We believe every young person has the right to be safe. Our robust safeguarding framework ensures a secure, trusting environment for everyone.
Our Commitment
Parade Homes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every young person in our care. We recognise our duty to protect young people from harm, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Safeguarding is not an isolated function it is embedded in our culture, our recruitment, our training, our supervision, our policies, and our daily practice. Every member of staff, at every level, has a responsibility to safeguard, and we will not compromise on this commitment.
Risk Management
Every referral is assessed for risk prior to placement. We review the young person's history, presenting needs, and identified risks to determine suitability and develop an appropriate risk management plan before admission.
Risk assessments are not static documents. They are reviewed regularly, updated when circumstances change, and integrated into daily practice. Staff use dynamic risk assessment skills to respond proportionately to emerging situations.
For young people with identified risks, we develop detailed risk management plans that include triggers, warning signs, de-escalation strategies, support measures, and clear escalation pathways. These are shared with relevant professionals.
We balance safety with the need for young people to develop independence and make age-appropriate decisions. Our approach to risk is proportionate, evidence-based, and always focused on the best interests of the young person.
Partnership Working
Effective safeguarding requires effective partnership. We work collaboratively with social workers, police, health professionals, education providers, and specialist services to ensure a coordinated approach to the protection and support of every young person.
We share relevant information with partner agencies in a timely, proportionate, and GDPR-compliant manner. Information sharing agreements are in place to support effective multi-agency safeguarding.
We attend and contribute to child protection conferences, looked-after child reviews, strategy meetings, and multi-agency risk panels. Our staff prepare thorough reports and provide honest, evidence-based contributions.
Where specialist intervention is needed including CAMHS, substance misuse services, exploitation support, or therapeutic services we coordinate timely referrals and support the young person throughout the process.
We maintain constructive relationships with local policing teams and cooperate fully with criminal investigations where necessary. We balance safeguarding with the need to avoid criminalising normal adolescent behaviour.
Embedded Practice
Safeguarding is not a document filed and forgotten. It is a living, breathing part of every shift, every conversation, and every decision. Staff supervision includes safeguarding as a standing agenda item. Team meetings discuss safeguarding themes and emerging risks. Young people are consulted on their experience of safety.
We actively seek feedback from young people, staff, commissioners, and partner agencies to strengthen our safeguarding practice. Learning from incidents, complaints, and reviews is integrated into our improvement cycle to ensure we are always getting better at what matters most keeping young people safe.
