St Anselm's Catholic School

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School Public Health Service -  you can  self-refer to the Children and Young People’s Counselling Service.   Anonymous support for anyone at or over the age of 16 can be accessed via the Big White Wall

Kent Police -   Non-emergency.

You can call 101 for non-emergency enquiries. There are some things you can also report online. Your report will be dealt with by the Police control room in exactly the same way.  You can also report anonumously to Crimestoppers. 

Operation Encompass - We work in partnership with Kent Police and Children’s Services to identify and provide appropriate support to pupils who have experienced domestic violence in their household; this scheme is called Operation Encompass. The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who have been involved in or are witness to a domestic abuse incident. Domestic abuse impacts on children in a number of ways. Children are at increased risk of physical injury during an incident, either by accident or because they attempt to intervene. Even when not directly injured, children are greatly distressed by witnessing the physical and emotional suffering of a parent.

Encompass has been created to highlight this situation. It is the implementation of key partnership working between the police and schools. The aim of sharing information with local schools is to allow ‘Key Adults’ the opportunity of engaging with the child and to provide access to support that allows them to remain in a safe but secure familiar environment. 

In order to achieve this, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub will share police information of all domestic incidents where one of our pupils has been present, with the Designated Safeguarding Lead(s) (DSL).  On receipt of any information, the DSL or DDSL will decide on the appropriate support the child requires, this should be covert dependent on the needs and wishes of the child.  All information sharing and resulting actions will be undertaken in accordance with Kent Police and MASH Encompass Protocol Data Sharing Agreement.  We will record this information and store this information in accordance with the record keeping procedures.

We understand times are difficult for some families in this cost of living crisis. These websites signpost support available from businesses and help for household costs:

 https://helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk/discounts-and-offers/

https://helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk/ Kent Together  

Alternatively, there is a 24 hour helpline via   03000 41 92 92. 

Parent toolkit -  a useful guide to protecting your children from online hate, extremism and fake news. 

Educate Against Hate -  In 2016 an "educate against hate" website was launched by the Education Secretary, as part of a renewed drive against extremism. This page includes links and information on warning signs, how to talk to children about extremism and steps to take if you are concerned. 

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