Safeguarding

Creating a safe environment for all

Personal safety is essential for effective and successful learning and can only be felt in an environment that promotes wellbeing and security for everyone. Effective safeguarding is more than simply having safer recruitment policies and procedures in place. It means having a culture of vigilance where all our staff know their responsibilities and act accordingly and all our learners are aware of what they can expect and what to do if they have concerns.

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding looks at keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from a much wider range of potential harm and delivers a plan of preventative action, not just reaction.

How do we create a safe environment?

The college is committed to ensuring a safe environment for all by:

• identifying adults who are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm;

• taking appropriate action to see that vulnerable adults are kept safe and issues or allegations of potential abuse, which are disclosed, are reported appropriately;

• training all staff at induction and at regular intervals in safeguarding and the Prevent duty.

The college is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all students and expects staff to share this commitment. Staff are expected to be vigilant in the workplace and to promote effective safeguarding practices in those around them.

Any safeguarding concerns should be reported to the college’s safeguarding leads either Diane Lawson (ext 6003) or Emma Beal on (ext 6007) or via [email protected]