Safeguarding children and young adults Policy
Introduction.
Feedback Madagascar believes that a thorough and transparent safeguarding children and young adults framework is fundamental to operating ethically and ensuring that all children and young adults who come into contact with its representatives have a positive experience free from harm and/or abuse
The effectiveness of Feedback’s ability to do this relies on a clear understanding of the context in which it works, as both overreaction and inaction based on misunderstanding and misinterpretation of different cultural patterns can lead to failure to meet the needs of children and young adults. However, although Feedback Madagascar will be culturally sensitive to the environment it works within, it will be clear on its own organisational standpoint.
Feedback Madagascar recognises that by protecting and safeguarding those it works with, it is also providing a framework that identifies and promotes best practice and minimises uncertainty for staff and volunteers working with children and young adults regarding appropriate behaviours and conduct.
The Trustees have overall responsibility for safeguarding across Feedback Madagascar with the Managing Director and the Programme Coordinator being accountable for the implementing procedures.
Scope
This policy covers concerns of abuse, harassment, exploitation by Feedback representatives against any child or young adult.
This policy is approved and endorsed by the Board of Trustees and applies to all staff, volunteers, trustees and representatives of Feedback Madagascar. Feedback Madagascar will also ensure its approach to Safeguarding Children and young adults whilst working with partner organisations and adherence to this governed in individual MOUs.
Key definitions
Defining vulnerability and abuse in a global context is problematic as many people throughout the world suffer horrendous poverty, abuse and exploitation due to the circumstances in which they live. They may feel forced into a situation where they are unable to protect themselves, and where the other has ultimate power to withhold or deny goods or services, or demand an unacceptable ask for these for personal gain. Feedback defines children and young adults as those under 18 years of age.
Feedback defines abuse, whether intentional or unintentional, as:
Physical: Non-accidental harm to the body. This includes hitting, slapping, pulling, pushing, kicking, and misuse of medication or restraint.
Sexual: Including rape, sexual assault, sexual acts to which the individual has not consented, could not consent or was pressured into consenting. It can also include the involvement of people in sexual activities where one party misuses their position of trust, power or authority.
Psychological: Any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental wellbeing causing suffering and affecting their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential. Including emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal of services or supportive networks.
Financial or material: The theft or misuse of money or personal possessions, which involves an individual’s resources being used to the advantage of another person. This includes theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
Neglect and acts of omission: Including ignoring medical or physical care needs, not providing access to appropriate health, social care or educational services, the withholding of essential items like medication, adequate food and heating.
Harassment, bullying and intimidation are not formal categories of abuse. However, they can be very damaging and fall within Feedback’s safeguarding children and young adult’s policy and supporting procedures. They are defined as:
Harassment: the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands.
Bullying: the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other subtler methods of coercion such as manipulation.
Intimidation: intentional behaviour that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.
Abuse does not always fit neatly into one of these categories and when considering abuse of power or exploitation, this can be subjective. Feedback is clear that all concerns involving a question of whether behaviour can be viewed as abuse, harassment, abuse of power or exploitation should be reported by staff, even if they are seemingly trivial. Feedback views it important that all concerns are reported in order that patterns of seemingly trivial concerns emerge and can be effectively dealt with under these procedures.
Roles and responsibilities
It is essential that all staff, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, donors are aware of this policy, supporting procedures, and any duties or responsibilities it places on them.
The Board of Trustees has approved this policy, retains an overview of the safeguarding issues and has ultimate responsibility for safeguarding throughout the organisation. The Board supports Feedback's ability to function as an effective learning organisation in relation to any incidents, allegations and concerns.
The Managing Director and Programme Coordinator will take into account safeguarding issues when policies and programmes are developed and/or decisions are made which are likely to have an impact on our safeguarding work.
Managers have responsibility to ensure that volunteers and staff are familiar with the content of this policy, in order to ensure an environment where these people are confident in bringing forward their concerns. Managers also hold responsibility for reporting potential policy breaches and investigating as required.
Staff/ volunteer roles
All Trustees, staff, volunteers and others representing Feedback have a responsibility to report any concerns that they have concerning safeguarding, while the Trustees, Managing Director and Programme Coordinator hold responsibility to report concerns to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), local courts and British Embassy as appropriate.
To achieve this aim, staff and volunteers need to be clear on the terms of their roles, and competent and confident in their responsibilities in safeguarding matters.
Reporting
It is the responsibility of Feedback Madagascar staff and volunteers to be alert to the potential signs of abuse and report these immediately to their line manager, or in their absence another manager or the Programme Coordinator. The procedures for doing this are contained within the Safeguarding Procedures document.
Key performance indicators
To ensure that all staff and volunteers are aware of this policy and relating procedures, awareness sessions will take place during the probation period, copies of the procedure made available and regular reviews of the procedures maintained.
Reports of any investigation, resulting in disciplinary action or external reporting on concerns will be kept for 7 years after the employee leaves the company.
Reports will be submitted to the Board annually confirming that all staff/volunteers have passed reference and background checks. The amount of staff/volunteers who have been declined due to failure of a reference check or background check will also be reported.
Access to policy
Feedback’s safeguarding vulnerable adults policy can be found:
In the UK: in the policies and procedures folder of the central drive and in the Trustees Dropbox. On the Policies and Procedures page on the Feedback Madagascar website
In Madagascar: in the procedures file in the Finance office, on the shared drive under Policies and Procedures and in the International and National Team Handbooks in Madagascar.
Adherence
Awareness raising will be tailored to the specific roles and conditions in which FEEDBACK Madagascar representatives work and will include an awareness of the policy, individuals’ responsibilities and the reporting procedures detailed in the operational procedures.
Vulnerable Adults Policy
Introduction
Feedback Madagascar supports people living in extreme poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, thus by nature all of Feedback’s work is with inherently vulnerable people.
Feedback Madagascar believes that a thorough and transparent Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults framework is fundamental to operating ethically and ensuring that all adults who come into contact with its representatives have a positive experience free from
harm and/or abuse.
The effectiveness of Feedback’s ability to do this relies on a clear understanding of the context in which it works, as both overreaction and inaction based on misunderstanding and misinterpretation of different cultural patterns can lead to failure to meet the needs of vulnerable adults. However, although Feedback Madagascar will be culturally sensitive to the environment it works within, it will be clear on its own organisational standpoint.
Feedback Madagascar recognises that by protecting and safeguarding those it works with, it is also providing a framework that identifies and promotes best practice and minimises uncertainty for staff and volunteers working with vulnerable adults regarding appropriate behaviours and conduct.
The Trustees have overall responsibility for safeguarding across Feedback Madagascar with the Managing Director and the Programme Coordinator being accountable for implementing the policy and procedure.
Scope
This policy covers concerns of abuse, harassment, exploitation by Feedback Madagascar representatives against any adult who may be thus seen as vulnerable.
This policy is approved and endorsed by the Board of Trustees and applies to all staff, volunteers, trustees and representatives of Feedback Madagascar. Feedback Madagascar will also ensure its approach to Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults whilst working with partner organisations and adherence to this governed in individual MOUs.
Key Definitions
Defining vulnerability and abuse in a global context is problematic as many people throughout the world suffer horrendous poverty, abuse and exploitation due to the circumstances in which they live. They may feel forced into a situation where they are unable to protect themselves, and where the other has ultimate power to withhold or deny goods or services, or demand an unacceptable ask for these for personal gain.
Feedback Madagascar defines vulnerable adults as those over 18 years of age. Those under 18 will fall under the separate Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures;
Vulnerable: those who are at risk of abuse, harassment, the abuse of power or exploitation for reasons of disability, race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, social background, culture, geographical isolation, poverty or relative dependency will fall under this policy and the procedures relating to it.
Feedback Madagascar defines abuse, whether intentional or unintentional, as:
Physical: Non-accidental harm to the body. This includes hitting, slapping, pulling, pushing, kicking, and misuse of medication or restraint.
Sexual: Including rape, sexual assault, sexual acts to which the individual has not consented, could not consent or was pressured into consenting. It can also include the involvement of people in sexual activities where one party misuses their position of trust, power or authority.
Psychological: Any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental wellbeing causing suffering and affecting their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential. Including emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal of services or supportive networks.
Financial or material: The theft or misuse of money or personal possessions, which involves an individual’s resources being used to the advantage of another person. This includes theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
Neglect and acts of omission: Including ignoring medical or physical care needs, not providing access to appropriate health, social care or educational services, the withholding of essential items like medication, adequate food and heating.
Harassment such as bullying and intimidation are not formal categories of abuse. However, they can be very damaging and fall within Feedback Madagascar’s safeguarding vulnerable adult’s policy and supporting procedures. They are defined as:
Harassment: the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands.
Bullying: the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other subtler methods of coercion such as manipulation
Intimidation: intentional behaviour that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.
Abuse does not always fit neatly into one of these categories and when considering abuse of power or exploitation, this can be subjective. Feedback Madagascar is clear that all concerns involving a question of whether behaviour can be viewed as abuse, harassment, abuse of power or exploitation should be reported by staff, even if they are seemingly trivial. Feedback views it important that all concerns are reported in order that patterns of seemingly trivial concerns emerge and can be effectively dealt with under these procedures.
Roles and responsibilities
It is essential that all staff, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, donors are aware of this policy, supporting procedures, and any duties or responsibilities it places on them.
The Board of Trustees has approved this policy, retains an overview of the safeguarding issues and has ultimate responsibility for safeguarding throughout the organisation. The Board supports Feedback’s ability to function as an effective learning organisation in relation to any incidents, allegations and concerns.
The Managing Director and Programme Coordinator will take into account safeguarding issues when policies and programmes are developed and/or decisions are made which are likely to have an impact on our safeguarding work.
Managers have responsibility to ensure that volunteers and staff are familiar with the content of this policy, in order to ensure an environment where these people are confident in bringing forward their concerns. Managers also hold responsibility for reporting potential policy breaches and investigating as required.
Staff/ volunteer roles
All Trustees, staff, volunteers and others representing Feedback Madagascar have a responsibility to report any concerns that they have concerning safeguarding, while the Trustees, Managing Director and Programme Coordinator hold responsibility to report concerns to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), local courts and British Embassy as appropriate.
To achieve this aim, staff and volunteers need to be clear on the terms of their roles, and competent and confident in their responsibilities in safeguarding matters.
Reporting
It is the responsibility of Feedback Madagascar staff and volunteers to be alert to the potential signs of abuse and report these immediately to their line manager, or in their absence another manager or the Programme Coordinator. The procedures for doing this are contained within the Safeguarding Procedures document.
Key performance indicators
To ensure that all staff and volunteers are aware of this policy and relating procedures, awareness sessions will take place during the probation period, copies of the procedure made available and regular reviews of the procedures maintained.
Reports of any investigation, resulting in disciplinary action or external reporting on concerns will be kept for 7 years after the employee leaves the company.
Reports will be submitted to the Board annually confirming that all staff/volunteers have passed reference checks and background checks. The amount of staff/volunteers who have been declined due to failure of a reference check or background check will also be reported.
Access to policy
Feedback’s safeguarding vulnerable adults policy can be found:
In the UK: in the policies and procedures folder of the central drive and in the Trustees Dropbox. On the Policies and Procedures page on the Feedback Madagascar website
In Madagascar: in the procedures file in the Finance office, on the shared drive under Policies and Procedures and in the International and National Team Handbooks in Madagascar.
Adherence
Awareness raising will be tailored to the specific roles and conditions in which Feedback Madagascar representatives work and will include an awareness of the policy, individuals’ responsibilities and the reporting procedures detailed in the operational procedures.
Introduction.
Feedback Madagascar believes that a thorough and transparent safeguarding children and young adults framework is fundamental to operating ethically and ensuring that all children and young adults who come into contact with its representatives have a positive experience free from harm and/or abuse
The effectiveness of Feedback’s ability to do this relies on a clear understanding of the context in which it works, as both overreaction and inaction based on misunderstanding and misinterpretation of different cultural patterns can lead to failure to meet the needs of children and young adults. However, although Feedback Madagascar will be culturally sensitive to the environment it works within, it will be clear on its own organisational standpoint.
Feedback Madagascar recognises that by protecting and safeguarding those it works with, it is also providing a framework that identifies and promotes best practice and minimises uncertainty for staff and volunteers working with children and young adults regarding appropriate behaviours and conduct.
The Trustees have overall responsibility for safeguarding across Feedback Madagascar with the Managing Director and the Programme Coordinator being accountable for the implementing procedures.
Scope
This policy covers concerns of abuse, harassment, exploitation by Feedback representatives against any child or young adult.
This policy is approved and endorsed by the Board of Trustees and applies to all staff, volunteers, trustees and representatives of Feedback Madagascar. Feedback Madagascar will also ensure its approach to Safeguarding Children and young adults whilst working with partner organisations and adherence to this governed in individual MOUs.
Key definitions
Defining vulnerability and abuse in a global context is problematic as many people throughout the world suffer horrendous poverty, abuse and exploitation due to the circumstances in which they live. They may feel forced into a situation where they are unable to protect themselves, and where the other has ultimate power to withhold or deny goods or services, or demand an unacceptable ask for these for personal gain. Feedback defines children and young adults as those under 18 years of age.
Feedback defines abuse, whether intentional or unintentional, as:
Physical: Non-accidental harm to the body. This includes hitting, slapping, pulling, pushing, kicking, and misuse of medication or restraint.
Sexual: Including rape, sexual assault, sexual acts to which the individual has not consented, could not consent or was pressured into consenting. It can also include the involvement of people in sexual activities where one party misuses their position of trust, power or authority.
Psychological: Any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental wellbeing causing suffering and affecting their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential. Including emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal of services or supportive networks.
Financial or material: The theft or misuse of money or personal possessions, which involves an individual’s resources being used to the advantage of another person. This includes theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
Neglect and acts of omission: Including ignoring medical or physical care needs, not providing access to appropriate health, social care or educational services, the withholding of essential items like medication, adequate food and heating.
Harassment, bullying and intimidation are not formal categories of abuse. However, they can be very damaging and fall within Feedback’s safeguarding children and young adult’s policy and supporting procedures. They are defined as:
Harassment: the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands.
Bullying: the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other subtler methods of coercion such as manipulation.
Intimidation: intentional behaviour that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.
Abuse does not always fit neatly into one of these categories and when considering abuse of power or exploitation, this can be subjective. Feedback is clear that all concerns involving a question of whether behaviour can be viewed as abuse, harassment, abuse of power or exploitation should be reported by staff, even if they are seemingly trivial. Feedback views it important that all concerns are reported in order that patterns of seemingly trivial concerns emerge and can be effectively dealt with under these procedures.
Roles and responsibilities
It is essential that all staff, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, donors are aware of this policy, supporting procedures, and any duties or responsibilities it places on them.
The Board of Trustees has approved this policy, retains an overview of the safeguarding issues and has ultimate responsibility for safeguarding throughout the organisation. The Board supports Feedback's ability to function as an effective learning organisation in relation to any incidents, allegations and concerns.
The Managing Director and Programme Coordinator will take into account safeguarding issues when policies and programmes are developed and/or decisions are made which are likely to have an impact on our safeguarding work.
Managers have responsibility to ensure that volunteers and staff are familiar with the content of this policy, in order to ensure an environment where these people are confident in bringing forward their concerns. Managers also hold responsibility for reporting potential policy breaches and investigating as required.
Staff/ volunteer roles
All Trustees, staff, volunteers and others representing Feedback have a responsibility to report any concerns that they have concerning safeguarding, while the Trustees, Managing Director and Programme Coordinator hold responsibility to report concerns to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), local courts and British Embassy as appropriate.
To achieve this aim, staff and volunteers need to be clear on the terms of their roles, and competent and confident in their responsibilities in safeguarding matters.
Reporting
It is the responsibility of Feedback Madagascar staff and volunteers to be alert to the potential signs of abuse and report these immediately to their line manager, or in their absence another manager or the Programme Coordinator. The procedures for doing this are contained within the Safeguarding Procedures document.
Key performance indicators
To ensure that all staff and volunteers are aware of this policy and relating procedures, awareness sessions will take place during the probation period, copies of the procedure made available and regular reviews of the procedures maintained.
Reports of any investigation, resulting in disciplinary action or external reporting on concerns will be kept for 7 years after the employee leaves the company.
Reports will be submitted to the Board annually confirming that all staff/volunteers have passed reference and background checks. The amount of staff/volunteers who have been declined due to failure of a reference check or background check will also be reported.
Access to policy
Feedback’s safeguarding vulnerable adults policy can be found:
In the UK: in the policies and procedures folder of the central drive and in the Trustees Dropbox. On the Policies and Procedures page on the Feedback Madagascar website
In Madagascar: in the procedures file in the Finance office, on the shared drive under Policies and Procedures and in the International and National Team Handbooks in Madagascar.
Adherence
Awareness raising will be tailored to the specific roles and conditions in which FEEDBACK Madagascar representatives work and will include an awareness of the policy, individuals’ responsibilities and the reporting procedures detailed in the operational procedures.
Vulnerable Adults Policy
Introduction
Feedback Madagascar supports people living in extreme poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, thus by nature all of Feedback’s work is with inherently vulnerable people.
Feedback Madagascar believes that a thorough and transparent Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults framework is fundamental to operating ethically and ensuring that all adults who come into contact with its representatives have a positive experience free from
harm and/or abuse.
The effectiveness of Feedback’s ability to do this relies on a clear understanding of the context in which it works, as both overreaction and inaction based on misunderstanding and misinterpretation of different cultural patterns can lead to failure to meet the needs of vulnerable adults. However, although Feedback Madagascar will be culturally sensitive to the environment it works within, it will be clear on its own organisational standpoint.
Feedback Madagascar recognises that by protecting and safeguarding those it works with, it is also providing a framework that identifies and promotes best practice and minimises uncertainty for staff and volunteers working with vulnerable adults regarding appropriate behaviours and conduct.
The Trustees have overall responsibility for safeguarding across Feedback Madagascar with the Managing Director and the Programme Coordinator being accountable for implementing the policy and procedure.
Scope
This policy covers concerns of abuse, harassment, exploitation by Feedback Madagascar representatives against any adult who may be thus seen as vulnerable.
This policy is approved and endorsed by the Board of Trustees and applies to all staff, volunteers, trustees and representatives of Feedback Madagascar. Feedback Madagascar will also ensure its approach to Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults whilst working with partner organisations and adherence to this governed in individual MOUs.
Key Definitions
Defining vulnerability and abuse in a global context is problematic as many people throughout the world suffer horrendous poverty, abuse and exploitation due to the circumstances in which they live. They may feel forced into a situation where they are unable to protect themselves, and where the other has ultimate power to withhold or deny goods or services, or demand an unacceptable ask for these for personal gain.
Feedback Madagascar defines vulnerable adults as those over 18 years of age. Those under 18 will fall under the separate Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures;
Vulnerable: those who are at risk of abuse, harassment, the abuse of power or exploitation for reasons of disability, race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, social background, culture, geographical isolation, poverty or relative dependency will fall under this policy and the procedures relating to it.
Feedback Madagascar defines abuse, whether intentional or unintentional, as:
Physical: Non-accidental harm to the body. This includes hitting, slapping, pulling, pushing, kicking, and misuse of medication or restraint.
Sexual: Including rape, sexual assault, sexual acts to which the individual has not consented, could not consent or was pressured into consenting. It can also include the involvement of people in sexual activities where one party misuses their position of trust, power or authority.
Psychological: Any action which has an adverse effect on an individual's mental wellbeing causing suffering and affecting their quality of life and ability to function to their full potential. Including emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal of services or supportive networks.
Financial or material: The theft or misuse of money or personal possessions, which involves an individual’s resources being used to the advantage of another person. This includes theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
Neglect and acts of omission: Including ignoring medical or physical care needs, not providing access to appropriate health, social care or educational services, the withholding of essential items like medication, adequate food and heating.
Harassment such as bullying and intimidation are not formal categories of abuse. However, they can be very damaging and fall within Feedback Madagascar’s safeguarding vulnerable adult’s policy and supporting procedures. They are defined as:
Harassment: the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands.
Bullying: the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other subtler methods of coercion such as manipulation
Intimidation: intentional behaviour that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.
Abuse does not always fit neatly into one of these categories and when considering abuse of power or exploitation, this can be subjective. Feedback Madagascar is clear that all concerns involving a question of whether behaviour can be viewed as abuse, harassment, abuse of power or exploitation should be reported by staff, even if they are seemingly trivial. Feedback views it important that all concerns are reported in order that patterns of seemingly trivial concerns emerge and can be effectively dealt with under these procedures.
Roles and responsibilities
It is essential that all staff, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, donors are aware of this policy, supporting procedures, and any duties or responsibilities it places on them.
The Board of Trustees has approved this policy, retains an overview of the safeguarding issues and has ultimate responsibility for safeguarding throughout the organisation. The Board supports Feedback’s ability to function as an effective learning organisation in relation to any incidents, allegations and concerns.
The Managing Director and Programme Coordinator will take into account safeguarding issues when policies and programmes are developed and/or decisions are made which are likely to have an impact on our safeguarding work.
Managers have responsibility to ensure that volunteers and staff are familiar with the content of this policy, in order to ensure an environment where these people are confident in bringing forward their concerns. Managers also hold responsibility for reporting potential policy breaches and investigating as required.
Staff/ volunteer roles
All Trustees, staff, volunteers and others representing Feedback Madagascar have a responsibility to report any concerns that they have concerning safeguarding, while the Trustees, Managing Director and Programme Coordinator hold responsibility to report concerns to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), local courts and British Embassy as appropriate.
To achieve this aim, staff and volunteers need to be clear on the terms of their roles, and competent and confident in their responsibilities in safeguarding matters.
Reporting
It is the responsibility of Feedback Madagascar staff and volunteers to be alert to the potential signs of abuse and report these immediately to their line manager, or in their absence another manager or the Programme Coordinator. The procedures for doing this are contained within the Safeguarding Procedures document.
Key performance indicators
To ensure that all staff and volunteers are aware of this policy and relating procedures, awareness sessions will take place during the probation period, copies of the procedure made available and regular reviews of the procedures maintained.
Reports of any investigation, resulting in disciplinary action or external reporting on concerns will be kept for 7 years after the employee leaves the company.
Reports will be submitted to the Board annually confirming that all staff/volunteers have passed reference checks and background checks. The amount of staff/volunteers who have been declined due to failure of a reference check or background check will also be reported.
Access to policy
Feedback’s safeguarding vulnerable adults policy can be found:
In the UK: in the policies and procedures folder of the central drive and in the Trustees Dropbox. On the Policies and Procedures page on the Feedback Madagascar website
In Madagascar: in the procedures file in the Finance office, on the shared drive under Policies and Procedures and in the International and National Team Handbooks in Madagascar.
Adherence
Awareness raising will be tailored to the specific roles and conditions in which Feedback Madagascar representatives work and will include an awareness of the policy, individuals’ responsibilities and the reporting procedures detailed in the operational procedures.
