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Essential Safeguards

Tailored Safeguarding Solutions to Strengthen Your Organisation.

As experts in organisational safeguarding, we support establishments across the full spectrum of approaches to child safeguarding and protection with tailored solutions. Whether your organisation is focused on meeting compliance requirements, striving for best practices or would welcome support in achieving external accreditation, we’re here to help.

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Essential safeguards address a range of child safety solutions that align with Child Safe Organisation Principles, helping organisations implement fundamental measures for safer people, services, and environments. Hence, they are an approach to strengthening child safety that primarily supports organisations wishing to create the foundations for best practices and needing to take a phased approach to achieving this. However, they can also support organisations wishing to just qualitatively evidence compliance with child safety legislation and sector-specific requirements. For example, with requirement areas such as Child Protection Policies and Safer Recruitment Practices. 

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Individually, essential safeguards strengthen key areas of practice and help to further mitigate risks to children, staff, and the organisation. Collectively, they form the backbone for creating a strong safeguarding culture. If you’re ready to explore strengthening your safeguarding framework with tailored essential safeguarding and child protection solutions, contact us today for a free, no-obligation consultation.

Governance,
Leadership & Culture

Specialist consultancy and training services for those in Governance and Leadership roles with specific child safety responsibilities.

Child Safety Policies & Procedures

Whether to meet compliance requirements or as part of becoming a Child Safe Organisation, we can help you with tailored practical Child Safety Policies and Procedures.

Integrating Child Safety into
Human Resources

Embed safeguarding and child protection into HR frameworks, ensuring safer recruitment, accountable and supported practices, and defined child safety roles and responsibilities across the workforce.

Assessing and Mitigating Child Safety Risks

Ensure physical and online environments mitigate all risks and support all perceptions of child safety.

Child Safety Incident Structures

Expert consultancy and training services helping you integrate child safety into the organisation’s framework.

Child Protection Training

Comprehensive in-person and online facilitated training, eLearning courses, bespoke eLearning development, and more, all customised to meet your organisation’s unique needs.

Engaging Children & Stakeholders in Safeguarding

Effective safeguarding cultures aren't established in isolation. Children and organisation stakeholders must be active participants.

Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement

Effectively monitor, evaluate, and enhance safeguarding measures to strengthen and sustain a robust safeguarding culture.

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Essential Safeguards for
Golf New Zealand

As a leader in the sports sector, Golf New Zealand is truly pin high when it comes to child safeguarding and protection. Our partnership began with Golf NZ’s commitment to not only lead by example but also to support the wider golf community on their safeguarding journey. Together, we have:​

  • Established strong safeguarding structures within Golf NZ, including the creation of a Safeguarding Committee and designated Safeguarding Champions.

  • Developed comprehensive child safety policies and procedures, such as the Safeguarding for Events Policy and Investigations Policy, alongside interactive versions of the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct tailored for the golfing community.

  • Delivered tailored, facilitated training sessions to strengthen safeguarding knowledge and practices across all working levels.

  • Designed bespoke Safeguarding and Child Protection eLearning courses, now hosted on Golf NZ’s learning management system, providing accessible and ongoing training for both Golf NZ staff and the broader golfing community.

“My knowledge of this area was low, but the friendly and supportive approach from Holistic Safeguarding has made this work simpler and easier to understand.

We are thrilled with the products and e-learning that have been tailormade to our organisation and sport and highly recommend Holistic Safeguarding to other sports and organisations who wish to commit to their responsibility and role in safeguarding and child protection."

Liz McKinnon

Talent and Coach Development Officer, Golf New Zealand

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