A university expert has contributed to a new framework calling for organisations to put child safeguarding at the heart of their everyday operations.
Dr Simon Fox, head of the Department of Policing, Criminology and Forensics at the University of Winchester, played a key role in developing PAS 5222, a new safeguarding framework that provides an evidence-informed framework for organisations working with children in out-of-school settings, such as holiday clubs and summer activity camps.
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Dr Fox served as technical author of the specification, leading the drafting process and shaping the early structure of the framework.
He said: "Parents should not have to assume an organisation takes safeguarding seriously.
"They should be able to recognise it, ask about it and expect it.
"Good safeguarding should never be invisible."
PAS 5222 fills a critical gap in child protection by offering an evidence-informed framework to review their safeguarding arrangements and identify opportunities for improvement.
It was developed through the British Standards Institution (BSI) and was drawn up by experts from policing, education, safeguarding, local government, charities, sport, business and industry.
The framework is designed to help organisations integrate safeguarding into their governance, leadership and daily decision-making processes.
Until recently there was no nationally recognised safeguarding framework designed specifically for organisations working with children and young people in out-of-school settings.
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