Safeguard-Me Summer Safeguarding Survey

Section 1: General Safeguarding Confidence

How confident are you that your organisation is fully safeguarding-compliant right now?

Not at all confident

Some confidence

Quietly confident

Very confident

If your regulator turned up tomorrow, how ready would you feel?

Panic

Quietly confident

Bring it on

In the last 12 months, have you had a safeguarding concern that was made more complicated by missing or delayed paperwork?

Do you think safeguarding compliance standards across your sector are generally high enough?

Yes — the standards are strong and widely followed

The standards are right but compliance varies enormously

The standards are too low for whats actually at stake

Theres too much inconsistency between organisations

I only know my own situation well enough to say

Section 2: Background Checks

Which part of the background check process takes the most time in your organisation?

Select all that apply

How do you currently manage DBS certificates and vetting documents?

Has a document ever been lost, misplaced, or simply not found when you needed it?

Yes, more than once

Yes, once

No, but I worry about it

No

Have you ever let someone start working before all their checks were complete?

Section 3: Attitudes & Frustrations

What's your single biggest frustration with the safeguarding vetting process?

How does managing safeguarding compliance make you feel on a day-to-day basis?

On top of it — its just part of the job

A background worry Ive learned to live with

Genuinely stressful at times

Like Im the only one who actually cares about it

Do you feel the current safeguarding compliance requirements are clear and easy to follow?

Very confusing

Understand some

Understand most

Very clear

How much of your safeguarding admin time is spent chasing people for documents rather than actually reviewing them?

Almost none — people are on top of it

Around a quarter of the time

About half

Most of it — the chasing never ends

Section 4: The Future

What single change would make your safeguarding process significantly easier?

What would need to be true for you to feel genuinely on top of your safeguarding compliance?

Would you be open to a short follow-up call to share your experience in more detail?

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