Welcome to the October Newsletter
There has been a large increase in the number of concerns being reported in the last month.
This is great that staff are obviously thinking about safeguarding when they are inducting their new learners. We already have a number of strategies in place to help support some of our new learners.
Below is the new learner induction video which all learners should see during their induction period. But also if you have existing long term learner it wont harm to give them a refresh.
News story
Part of a police campaign pushing for young people to be taught what to do in the event of a terror attack.
Play your part in ensuring young people know what to do in the case of a terrorist attack. A BBC news article highlights some of the concerns and links to an advice video featuring some well known people.
Again, it doesn’t hurt to refresh our learners and safeguarding in a proactive process.
September Safeguarding Stats
Are you aware of how to report a concern?
This was covered in your induction but if unsure click here
Unresolved concern are concerns that still require monitoring from either Safeguarding or from the reporting person. Please ensure that you update Safeguarding of the outcomes to learner concerns so they can be closed.
Our concern levels are as follows:
Safeguarding Survey- October
During the recent Ofsted inspection Inspectors noted that learners had a basic understanding of the dangers of radicalisation and extremism.
They wanted us to raise that level of awareness to improve our safeguarding of learners.
That is why we want to carry out an initial survey of learners to judge where we are now.
All learners will be asked a short series of questions which should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.
During your progress review in October, can you ask the learner to complete the survey which will be on the electronic form capture application.
Our aim for this to give us a baseline of what the learners understand about safeguarding. Which will enable us to revisit and measure the impact of what we have all done.
Advice and Guidance
As the dark nights are coming in we asked Tony Monticelli for his top tips to safeguard yourself from his Personal Safety Session.
P – Plan
L – Look Confident
A – Avoid Risk
N – Never Assume
Lone Working
When dealing with lone worker situation you will need to consider the following points.(location / time / conflict / persons attending?)
Driving
Resources
REMPLOY scheme for all learners
Expert support and guidance for those learners who are struggling to maintain their place on the course or place in work.Available on the Safeguarding page
Take 10
Advice about how to start a conversation with teens about their mental health.Available on the Safeguarding page
Trans Inclusion
A toolkit to ensure you are being inclusive for learners who are questioning their sexual identity.Available on the Safeguarding page