Safeguarding Learners is Our Top Priority
Creating a safe, inclusive environment is paramount, we do this by following policies and procedures that safeguard our learners and prevent radicalisation every single day.
With a dedicated internal safeguarding team, we are always doing our very best to maintain the high standards that we hold when it comes to safeguarding and prevent.
What is Safeguarding
In simple terms, safeguarding is the action that organisations take to protect individuals from harm and neglect. Organisations, like ourselves, put policies and procedures in place to create an environment that keeps young people and adults at risk safe.
What We Do!
Staff
Our Curriculum
Environment
All our staff have the relevant background checks completed, go through a robust interview and reference checks. This prevents unsuitable candidates working with our learners. It doesn't stop there, we also carry out continuous training with all our staff, this supports them in their role and to recognise the sign of abuse and neglect.
Environment
Our Curriculum
Environment
Our learners will be supported in a safe environment, where they feel valued and listened to at all times. This is supported by out anti-bullying policy and our staff and learners fostering a positive relationship.
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
Our integrated curriculum include, Safeguarding, Learners Rights, Personal Safety, Healthy Relationship, Online Safety and how they can seek help if they feel unsafe. By doing this will enable learners to take action should they need to, now or the future.
Your Voice
Our Standards
Our Curriculum
We encourage learners, parents/guardians, employers, partners, staff to express their concerns. We have a easy raise a concern tool in place, where all concerns, issue can be raised confidentially. All sensitive information is secured, but we may share the information appropriately with the right people, to enable us to keep the person at risk safe.
Our Standards
Our Standards
Our Standards
We ensure that we keep our policies and procedures up to date, carry out risk assessment, train all staff and promote best practices.
What is Prevent & Radicalisation?
Prevent is a strategy to stop individuals from being drawn into terrorism and radicalisation. Radicalisation is the process where someone is influenced to adopt extreme political, social, or religious views, which can lead to harmful actions.
Stay Safe Online
Keep it Private
When on the internet you must keep your personal details private. Otherwise, others online could find them and use the information. Your password should be:
- Easy to remember but hard for others to guess
- Changed regularly
- Different for every account
- A mixture of letters, numbers and special characters
NEVER share your password with anyone!
TIP: To create a strong password, combine three random words that have a meaning to you.
Keep personal details private. Personal information includes:
- Phone number
- Address
- Age
- Bank Details
NEVER post or share your personal information online.
BEWARE of Identity Theft
Criminals online may try to get your information so that they can pretend to be you. This is called identity theft. To stop this remember to:
- Never share things with strangers
- Only talk to people you know
- Keep your information private.
Safeguarding Matters at Shape Academy
Our Safeguarding Matters Handbook and Wellbeing to Mindfulness Workbooks provides information on the following subjects:
- What is radicalisation?
- Domestic Violence
- Incels
- Hate Crime
- County Lines
- Gaslighting
- Child-on-Child Abuse
- Vulnerable Groups
- LGBTQIA+
- Homelessness
- Mental Health
- Online Safety
- What is Sexual Violence?
- Health and Wellbeing, including information on cervical smears, mammograms, testicular cancer and prostate cancer.
- Addiction
- Fraud and Scams
- Financial Support and Help
- Useful Resources for further support and advice.