A safeguarding culture is an organisational culture in which a safeguarding mindset underpins everything the organisation SAYS,  EXPECTS, DOES and DECIDES. It is made up of the shared commitment of everyone in your organisation to safeguarding and sees safeguarding as a core value in the organisation’s ways of doing things, beliefs and attitudes, relationships, behaviours, and workplace norms.

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A safeguarding mindset is a lens that people apply to everything they say, see, expect, do, feel, and decide focussed on the safeguarding risks and achieving positive safeguarding outcomes in any situation.

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Someone with a safeguarding mindset is consistently curious about what they see, experience and do and go beyond compliance and a tick-box approach to be sure that things are as safe as they should be.

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Safer Employment is a key contributor to a safeguarding culture. Our PRISIM model of safer employment takes you through a 360 approach to safer employment where a safeguarding mindset is embedded in every stage of the employment journey from Planning to Recruitment, to Managing Leavers and Sharing concerns.