How to use this tool
This tool is designed to help you handle your safeguarding concerns about a charity employee or volunteer. Not all questions are relevant to all users and if you have a person with responsibility for safeguarding in your charity, you should refer your concerns to them in the first instance as they have responsibility for ensuring a charity's safeguarding policy is adhered to. The handling process and required actions may involve more than one person in your charity.
The tool will help you contact the right people and agencies with the right information. It will not make referrals on your behalf and it is the role of social workers and the police to investigate cases and make a judgement on whether there should be a statutory intervention and/or a criminal investigation.
This tool will:
- Help you navigate the process of handling a concern or allegation
- Help you find the right people to contact, at the right time
- Enable you to print a record of the actions you have taken
- Provide links to helpful advice and resources to support you to handle your concern
This tool will not:
- Record or save any information you enter online, including in the text boxes. This data is not stored on our servers. If you wish to retain a record of your actions, please print this page and store your documents as per the Data Protection Act.
- Refer your concern to your local council's Children's Social Care or Adult Social Care team, or the Police on your behalf.