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Safeguarding children is paramount for any trip involving children. This document provides guidelines for what schools should be considering when organising trips, as the protection and safety of children is central to the planning and running trips.
If you would like to contribute any further documents to the school exchange starter pack or suggest any changes, please email schools@britishcouncil.org
with ‘School exchange starter pack’ as the subject.
Planning for safeguarding children on overseas trips ........................................................... 3
Planning checklist .............................................................................................................. 6
APPENDIX 1 ........................................................................................................................ 8
Accompanying Adults Duty of Care Directive .................................................................... 8
APPENDIX 2 .......................................................................................................................12
Roles & Responsibilities: Teachers on Overseas Trips ....................................................12
Roles & Responsibilities: Child Protection Focal Point .....................................................14
Incident Case Log Form ...................................................................................................15
Handling A Disclosure From A Child.................................................................................17
Safeguarding hierarchy flowchart .....................................................................................18
Reporting safeguarding concerns .....................................................................................19
APPENDIX 3 .......................................................................................................................20
Risk Assessment: Checklist for Children ..........................................................................20
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Child Protection Focus : Trips involving children under 18 require comprehensive planning in terms of content and programme of the event, a range of practical preparations need to be arranged and health and safety measures need to be in place.
This guidance aims to:
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Keep children safe by clarifying expectations relating to their behaviour and that which they should expect of all the adults involved
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Reassure families/guardians that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect their children.
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Keep staff and implementing partners safe by providing a framework within which to work safely and responsibly thereby reducing any possibility of steps being missed or actions being misinterpreted
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Keep [school name] safe by setting clear expectations of actions and behaviours which are to be carried out or avoided.
The table below gives guidance on key issues to take into account before, during and after the trip.
It aims to function both as a checklist while at the same time providing some guiding information related to each point.
These documents are for guidance only. It is strongly advised that each organisation or school considers their own circumstances when creating their bespoke Child Protection
Policy for trips.
A) Before the trip/event
Event Planning
Checklist
Use the Event Planning checklist to make sure that your event is Child Protection compliant.
Police Check
Accompanying Adult
Directive
Roles &
Responsibilities for
Staff and Teachers on Overseas Trips
Child/Adult ratio
All staff/accompanying adults should provide police clearance (DBS check for UK staff). It is important that if pupils are staying in host families, each host family is appropriately checked according to the equivalent structure in your host country. Speak to your partner school about this process.
All accompanying adults should sign the Accompanying
Adult Directive which outlines their roles and responsibilities. Appendix 1
This document outlines the various responsibilities staff and teachers specifically have on overseas trips. It is important to establish a responsibility hierarchy for the trip.
There are many ways to establish and track this hierarchy.
Some schools use a flowchart, which can be found in
Appendix 2
The child-adult ratio during the trip/event should be assessed and set at a level where children are adequately supervised. The ratio will depend on various factors such as age of the children, whether any of the children have special needs, the nature of the trip and activities, duration of the trip, if there are any overnight stays and whether the event will be in a closed space where it is easy to keep an overview of children or not etc.
If the group of children is mixed gender, the supervising staff should also, if possible, include both male and female www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

Risk assessment workers.
The UK organisation Safe Network has the following recommendations for child/adult ratio: 2-3 years: 1 adult to
4 children, 4-8 years: 1 adult to 6 children, 9-12 years: 1 adult to 8 children, 13-18 years: 1 adult to 10 children.
It is likely that individual assessment should be made for each specific event. Please always check local policy and ensure that it is taken account that the trip is overseas so more adults are needed for safeguarding.
Staff must ensure that a full risk assessment has been conducted prior to, and as part of the planning process for all trips and events, using the [school name] risk assessment format. These should be completed in conjunction with school staff / teachers who will have a more in-depth knowledge of the students scheduled to participate. An example risk assessment can be seen in the school exchange toolkit.
Event Child
Protection Focal
Point Briefing Pack
A Child Protection Focal Point must be nominated for the trip/event and be briefed on their roles/responsibility using Appendix 2
Check List for
Children:
As part of health & safety risk mitigation it is recommended practice to involve the young people themselves by getting them to check this list before going on the trip. The list includes points such as ‘Do you know where you will be staying and who will look after you’ and aims to leave the participants feeling sufficiently reassured before the trip, as well as giving them as chance to raise questions about issues that might still be unclear. Appendix 3
B) At the start of the trip/event
C) During the trip/event
Arrange a meeting with staff and accompanying adults to brief them on roles and responsibilities , the child protection code of conduct .
Arrange a meeting with the participants to highlight the
Code of Conduct for Children , or develop a code in collaboration with the participants
Ensure that the Event Child Protection Focal Point
(Appendix 3) is introduced to all participants and is aware of his/her role and how he/she can be contacted
Risk assessment does not end when the visit begins.
Changes to the itinerary, changes to the weather, incidents (whether minor or major,) staff illness – all or any of these may bring students face to face with unexpected hazards or difficulties and give rise to the need to reassess risk.
According to his/her role description, the Child Protection
Focal Point is to remain approachable and receive and act upon any reported child protection concerns from adults or children. He/she will make referrals to child welfare/protection services and involve and report www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

concerns to families and guardians as appropriate.
All staff/adults are responsible for creating and maintaining and environment of accountability where poor practices and potentially abusive behaviour towards children does not go unchallenged.
All staff/adults play a role in ensuring that children are adhering to the Code of Conduct for Children and that bullying behaviour or non-adherence to the code does not go unchallenged.
D) After the trip/event
If any child protection incidents or concerns arose during the event, all relevant staff must notify the appropriate authorities.
If photos/video/text from the events is to be used for internal/external publication, staff to re-verify that parent consent has been obtained through the signature of an audio/ visual consent form. www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

Many of the documents listed below can be found in our school exchange toolkit.
Child Safe Actions Not started In progress Completed
Conduct Risk Assessment and regularly update it. Share the risk assessment with all staff involved in the activity.
Parental Consent Form requesting special medical and diet information and permission to take appropriate emergency measures, plus home contact numbers
Audio Visual & Text Consent
Form
Select accompanying adults and work out safe staff/child ratio 1 for adequate supervision.
Legal clearance :- ensure that accompanying adults have up to date enhanced DBS clearance
(or equivalent)
Ensure all staff chaperoning children have an understanding of their responsibility to safeguard children by issuing a copy of the
A ccompanying Adult’s guidelines and requesting a returned signed copy.
Appoint Child Protection Focal
Point to handle any child protection allegations or concerns that arise during the event.
Inform all children and staff who the Child Protection Focal Point is and how to contact them.
Ensure that all accompanying adults are aware of the [school name] child protection policy and procedure and know what to do if a child protection incident happens.
Arrange a pre meeting with staff to brief them on the project activity including roles and responsibilities and code of conduct.
Develop a code of conduct with
1 Consider ratios in respect of the age of the children, whether any of the children have special needs, the nature of the trip and activities, the experience of those accompanying pupils, duration of the trip and if there are overnight stays. www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

the children participating in the event and discuss the consequences for breaking it and appropriate sanctions.
If travel is involved request nationality and passport details
Insurance arrangements (check that child protection is covered) www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

[name, date and location of trip]
1. Introduction
This directive has been prepared to provide practical advice to accompanying adults to ensure the safe and meaningful participation of children in this event. Throughout thi s document ‘children’ refers to anyone under the age of 18 years old. [School name] defines a child as anyone under the age of 18 years old irrespective of the age of majority in the country where a child is, or their home country’. This is harmonious with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) 1989 age definition of child.
Minimum standards that help and protect children are being applied to [name, date and location of trip]. They are based on the UNCRC, 1989 protective articles (19, 34 & 36) which outline children’s rights to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitations and the four core principles of the Convention:
1. Non-discrimination – all children are equal under the convention (article 2)
2. best interests of the child comes first (article 3)
3. right to life, survival and development (article 6)
4. respect for the views of the child (article 12)
Accompanying adults are expected to work in the spirit of the UNCRC and in turn, protect and promote the rights of all children throughout the duration of this event.
2. Roles & Responsibilities
You have been selected to accompany children on [trip name] on the [insert date] in [insert location] .
Accompanying adults play an important role in taking the primary responsibility for the safety of the children in their care at all times .
Accidents and incidents affecting children can occur at any time and often unexpectedly. They include, but are not limited to:
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Assault including physical or sexual
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Severe verbal aggression, including threats
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Robbery or accidental loss of personal belongings (including passport)
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Traffic accident
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Abduction
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Missing without permission
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Accidental injury
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Fire
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Bomb or hostage threat
The responsibilities of the accompanying adult therefore starts from the time when the children leave their parents/carer’s to travel and only ends when they are safely handed back to their parents/carer’s on their return.
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1. Provide a detailed pre trip briefing to the children to describe travel and accommodation arrangements; highlight expectations and safety procedures.
2. Support the children during travel, including transport to the airport, providing support at customs/immigration, check in, boarding the plane, travel to your hotel, local travel and for other meetings, excursions etc.
3. Ensure that all children have emergency phone numbers (for example, the embassy or consulate of their home country) on them at all times during travel. Accompanying adults should give orientations on how to use phones in different cities visited and children should also be given phone cards or adequate cash to ensure they have an independent means to call their embassy or consulate if they have a problem during travel.
4. Being physically near the children and aware of their whereabouts at all times.
5. Being aware of the children’s physical and emotional needs and assisting in meeting them as appropriate or make every effort to meet those needs in meetings with the organisers and other participants.
6. Facilitate communication between the children with other groups of children. In some cases as accompanying adults you may also have to act as interpreters for the children during the trip.
7. Keep copies of the children’s consent forms/medical history forms/ passport/ details of next of kin with you at all times which include written permission from their parents/carer’s to act on their behalf for medical emergencies.
8. Administer correct medication and dosage to children when necessary
9. Liaise closely with relevant school staff as needed if any protection incidents or welfare issues arise for individual children
3. Duty of Care
[School name] assigns responsibility to you as the accompanying adult to fulfil a fundamental duty of care to safeguard children while they are away from home.
Children are at risk of harm or abuse from a range of different sources. As the accompanying adult you are responsible for minimising the risk of harm by identifying and managing potential risks and having a positive and open relationship with the children in your care.
Any child protection incidents or allegations should be immediately reported to the Child Protection
Focus Point who will handle them in strictest confidence and ensure that appropriate steps are taken.
Contact Phone Numbers Title
Example…International
Co-ordinator, School
Name
Name
4. Code of Conduct
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Be aware of situations, which may present risks and take appropriate actions
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Make sure that a culture of openness exists between you and the children in your care so that it is possible for either party to raise or discuss any issues or concerns
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Make sure there is a sense of accountability with other adults so that poor practice or potentially abusive behaviour does not go unchallenged
Adults and children on the [trip name and dates] must never:
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Act in ways meant to shame, humiliate, belittle or degrade children
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Physically assault or abuse children
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Develop sexual relationships with children
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Develop relationships with children which could in any way be seen as exploitative or abusive
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Use language, make suggestions, or offer advice which is inappropriate, offensive or abusive
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Sleep in the same room as a child unless there is a medical reason for doing so and only if this has been agreed by their parent/guardian
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Do things for children of a personal nature that they can do on their own
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Permit or participate in activities that are illegal, unsafe or abusive
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Discriminate against, show differential treatment, or favour particular children to the exclusion of others
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Break confidentiality by disclosing personal information of a child (when not necessary)
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Expose children to pornographic materials in electronic or any other form
5. Emergency Situations including Child Protection
In the event of any emergency situation, including a child protection incident, accompanying adults
MUST take practical measures immediately and report it to the Child Protection Focal Point. They will provide advice and immediate assistance in accordance with the nature of the incident. They will act in adherence with the UNCRC principle that the best interests of the child is paramount and shall be the primary consideration in the decision making process.
If information comes to light suggesting that a child has been harmed which could result in criminal proceedings against an adult, [school name] will take steps to notify the relevant authorities (i.e. police and social services) and/or relevant organisation in the participating overseas country.
Family should be contacted immediately and informed of the incident and assistance provided.
6. Medical Emergency
In the event of a medical emergency, immediate medical help will be sought. The safety of all children is paramount and all necessary action will be taken to ensure this. Accompanying adults are reminded that they must keep copies of the consent forms/medical history of the children in their care at all times. All copies of papers evidencing medical care must be kept including doctor’s letters, ambulance certificates, bills, vouchers, hospital admission forms, blood transfusion certificates and provided to the relevant person for submission to the insurers in the participating overseas country, as appropriate.
7. Criminal Record Clearance
[School name] requires all UK staff acting as accompanying adults to have an enhanced DBS
(Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance or equivalent in Scotland (Disclosure Scotland) or
Northern Ireland (Access NI) from within the past 3 years. This is because accompanying adults are involved in ‘regulated activity’ as defined by Schedule 1, part 4 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

Groups Act, 2006 (and/or any such similar Acts that currently exist in Northern Ireland and
Scotland).
For non UK staff acting as accompanying adults, [school name] requires completion of a selfdeclaration statement to participate in the event.
8. Assessing host families
Safeguarding and protection is paramount for any trip involving under-18s, particularly a trip overseas. If the children are staying with host families, it is important to work closely with your partner school to ensure that the host families have been correctly and thoroughly checked, and are safe and known to the partner school. The types of checks that are needed will vary depending on the country, but it is vital that you have regular communications with your partner school about the importance of assessing the host families.
All children on the trip should be briefed before the trip about the process of staying with host families, and told which members of staff to contact if there is an emergency or they want to discuss any issues. All children must be given contact details for staff members accompanying them on the trip. www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

Teaching staff will retain overall responsibility for their school’s students at all times.
The teacher/staff member will:
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Be expected to have a reasonable prior knowledge of the students, including any special needs, whether educati onal or medical, or anything from the young person’s past which their parent or carer may feel they should be aware of in order to best support them
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Carry a list / register of all students on the trip, and be aware of each students daily itinerary
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Directly supervise the students, especially when on excursions
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Regularly check that all students are present
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Work together with all the other staff to manage student participation and behaviour throughout the visit
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Attend all team meetings during the visit
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Have the means to contact partner school staff or host families if needing help
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Ensure that students observe the smoking / alcohol / mobile phone bans or restrictions which they have previously been made aware of and agreed to comply with at all times
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Act to anticipate and reduce any potential risk, including by arriving at the point of any potential hazardous situation before students
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Ensure that students abide by agreed standards of behaviour
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Clearly understand any emergency procedures and access to First Aid
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Be aware of the group insurance policy and have the emergency contact details with them at all times
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Follow your school policy on alcohol and smoking, always ensuring that at least one member of staff is responsible and able to respond correctly in the case of an emergency, medical or otherwise
Free Time:
Working as a team and taking collective responsibility, staff should ensure that students continue to be properly supervised during free time, before and after lessons/activities, including evenings. A group occupied in study or activity is far safer than a group left to its own devices in an unfamiliar environment. Too much unstructured free time in a residential programme can allow time for mischief, bullying, homesickness and wandering off. The supervisory role of the teacher continues in the evening however hard the day has been.
Members of staff should:
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Use free time in the evening or at the beginning of the day to brief the students on planned activities for the day to come
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Use free time after lessons / activities for individual reflection on personal learning outcomes, and group discussions about the highs and lows of the day
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Occupy the students with non-academic activities in the evening e.g. preparations for the final concert, group diary writing and quizzes about what they have learnt so far.
Night time:
Staff should ensure that:
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At least one staff member is available and students know how to contact them
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They and their students know the emergency procedures / escape routes in the event of a fire.
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Travel:
A driver cannot safely drive and supervise young people at the same time. Staff should ensure that:
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Where seat belts are available students use them
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Students are supervised when boarding and leaving transport
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Standards of behaviour are met, and in particular that drivers are not distracted
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Smoking / alcohol bans or restrictions are observed
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Students are occupied on long journeys
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Evacuation procedures are clearly understood by everyone, luggage is securely stored and emergency exits are kept clear
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Head counts are carried out when the students are getting off or onto transport
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There is a procedure for movement around decks if travel is by ferry.
Visits to homes:
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Staff overseas are responsible for liaising with the appropriate authorities to ensure, as far as they are able, that the homes to be visited by students are suitable
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Staff must ensure participating students have their contact details at all times
Ongoing risk assessment:
Teaching staff will have been expected to contribute to the risk assessment process prior to the trip being agreed. However, risk assessment does not end when the visit begins. Changes to the itinerary, changes to the weather, incidents (whether minor or major,) staff illness – all or any of these may bring students face to face with unexpected hazards or difficulties and give rise to the need to re-assess risk.
The teacher, along with a partner school teacher, will prepare ongoing risk assessments while the visit is taking place. These normally consist of judgements and decisions being made, as the need arises. These are not usually recorded until after the visit. It is good practice to have briefings each night to take stock and assess the circumstances for the next day, and to spend time early the next morning explaining any changes to the arrangements to the students.
Staff should:
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Check local weather conditions to inform decisions on appropriate clothing
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Seek knowledge of any potential hazards when on outside visits, e g, tides, difficult terrain, crossing points for road, rail or water, unstable cliffs
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Where possible develop a contingency plan, and try to be as flexible as possible in case conditions require a change in the itinerary.
Reducing the risk of behaviour problems, illness or injury:
The potential for poor behaviour by students should be reduced through ensuring that all have discussed the reasons for, and signed up to, the agreed Student Code of Behaviour. The different hazards that pupils may be exposed to away from the school will require that the students should observe standards of behaviour that are at least as high, or higher than, in the classroom. This may best be achieved through involving, or at least explaining to students the risk assessment process used and its results.
Teachers should trust their own knowledge of their students and use their own professional judgement. This may incl ude challenging an activity leader where the teacher’s knowledge of the group is superior, or intervening to prompt a change of plan.
I understand and accept the above code of conduct
Signed by the teacher: Signed by the Headteacher:
Date: Date: www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

Before the trip:
- Make sure that you obtain contact details and emergency numbers for social services/child protection agencies, medical services and the police. Keep these with you at all times
- Liaise with the partner school and check if the parents of the children have provided any information about the child that requires you to pay special attention to the child
At the beginning of the trip:
- Ensure that all participants in the event (Children, staff, accompanying adults) know that you are the Child Protection Focal Point and explain how they can contact you if they have concerns
- Support event managers or other staff to remind children of the code of behaviour for youth and children
During the trip:
- Be approachable and receive and act upon any reported child protection concerns from adults of children
- Make referrals to child welfare/protection services as appropriate.
- Involve and report concerns to families and guardians as appropriate
- Monitor as best as you can that all adults are adhering to the [school name] Child Protection
Code of Conduct
- Support the event managers and other staff to ensure that children and youth are adhering to the code of behaviour for youth and children
After the trip:
- Brief the corporate child protection team about any child protection enquiries and incidents.
Event Contact Information (UK)
Duty & Referral Team Social
Insert contact number
Services
Police Child Abuse Unit
NSPCC
Insert Contact number
If you're worried about a child, you can speak to the NSPCC Helpline
Phone: 0808 800 5000 www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

This form must be completed as soon as possible after receiving information that causes concern about the welfare or protection of a child. The form must be passed to the appropriate authorities as soon as possible after completion; do not delay by attempting to obtain information to complete all sections.
1. YOUR DETAILS:
Name
Job Title
Date
Office/Country/Region
Contact Numbers
Email
2. CHILD’S DETAILS:
Name
Gender
Date of Birth
Languages Spoken
Disability (including description)
3. INCIDENT/ DISCLOSURE:
Type of Allegation (tick which applies)
Against a family member
Against a staff member
Against a community member
Other
Date and time of incident/ disclosure
Site where incident/ disclosure took place
4. PARENT/CARER DETAILS:
Name
Relationship with the child
Address
Contact Number
5. PERSON OF CONCERN DETAILS (person who allegation/complaint is about):
Name
Relationship with the child
Address
Contact Number www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

6. NATURE OF ALLEGED CHILD PROTECTION INCIDENT BELOW
Emotional
Neglect
Physical
Sexual
Exploitation
Welfare
Other (please specify)
7. SUMMARY OF INCIDENT/DISLCLOSURE (state exactly what the child alleged)
8. PLEASE DESCRIBE ACTION TAKEN (including if other concerned parties such as parents/carers and law enforcement or protective agencies where informed)
9. DECLARATION - all of the above facts are true and accurate record of the child protection incident
Name
Signed
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What should you do if a child comes to you and tells you that they are being abused? It’s normal to feel overwhelmed and confused in this situation. Child abuse is a difficult subject that can be hard to accept and even harder to talk about. Children who are abused are often threatened by their perpetrators to keep the abuse a secret. Thus, telling an adult takes a great amount of courage.
Children have to grapple with a lot of issues, including the fear that no one will believe them. Thus, care must be taken to remain calm and to show support to the child throughout the disclosure phase. The following guidelines will help lessen the risk of causing more trauma to the child and/or compromising a criminal investigation during the disclosure phase.
Receive:
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Listen to what is being said without displaying shock or disbelief. A common reaction to news as unpleasant and shocking as child abuse is denial. However, if you display denial to a child, or show shock or disgust at what they are saying, the child may be afraid to continue and will shut down.
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Accept what is being said without judgement.
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Take it seriously.
Reassure:
 Reassure the child, but only so far as is honest and reliable. Don’t make promises that you can’t be sure to keep, e.g. "everything will be all right now". Reassure the child that they did nothing wrong and that you take what is said seriously.
 Don’t promise confidentiality - never agree to keep secrets. You have a duty to report your concerns.
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Tell the child that you will need to tell some people, but only those whose job it is to protect children.
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Acknowledge how difficult it must have been to talk. It takes a lot for a child to come forward about abuse.
React:
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Listen quietly, carefully and patiently. Do not assume anything – don’t speculate or jump to conclusions.
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Do not investigate, interrogate or decide if the child is telling the truth. Remember that an allegation of child abuse may lead to a criminal investigation, so don ’t do anything that may jeopardise a police investigation. Let the child explain to you in his or her own words what happened, but don’t ask leading questions.
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Do ask open questions like "Is there anything else that you want to tell me?"
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Communicate with the child in a way that is appropriate to their age, understanding and preference. This is especially important for children with disabilities and for children whose preferred language is not English.
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Do not ask the child to repeat what they have told you to another member of staff. Explain what you have to do next and whom you have to talk to.
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Seek advice from your line manager, child protection focal point or the appropriate authority.
Record:
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Make some very brief notes at the time and write them up in detail as soon as possible.
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Do not destroy your original notes in case they are required by Court.
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Record full information about the child and disclosure on the child protection intranet reporting form.
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Record the date, time, place, words used by the child and how the child appeared to you – be specific. Record the actual words used; including any swear words or slang.
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Record statements and observable things, not your interpretations or assumptions – keep it factual. www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

This is an example flowchart of a safeguarding hierarchy in a school. It is good practice to build your own safeguarding hierarchy for your own school so that all staff know who to contact in the event of an incident or emergency. The hierarchy is very useful for handling incidents on overseas trips.
Safeguarding: Key Personnel at [school name]
[Main school contact number]
Board of Directors
[Name]
[Contact number]
Safeguarding Director
Principal
[Name]
[Contact number]
Child Protection Focal Point
[Name]
[Contact number]
Safeguarding Leads
[Name two or three members of staff]
[Contact numbers]
Safeguarding Governor
[Name]
[Contact number] www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline

For example a pupil about to go home or out of the building and you feel they may be at immediate risk of harm.
Even if a child is not deemed to be at immediate risk, these allegations must be reported immediately.
Where you have noted some concerns about a child, due to changes in behaviour or other indicators of potential concern.
• Inform Child Protection Focal Point
• If unavailable, inform Safeguarding
Leads
‘Immediately’ means just that – even if it means interrupting classes or meetings
If the situation is life threatening then go straight to the authorities to prevent further harm or loss of life, before making contact with the event focal point.
• Inform Child Protection Focal
Point
• If unavailable, inform
Safeguarding Leads
• If required, this may be passed on to the governing body
‘Immediately’ means just that – even if it means interrupting classes or meetings
• Discuss concerns with Child
Protection Focal Point
• If unavailable, and you feel it cannot wait, discuss concerns with Safeguarding Leads
This might be at the end of a school day, or no later than the end of the following day
Thoroughly record your concerns.
The Focal Point will inform any relevant authorities or colleagues of
Thoroughly record your concerns.
The Focal Point will inform any relevant authorities or colleagues of
Thoroughly record your concerns.
The Focal Point will inform any relevant authorities or colleagues of the incident on a need-to-know basis.
Record children’s words exactly. the incident on a need-to-know basis. www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline the incident on a need-to-know basis.
Record children’s words exactly.

[name, date and location of trip]
You should consider the following questions before you leave home and ensure that you have taken steps to comply with all points.
Do I know the address and telephone number where I will be staying?
Have my parents or guardians been given this information?
Do I have a valid passport (and visa if required) and do I have photocopies of these with me?
Do I know who will be responsible for me on the journey?
Do I know who will be responsible for me when I am staying abroad?
Do I know who I will be able to talk to if I am worried or unhappy about anything when I am taking part in this project?
Am I ready for my journey? (Or do I have any questions, worries or concerns to clear up before I leave?) www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline