Care and Learning Alliance believe that child protection and safeguarding children are everyone’s responsibility. CALA are members of the third sector reference group ‘Keeping Children Safe’ (KCS) and strive to uphold and promote the KCS vision and mission statement:
Vision – Every child in Highland is protected and safe from harm
Mission – To consistently implement Highland policy and procedures in child protection through supporting, training and developing strong communication within voluntary sector agencies and other childcare organisations.
The KCS Reference Group is a mandated sub-group of the Highland Child Protection Committee (HCPC). The group meet quarterly in Inverness or via Teams to network, share news, information and related matters and input third sector views and experiences to the HCPC. Participation is open to voluntary organisations in Highland, if you would like to attend or find out more, simply go to the HCPC website www.hcpc.scot
CALA is fully committed to UNCRC children’s rights including, but not limited to their right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, exploitation, neglect and to be involved in decisions that directly affect them as reflected in our UNCRC Articles 12, 19, 33, 34, 36, 39 reflected in our Safeguarding Policy.