Safeguarding

:The designated Safeguarding Lead for Child Protection is our Headteacher Mrs Caroline Mahon and the Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Mr Gavin White. Our first priority is your child’s welfare and therefore there may be occasions when our concern about your child means that we have to consult other agencies before we contact you. The Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership has determined the procedures we follow. If you want to know more about these procedures, please speak to the Headteacher.  (A link to the Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership can be found below.)

Contact details for the Safeguarding Lead and the Deputy Safeguarding Lead at Rushcombe First School:

Tel: 01202 695722
Email:  office@rushcombe.dorset.sch.uk

The school’s safeguarding governor is Miss Sophie Gerra.

Websites:
Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership

If you are worried about a child in Dorset:
Contact the Children’s Advice and Duty Service (Chad): 01305 228558

If you are worried about a child in Bournemouth, Poole or Christchurch:
Contact the BCP First Response Hub: call 01202 123334 from 8.30am to 5.15pm, Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4.45pm on a Friday

Out of hours – The Children’s Social Care Out of Hour’s service is the emergency response service for any child who is in crisis, needs urgent help or is at serious risk of significant harm. Hours of operation are 5pm to 9am from Monday to Friday, all day Saturdays and Sundays and all bank holidays, including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Tel: 01202 738256

In an emergency:

If you believe a child is at immediate risk of harm, call the police on 999.

Child Protection & Safeguarding Policies (Rushcombe First School)

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2022-23
Statement Re Information Sharing without Consent of Parents

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Support for Domestic Abuse

Reporting Domestic Abuse
www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse

Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge
Tel: 0808 200 0247
www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk

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Fostering

Dorset Council Fostering Team
Visit us at Dorset Council
Email: fosteringenquiries@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 225568

For more information about private fostering please visit us at Dorset Council

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BCP Council Fostering Team

Website: www.bcpfostering.co.uk
Contact us via our form Click here
Tel: 0800 009 3084

For more information about private fostering please visit: BCP Council