Bolton Operation Encompass
The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who are related to either of the adult parties involved in a domestic incident. Domestic abuse impacts on children in a number of ways. Children are at increased risk of physical injury during an incident, either by accident or because
they attempt to intervene. Even when not directly injured, children are greatly distressed by witnessing the physical and emotional suffering of a parent/carer.
Encompass has been created to address this situation. It is the implementation of key partnership working between the police and education settings. The aim of sharing information with local education settings is to allow ‘Key Adults’ the opportunity of engaging with the child and to provide access to support that allows
them to remain in a safe but secure familiar environment.
Following the report of an incident of domestic abuse the education setting’s Key Adult will be informed before 9am. This knowledge, given to education settings through Operation Encompass, allows the provision of immediate early intervention through a variety of support mechanisms dependent upon the needs and wishes of
the child.
The purpose and procedures in Operation Encompass have been shared with all parents and governors, and there is a section within our Safeguarding Policy and published on our website.
At St. Bernard’s RC Primary School our Key Adult is Kirstin Taylor.