securely retain for a minimum of 30 years the following documents:<br><br>• Employment and engagement applications, references, identity verification, records of DBS or similar statutory disclosure checks?<br>• Your safeguarding policy including any revisions?<br>• Records of safeguarding policy training?<br>• Your accident and incident registers?<br>• Records of any alleged, actual, or threatened abuse and action taken including notifications to relevant authorities?<br>• Referrals, assessments, treatment, and care plans for any person in your care?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 19. Are General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements being maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Organisational Culture

• 20. Do staff feel able to report:<br><br>• Suspected safeguarding concerns?<br>• Poor working practice or unsafe behaviours?<br>• Changes in service users or other members of staff that may indicate abuse?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 21. Is your organisation audited/accredited by a third party approving body that includes safeguarding?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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