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
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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

1. Record and Submit Concerns securely on any web-enabled device

2. Manage cases, track progress & mitigate risk

2. Manage cases, track progress & mitigate risk

3. Use data to identify trends & record lessons learned

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

Allows you to see the big picture and identify problems early

Enables you to anticipate future harm and prevent it

Enables you to anticipate future harm and prevent it

Equips you to produce accurate and reliable reports

Equips you to produce accurate and reliable reports

Supports compliance and facilitates work with other agencies

Supports compliance and facilitates work with other agencies

Provides a reliable record and evidence of what took place

Provides a reliable record and evidence of what took place

Demonstrates that you are taking safeguarding reports seriously

Demonstrates that you are taking safeguarding reports seriously

Builds trust with a consistent reporting process

Builds trust with a consistent reporting process

Helps you quantify additional support for learners and staff

Helps you quantify additional support for learners and staff

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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

"MyConcern has transformed the way we manage and respond to safeguarding concerns at our school. "

Penny Mulholland Deputy Head and DSL, Huili School, Shanghai

"I feel that we are better organised, especially as the appropriate staff are alerted as soon as there are any safeguarding concerns from other staff."

Headmaster, Kings College, The British School of St Murcia

"MyConcern gives me peace of mind that all the information I need to protect students has been accurately recorded and I can access this securely at any time. "

Alka Maher Middle High School Counsellor, ACS International School Doha

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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