Examples of concerns
- Adult / child suffering emotional / verbal / physical / sexual abuse
- Personal experience of domestic / sexual abuse
- Criminal conduct involving a colleague / member of OUH staff
- Radicalisation / extremism involving a colleague / member of OUH staff
Informal advice
- Line Manager
- OUH Safeguarding Team (for concerns relating to patients)
- Workforce Safeguarding Team: DesignatedSafeguardingOfficer@ouh.nhs.uk
(for concerns relating to colleagues) - External Safeguarding Support - Safeguarding | Useful links (sharepoint.com)
Wellbeing support
- Wellbeing Champion - Guide to Health and Wellbeing
- Occupational Health
- Employee Assistance Programme (CareFirst)
- Staff Support Service (Psychological Medicine)
- OUH staff networks
- Chaplaincy
- Staff Side - Trade Unions (sharepoint.com)
What to do next
- Speak directly to a member of the OUH Safeguarding Team (for concerns relating to patients)
- Contact the Designated Safeguarding Officer for Workforce: DesignatedSafeguardingOfficer@ouh.nhs.uk (for concerns relating to colleagues)
- Signpost colleagues to Trust support for example Guide to Health and Wellbeing
- Don't speak to multiple people about your concerns
If your concern is not resolved
- Follow the formal process set out in the Managing Allegations Against Staff and Persons in a Position of Trust Policy (sharepoint.com)
Escalating a concern
Safeguarding | Useful links (sharepoint.com)
- Head of Safeguarding / Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer (Workforce)
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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