How to provide safe and confidential reporting mechanisms.

How confident are you about receiving reports of safeguarding concerns?

It is good practice for organisations to have a Designated Safeguarding Officer who has the authority to receive safeguarding concerns or reports and to take the appropriate next steps.

Many agencies have included mandatory reporting for staff and associated personnel, including partners, in their Codes of Conduct and contractual documents in an effort to improve the culture of accountability in their organisations by ensuring that there are consequences for inappropriate behaviour that breaches the Code of Conduct.

Consider the first question in this poll and give your opinions as you see it.

What would prevent someone in your organisation from raising a report?

Having considered how confident you are about receiving reports of safeguarding concerns, now consider the second question in this poll and give your opinions as you see it.