Safeguarding Learners in South Africa
Safeguarding addresses a school’s fundamental responsibility to:
- protect learners from harm
- prevent the impairment of their physical and mental health or development
- take action to enable all learners to have the best outcomes in learning, and in life
40%+
of young people have experienced some form sexual, physical, emotional abuse or neglect
44.6%
of child homicides were due to abuse and neglect, including abandonment, and rape or sexual assault
12.2%
of children reported having experienced some form of neglect in their lifetime
Good record keeping is at the very heart of effective safeguarding
1. Record and Submit Concerns securely on any web-enabled device
2. Manage cases, track progress & mitigate risk
3. Use data to identify trends & record lessons learned
Record Keeping is Important Because It...
Allows you to see the big picture and identify problems early
Enables you to anticipate future harm and prevent it
Equips you to produce accurate and reliable reports
Supports compliance and facilitates work with other agencies
Provides a reliable record and evidence of what took place
Demonstrates that you are taking safeguarding reports seriously
Builds trust with a consistent reporting process
Helps you quantify additional support for learners and staff
Secure recording & case management
“If it’s not written down it didn’t happen!”
MyConcern offers centralised, secure record-keeping and case management for all types of safeguarding concerns. It enables early intervention and equips you to identify patterns and trends. It also informs decision making and helps you to evidence impact.
A powerful tool used by educators in over 6,000 schools in 56 countries around the world. It enables schools to manage all of the daily risks faced by their learners and to demonstrate the effectiveness of their safeguarding arrangements.
Features & Benefits of MyConcern
Total Safeguarding
We believe that successfully achieving high standards of professional safeguarding practice is founded on eight core principles that come together to create Total Safeguarding.
The essential step to 'Total Safeguarding' is to combine the practice of safeguarding with the very best technology. We provide cloud based safeguarding software for educators that prevents and reduces abuse, harm and neglect around the globe, and we back this up with world class customer service, market leading information security and our highly experienced safeguarding team.
Together we can create everything you need for yours to be a world-class safeguarding organisation – one that protects learners and supports them to have the best outcomes in learning, and in life.
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Statistics provided from Sexual victimisation of children in South Africa: Final report of the Optimus Foundation Study
