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Policies

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT RISK POLICY STATEMENT

Katharine le Roux Dance is strongly committed to promoting the welfare of children and Adults at risk. The company’s activities help meet the five key outcomes for children that are set as the framework for all children’s services in the Children Act 2004: be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, achieve economic well-being. 

The company’s activities are also in accordance with best practice in at risk adult safeguarding. The full safeguarding children and adults at risk policy document, focuses on the outcome ‘staying safe’. A copy of the full policy is available upon request.

Children and Adults at risk are hereafter referred to as ‘Participants’

Katharine le Roux Dance has a duty of care to all the participants who take part in our activities. We will do all in our power to protect participants from harm. To ensure the protection and safety of all participants involved with Katharine le Roux Dance, all staff, contractors and volunteers of Katharine le Roux Dance are required to adhere to the full Safeguarding Children and Adults at risk Policy. Katharine le Roux Dance will take any failure to follow this Policy very seriously and, in the case of Katharine le Roux Dance staff, any breaches of it could result in disciplinary sanctions up to and including dismissal. 

The aim of The Katharine le Roux Dance Safeguarding Children and Adults at risk policy is to promote good practice: 

  • Providing Participants with appropriate safety and protection whenever they are in contact with Katharine le Roux Dance . 

  • Allowing all staff/volunteers to make informed and confident responses to specific Participant protection issues. 

We will ensure that: 

  • The welfare of the Participants is paramount (this is the first duty set out in the Children Act 1989 (Child Protection) and The Police Act of 1997 (adults at risk)) 

  • All children/adults at risk, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, religious beliefs, sexual identity and/or other characteristics have the right to protection from abuse. 

  • All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately. 

  • All staff (paid/unpaid) must be appropriately police-checked, trained and supervised to work with Participants 

  • Every child has at all times and in all situations the right to feel safe and protected from any situation or practice that might lead to physical or psychological harm. This includes abuse from other children, usually known as bullying. 

 

 

 

Katharine le Roux                                                                    

Founder & Artistic Director                              

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