All adults in the group, if aware of a safeguarding concern, must report it direct to the Scout Association’s HQ Safeguarding Team within 24 hours. Every person aware of the concern must make their own separate report.
Useful information
- You must protect the reporting form with a secure password before you save it (instructions for Microsoft Word)
- A good password for this purpose is a few random words – write them down straight away
- You can find your membership number (needed in the form) in Compass
- Leaders can access young people’s details in OSM
- You must email the form to HQ from your 2nd Acomb account, NOT a personal email account
- Once you have sent the form, provide the password by phone to the Safeguarding team within working hours
- Securely destroy any paper notes you have made as soon as you no longer need them
- If you need additional support, contact the GSL