Safeguarding

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Our approach to safeguarding

The safety of our tutors and learners is our first priority. We all have a part to play in keeping ourselves and others safe and free from harm.

The sections below outlines our approach to safeguarding.

 

Our commitment to your safety

We are committed to ensuring we have the right procedures in place to promote a safe and welcoming environment so that:

  • students can thrive and achieve
  • staff, volunteers and visitors can feel secure
  • everyone is assured that their welfare is a high priority

Safeguarding issues

If you have a safeguarding issue you would like to discuss, then in the first instance please contact us using the below contact details.  Or use the message form at the bottom of this page to quickly send us a message.

Address:

Community Learning, Staffordshire County Council, 2 Staffordshire Place, Stafford, ST16 2DH

Phone:

Call us on 01785 278770

What to do if you are concerned about someone you know

  • Listen calmly and carefully to them
  • Reassure them by saying they have done the right thing talking about it
  • Support them to tell a staff member. See the “who to contact” section above
  • If they don’t want to speak to a staff member, but you are worried about their safety, you MUST tell someone you are concerned.
  • All Staffordshire Community Learning staff and appointed providers will do their best to ensure everyone is safe and not at risk of harm

External Support Organisations

The Samaritans 116 123
Victim Support 08 08 16 89 111
Anti-Terrorist Hotline 0800 789 321
Police 101 (or 999 if an emergency)

Health and Safety

Help us to ensure we have a safe, healthy and secure learning environment by being aware of our processes for:

  • evacuating the building or premises
  • reporting accidents, incidents and hazards
  • not smoking or vaping in learning environments
  • using IT responsibly

Please speak to your course tutor if you have any health and safety concerns.

Staying safe online

As we now offer more online learning opportunities and more learning delivery is made available online, it is important to remember how to stay safe online.

We have created an entire section to help you stay safe online.

Here is our easy to follow guide to staying safe online.

Our definition of abuse

Abuse is the violation of an individual’s human rights by another person or persons.

Examples of types of abuse:

  • Physical
    Hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking and misusing medication
  • Sexual
    Rape, sexual assault or forcing someone to look at pornographic images
  • Emotional
    Threats of harm, humiliation, intimidation, harassment, bullying or verbal abuse
  • Financial
    Theft, fraud or misusing someone’s possessions
  • Discrimination
    Racist or sexist abuse that is based on a person’s disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or age. It also includes other forms of harassment like slurs and Hate Crime
  • Modern day slavery and human trafficking
    People deceived, coerced or forced into something which leads to exploitation

Safeguarding against extremism

We have a duty to prevent people from being drawn into extremism or terrorism.

We aim to protect people against messages of violent extremism from different groups who seek to undermine fundamental British Values.

  • Extremism is doing something extreme against British Values e.g. participating in violence or terrorism
  • Radicalisation is recruiting or being recruited into an organisation which plans to commit extremism

We all have a responsibility to support and demonstrate British Values.

These are:

  • democracy
  • rule of law
  • individual liberty
  • mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs

If you think you, or someone else, has been hurt, abused or is at risk of radicalisation, please report this as soon as possible.

Our safeguarding and prevent policies

You can access our policies on the following links:

If you have a safeguarding concern you can complete the following form:

Safeguarding and Prevent Duty: incidents and enquiries form

Further help and advice

Worried about yourself or somebody else?  Speak to your tutor or Designated Safeguarding Lead

Or contact

Amanda Darlington : Head of Adult Learning and Skills

Staffordshire County Council, 2 Staffordshire Place, Stafford, ST16 2DH

E-Mail: amanda.darlington@staffordshire.gov.uk