Safeguarding

Being a parent is one of the toughest jobs in the world. A few years ago, I was reminiscing about the good old days with a 14-year-old boy I was supporting and his mum. She showed me some old photographs of her son happily smiling, dressed up as Sportacus, a character from "LazyTown" who used sports to make the town active. This lightened the mood for a few moments while we sat in a court waiting room. Her son was about to go before the judge for possession of a machete. HOW DID HE GO FROM SPORTACUS TO A "GANG LEADER"? [...]

How does TWMAD safeguard the children we support? This is a question which holds huge significance at TWMAD, our response has to be at the core of how we operate as a growing children’s and young peoples service. How we apply safeguarding Our safeguarding procedures are there to assist TWMAD in making sure we keep children and young people safe and to inform our staff on what they need to do when they have concerns about a child’s wellbeing. We work closely with services who are heavily regulated, therefore TWMAD has to be as proficient with our implementation of safeguarding to [...]