All staff and associates need to understand their safeguarding obligations and know how to uphold these. All beneficiaries, affected populations, and wider communities, including children, also need to know about an organisation’s safeguarding commitments.
Effective communication on safeguarding and regular training help all staff and associates to understand the safeguarding policy and their responsibilities.
People with specific safeguarding responsibilities benefit from additional, specific training. For example, safeguarding focal points or staff working in human resources and leadership teams need specific knowledge for their technical area and safeguarding duties.
People, including children, have different needs and abilities and different levels of understanding. Therefore, it is helpful to use a variety of different communication methods to provide broad access to information on safeguarding and people’s rights to protection from SEAH.