Next Steps' Policies

Safeguarding 

We believe that all organisations working with children and young people should have safeguarding at the heart of everything they do. 

At Next Steps Education Ltd we ensure that everyone involved with us works in accordance with the most exacting compliance for the safety of children and young people. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures, our Safeguarding Policy and our Online Safety Policy.

Designated Safeguarding Lead: Liz Fancourt

Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Ellen Sanders

Safer Recruitment

Our tutors and mentors undergo KCSiE Safer Recruitment checks before working with us and once checked by Ellen, their details are held on our single central record.

Our comprehensive checks include:

• DBS
• Two recent references
• Safeguarding training certification
• Qualification checks
• Right to Work check
• Social media check

Safer Recruitment Lead: Ellen Sanders

For Your Records

Quality Assurance Visits

We welcome Quality Assurance visits from your school or organisation. We can provide you with a printed policy pack or you can download our policies from the lefthand panel. During school Ofsted visits, we have been contacted by several inspectors asking us how schools engage with us to provide support for their students. If you would like to find out more about their enquiries please get in touch with Liz.

Supporting Our Wider Community

At Next Steps, we value everyone who contributes to the success of our students: parents, tutors, mentors and our members of staff. We recognise the many challenges our community faces in the work that we do.

We're proud of our wider services:

• Parent support groups
• A counsellor available to parents, tutors, mentors and staff members
• Supervision sessions with our Relational Learning Lead
• Mindful Employer benefits
• The Tutors' Association corporate membership
• Regular CPD and training opportunities

Relational Learning Lead: Giovanna Guarino

Counsellor: Robin Lewis

Mental Health Champion: Sarah Logan