Wellbeing & Safeguarding

Everyone has a responsibility for safeguarding children. Every child can be hurt, put at risk of harm or abused, regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity. Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:

protecting children from maltreatment
preventing impairment of children’s health or development
ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care

Safeguarding Statement

Llantwit Major School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent, effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, students, and staff at school. Any concerns are passed through members of staff who are trained as ‘Designated Safeguarding Persons’ in school compliance statutory guidance.

The Designated Safeguarding Leads are Miss H Toms, Mrs C Robins and Mr K Francis. They are supported by Miss J Knight, Mr R Jones and Mr D Tomsa and pastoral staff including progress leaders and wellbeing officers.

The school will, in most circumstances, endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their children. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Child Protection procedures). The school will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents.

The school’s child protection policy is available online. This policy is based upon the model child protection policy provided in Welsh Government guidance document "Keeping learners safe 2022".

How to Report a Safeguarding Concern for Parents & Learners

If you have a safeguarding concern you wish to discuss with the school you can contact the team via the pupils progress leader email below. Alternatively you can complete a Parent Safeguarding Reporting Form.

Parent Safeguarding Reporting Form

If, at any point, you believe there to be risk of immediate serious harm to a child in your community and you are unable to seek advice from the school you are able to contact the police or child social services directly.

Vale of Glamorgan Child Social Services: 01446 725 202

Cardiff Child Social Services: 029 2053 6490

Bridgend Child Social Services: 01656 642320

South Wales Police: 999 Emergency or 101 Non Emergency

Learner Safeguarding Reporting Form

Year Group Staff Roles and Contact Information

Y7 Progress Leader – Miss R Jefferies
Y7 Wellbeing Officer – Mrs S Cox

Year7ProgTeam@llantwitschool.org.uk

Y8 Progress Leader – Mr R Nunes/Mrs Z Scrine
Y8 Wellbeing Officer– Miss L Evans

Year8ProgTeam@llantwitschool.org.uk

Y9 Progress Leader – Miss K Donaldson
Y9 Wellbeing Officer – Mrs C Miles

Year9ProgTeam@llantwitschool.org.uk

Y10 Progress Leader – Miss J Knight
Y10 Wellbeing Officer – Mr G Hall

Year10ProgTeam@llantwitschool.org.uk

Y11 Progress Leader – Mr K Francis
Y11 Wellbeing Officer – Miss N Denscombe

Year11ProgTeam@llantwitschool.org.uk

Y12 & Y13 Progress Leader - Mr R Jones
Y12 & Y13 Wellbeing Officer – Mrs G Griffiths

Designated Safeguarding Person: Miss H Toms

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Persons: Mrs C Robins, Mr K Francis, Miss J Knight, Mr R Jones, Mr D Tomsa.

Support and Services for Parents and Pupils

Name	Client Group	Details	Telephone Number
Samaritans	For adults and YP	24hr confidential helpline	166123
ChildLine	For YP under the age of 18	24hr helpline, text line and online chat support. www.childline.org.uk	0800 1111
C.A.L.L	Counselling Helpline	24 hour helpline C.A.L.L. Helpline has launched a Mental Health text messaging service allowing people to access support and information via a text message from their mobile phone.	800132737
Adoption UK	Adoption	Dedicated support for Wales is available from Adoption UK's Wales Helpline from Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm.	0844 848 7900
Young minds	Young people	Child and young people’s mental health website youngminds.org.uk	Parents Helpline: Call for free on 0808 802 5544 (9:30am - 4pm, Mon - Fri). urgent help text YM to 85258
Vale Families First Advice Line	Gateway	Mon – Friday 9 – 12 noon, 1- 4:30pm. Gateway to all parenting support in Vale. This includes FACT – the Vale Team Around the Family service. Also the Vale Youth Wellbeing service. A mentoring/youth work approach for young people, 10 – 16 years who have multiple adverse experiences in background (guide 3-4 ACES)	0800 0327 322
BAWSO (Black Association, Women Step Out)	Domestic Abuse Helpline	Offers advice, assistance, help with empowerment of BME women who have or are suffering from domestic abuse or any other form of oppression. Recently they have expanded their remit to include family members – male or female and can offer mentoring to young people.	08007318147 02920 644633
Cruise bereavement line	Bereavement Helpline		0808 808 1677â€‹
MEIC	Counselling Helpline	MEIC is a free and confidential help line that can support young people with a range of difficulties.	8088023456 TEXT 84001
NSPCC	Adults who are concerned for children Helpline	If you're worried about a child, even if you're unsure, contact our professional counsellors for help, advice and support.help@nspcc.org.uk.	0808 800 5000
SHOUT	Crisis Helpline	Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.	TEXT 85285
KOOTH	Online Chat	Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. https://www.kooth.com/	https://www.kooth.com/

Services

Name	Service Type/ Criteria	Details	Telephone Number
Vale Families First Advice Line	Gateway Service Vale of Glamorgan	Services funded through Families First: •FACT •Young Carers •Youth Well Being •Vale Parenting Service Disability services funded through Families First: •Assisted Places •Families First Holiday Club •Families First Vale Life Skills •Independent Travel Training Scheme •Sense of Play •Teenscheme •The Index •Youth Speak Up	0800 0327 322
FACT	Gateway Service Vale of Glamorgan Wellbeing	• Children and Young People are aged between 0-18 years of age, living within the Vale of Glamorgan • The needs of the family cannot be addressed by one service only • Child or young person is not open to Social Services • There is concern about a child or young person’s progress or wellbeing i.e. Family environment, Child/Young Person Development, Child/Young Person’s Learning, Child/Young Person Social Interaction • Multiple needs required to meet FACT criteria	Gateway Number: 08000327322 FACT Number: 01446 729640
Young Carers	Gateway Service Vale of Glamorgan Young Carers	The young carers project in the Vale of Glamorgan has been run by the YMCA and is currently supporting almost 55 young carers across the County. This project is funded by Vale of Glamorgan Council. The Youth Club at the Hub, Barry YMCA is open every Wednesday from 6.30pm – 8.30pm during term time and is specifically for young carers between 13 - 18 years of age.	0800 032 7322
Youth Well Being	Gateway Service Vale of Glamorgan Wellbeing	The Youth Wellbeing Service offers targeted support for young people who have faced adverse childhood experiences which are significantly affecting their social and emotional wellbeing. The main focus will be supporting young people from ages 10 to 16 years in the Vale of Glamorgan.	801 032 7322
Vale Parenting Service	victims of Sexual assault adult and Young People. Any Trauma work with young people.	We support families with children between 0-18 across the Vale of Glamorgan in order to build on strengths and make positive changes, enabling parents to feel more confident in managing; behaviour, routines and boundaries. We also focus on promoting emotional wellbeing and supporting positive family relationships.	802 032 7322
Amber Project	Self Harm	Criteria; 16 years+. We deliver parenting programmes in a group setting, or offer a 1:1 bespoke intervention in line with what the family see as the focus of support required.	029 20344776/ 07905905437
Emotional Wellbeing service for children and young people in Cardiff and Vale	Early intervention. 10-17 years emotional well being 10-18 years substance misuse.	Early intervention for emotional wellbeing in children and young people across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. •Mental health and emotional wellbeing •Drugs and alcohol •Self-harm •Safer sex & healthy relationships	0800 008 6879
Grassroots	Counselling	Provides a free drop-in service where youth specific advice is available. The Project aims to listen to young people’s problems and help solve them together. This could be through appointment or on a drop in basis. Open Monday – Friday 10 am – 5pm	029 20 231 700
Help Me Quit	Quit Smoking	www.helpmequit.wales Free smoking cessation support service in Wales	08000852219
National Autistic Society Cymru	ASD	Age range: All Description: Provide a wide range of local support, information and advice to people affected by autism and their families. Autism helpline: 0845 0704004 Parent to parent helpline: 0800 9520520	029 2062 9301
NSPCC	Vulnerable Children, sexual exploitation, online safety	Protect and Respect Ages 11-18 8 sessions Preventative work for young people at risk of sexual exploitation, online safety and sexting. Group work within schools. Professional referral and work can be completed with a group of friends for example, work can be completed. In ctrl Ages 9-13 this is group work, but can do 1:1 ACE’S also work with parents, cyber bulling friendships and relationships, resilience and self-esteem.	029 2010 8080
Women’s Aid	Domestic violence, Abuse	Support and information to abused woman and children. It provides both refuge and outreach support and helps with safety and confidence. New service called SAFE AS offers counselling and outreach support to children 0-18	029 2046 0566
Barnardo's Vale School Based Counselling (VSBC)	School based Counselling	Independent counselling service for Children and Young People aged 10-19, living in the Vale of Glamorgan. Counselling support is provided via 1:1 sessions to support children in respect of their health, emotional and social needs. Delivery is via school based counsellors located in Vale high schools, also deliver to year 6 pupils in primary schools. Community provision is provided from various locations across the Vale.	02920 577074/ 07738689262 www.schoolbasedcounselling.co.uk
Prevention Team (Youth Offending Team) Vale of Glamorgan	Offending	Referral from anyone - parents, school, healthcare via referral form. There are two sets of referral: • Youth inclusion support panel (YISP) 8-13 years (These need to go to panel for approval) • Prevention 14-17 Years (These can be agreed with young people and their families) Work completed can include; • Emotional literacy • Consequential thinking • Group activities • What is antisocial behaviour? • Substance misuse professionals John tier ½ based n YOT Barry and Ian & Richard in YPDAS	1446745820