Morphē Arts is a member of safeguarding charity thirtyoneeight
Morphē Arts began developing our official safeguarding policy in 2023. Our policy is regularly under review and development.
Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Sarah White (sarah@morphearts.org)
Safeguarding Trustee: Sara Schumacher
Morphē Arts commitment to safeguarding children, young people and adults begins from the understanding that, while safeguarding is everybody’s business, we have a special responsibility to foster a culture that enables everyone to flourish and that encompasses best practice, national policies and relevant guidelines.
Morphē Arts does not routinely work with adults with care and support needs, but we do have individuals who attend our events and our mentoring sessions who would fall within these categories.
Morphē Arts does not work directly with children or young people. If children or young people attend events, they remain the responsibility of their parents/carers.
Safeguarding Statement
- This organisation is committed to the safeguarding of children and adults with care and support needs and ensuring their well-being.
- We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent harm or Abuse to children and adults with care and support needs in all their recognised forms.
- We recognise that the personal dignity and rights of adults and children and will continually endeavour to ensure that all our policies and procedures reflect this.
- We are continually working towards ensuring that all people should enjoy and have access to every aspect of the life of the the organisation.
- We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of staff and ensure they are trained in safeguarding.
- We believe every child and adult should be valued, safe and happy. We want to make sure that all those we have contact with know this and are empowered to tell us if they are experiencing significant harm.
We are committed to:
- Following statutory and specialist guidelines in relation to safeguarding children and adults and will ensure that as an organisation all workers will work within the agreed procedure of our safeguarding policy.
- Following statutory and specialist guidelines in relation to safeguarding children and adults and will ensure that as an organisation all workers will work within the agreed procedure of our safeguarding policy.
- Supporting, resourcing and training those who are employed by us.
- Ensuring that we are keeping up to date with national and local developments relating to safeguarding.
- Supporting all in the organisation affected by abuse.
- Implementing the requirements of all relevant legislation including, but not limited to; Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005, Equality Act 2010 and referring concerns about adults with care and support needs to the local authority under the Care Act 2014.
We recognise:
- Children’s Social Services has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a child. Adult Social Care has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about an adult with care and support needs.
- Where an allegation suggests that a criminal offence may have been committed then the police should be contacted as a matter of urgency.
- Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
Matters outside of the Safeguarding Policy
For matters outside of the Safeguarding Policy such as;
- Bullying and / or harassment
- Coercive, controlling or manipulative behaivour
- Unlawful discrimantory behaivour
The procedure for reporting any such concerns is as follows. In the first incident concerns should be reported to one of the charity Directors, Alastair Gordon or David McCulloch. If the concern involves one of the directors, it should be addressed to the Chair of the Trustees, Adrienne Dengerink-Chaplin. If none of these routes are appropriate, remaining concerns can be addressed directly to thirtyoneeight.
