Potential & Protection is committed to ethical, accountable, evidence-informed and professionally responsible practice.
Elliott Day — Senior Social Worker
11+ years professional experience
8 years statutory children's social care
Active DBS
Active Social Work England registration
BA (Hons) Social Work — 2:1, University of Northampton
Safeguarding is central to the work. Appropriate arrangements will be maintained for the nature and scope of each commission.
Safeguarding procedures and escalation
Professional boundaries
Risk assessment
Information sharing
Confidentiality
Recording
DBS
Lone working
Clear roles and responsibilities
Where direct work is commissioned, appropriate authorisation, consent, risk assessment, safeguarding arrangements and information-sharing requirements will be established before delivery.
Potential & Protection will use proportionate information-handling arrangements, including secure communication and storage, appropriate access controls, retention and disposal, and lawful information sharing.
Identifiable child or family information should not be submitted through the general website contact form.
All employees hold a full DBS.
Appropriate professional and business insurance arrangements will be maintained in line with the work undertaken and commissioner requirements.
Clear objectives and deliverables
Review against agreed outcomes
Commissioner feedback
Training evaluation where relevant
Practice learning
Continuing professional development
Periodic review of policies and procedures
Commissioners may request relevant professional evidence, safeguarding arrangements, data-protection information, insurance evidence, DBS information where appropriate, complaints arrangements, lone-working arrangements and other supplier documentation required by the commission.