Safeguarding
Safeguarding and supervision
The safeguarding of individuals — children, adolescents, adults and families — is of utmost importance to us at PsychSense.
Safeguarding children & adolescents
Promoting their welfare by protecting them from maltreatment and things which negatively affect their health and development, and ensuring they grow up in an environment that allows safe and effective care.
Safeguarding adults
Promoting their wellbeing, understanding their wishes, and taking their feelings and beliefs into account; protecting their rights to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect; and working together to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect from happening.
Why it matters
Safeguarding improves mental health, reduces social isolation and loneliness, and increases engagement in specialist support — reducing the need to access crisis support in public services.
Our safeguarding framework
We maintain robust, proactive safeguarding protocols that align with current UK statutory guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children. Effective safeguarding is not just a legal checklist; it is an active therapeutic tool. By creating an unshakeable foundation of safety, we reduce social isolation, build trust, and increase engagement with specialist support.
Our clinical commitment & vetting
To guarantee the highest standards of safety across our network, PsychSense operates a strict vetting and compliance policy.
Enhanced DBS checks
Every clinician and staff member at PsychSense holds an active, clean Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Accredited training
All practitioners undergo mandatory, regular, accredited safeguarding training appropriate to their clinical level.
Active policy reviews
Our internal safeguarding policies and procedures are independently reviewed and updated annually to reflect changing legislation.
Professional supervision
Working with complex trauma, neurodevelopmental challenges and family distress places high emotional demands on clinicians. To take excellent care of our families, we take exceptional care of our practitioners.
Multi-disciplinary peer supervision
All PsychSense practitioners collaborate within a tight multi-disciplinary loop. Regular team supervision ensures cross-specialty clinical advice, peer consultation and shared clinical accountability.
Emotional resilience
Our supervision frameworks explicitly give clinicians a confidential space to process and manage the heavy emotional demands of trauma-informed care.
Independent contractor support
Practitioners operating as independent contractors within our clinic have additional mandatory access to dedicated external supervision on a monthly basis.