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Safeguarding

At Step Up Tutoring, we believe that everyone has a responsibility to look after children, young people and vulnerable individuals and the safety of our students is a steadfast priority. Our policies and procedures are designed to create a safe environment across all our services and protect our students from harm, abuse and neglect.

Our Safeguarding Obligation

All Step Up Tutoring tutors, employees, contractors and others working on behalf of us abide by our safeguarding measures to protect our students. These include:

  • DBS Checks: All of our tutors must apply and provide a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to prove they are permitted to work with children before they begin to tutor for us.
  • Safeguarding Training: Tutors must receive safeguarding training on a regular basis to make sure they are aware of the most recent procedures and practices, and to ensure that they are confident in their ability to look after the children they tutor.
  • Rigorous Screening: All tutors are checked to ensure they have evidence of their right to work in the UK before proceeding with the rest of our recruitment process.
  • Distinct Concern Reporting Procedures: We have set out clear protocols for reporting any safeguarding concerns to guarantee 

Our Recruitment Process

Vetting & Background Checks

All our tutors must have a DBS check and evidence of their right to work in the UK before they begin working with us.

Interviews

All our tutors are individually interviewed to ensure they are able to tutor at a high standard and are able to create an environment where students can learn. They are also assessed on their ability to create uplifting, professional relationships with students to allow students to grow as best as they can.

Throughout a tutor’s time with us

Whilst tutors are helping students grow, we continuously seek out the best ways to let their knowledge surrounding safeguarding develop alongside. Tutors will continue to receive regular training, so they are up-to-date with the latest safeguarding practices.

Misconduct

Step Up Tutoring maintains  a zero-tolerance towards anyone failing to comply with our safeguarding procedures and practices. Any tutors failing to meet the expectations surrounding safeguarding will no longer work for us with immediate effect.

At no point is the safety of a child, young person or vulnerable individual not paramount to us, so by following these practices throughout recruitment, we guarantee that every tutor goes above and beyond whilst tutoring.

Our Policies and Procedures

Education

All our tutors are taught our safeguarding procedures and are advised to read the safeguarding polices put in place to protect our students and staff. This education happens during our safeguarding training, so our tutors are regularly updated with changes to the policies and procedures when their next safeguarding training takes place.

Find our safeguarding policies and procedures below.

Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
Child Friendly Safeguarding Policies and Procedures

Concerns

Response

Everyone at Step Up Tutoring has been made extremely aware that there should be absolutely no delay for a safeguarding concern to be reported. They are also made well aware of how to report a concern, and the steps that should be taken to form a detailed, factual report.

Below is the safeguarding concern form that tutors are all taught how to fill out and send to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Safeguarding Concerns Form

Contact

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Sam Foster

safeguarding@stepuptutoring.co