Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:

• protecting children from maltreatment.
• preventing impairment of children’s health or development.
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

(Working Together to Safeguard Children 2019).

PREVENT in the NEWS

May 2021

Liverpool City Council PREVENT Safeguarding Team, in conjunction with our IT colleagues, have created new pages on the Council’s website and the Liverpool Early Help Directory, aimed at PREVENT safeguarding.  The team was set up to ensure that vulnerable people across the city are protected from the threat of radicalisation.

If you have any concerns, speak to a member of the College’s Safeguarding team on: 0151 252 3733

To find out more about Liverpool City Council’s work on PREVENT and Safeguarding, visit LCC PREVENT

If you’re worried about someone at risk of radicalisation, you can also contact a member of the Liverpool City Council PREVENT team 

April 2021

A new three minute animation has been produced by Shout Out UK around the dangers of right wing extremism and online radicalisation. It aims to educate young people on digital literacy and how to stay resilient to hateful narratives. 

To view the short animation: Don’t Get Manipulated by the Far-Right, click HERE 

January 2021

Citizen Aid App

Citizen Aid is a new app developed by a charity together with help from the Senior Medical Advisor to the British Army and Honorary Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Birmingham. Its primary aim is to give people the tools required in the immediate aftermath of an incident, before emergency services arrive.  This is perhaps even more important in the current climate when the NHS is so overstretched.

The app is free to everyone and very simple to follow, and can be found on various app stores.

Act Early campaign – New Prevent video content

Counter Terrorism Policing have added 2 new two-minute animated Prevent ‘explainer’ films to their ACT Early website and partners’ toolkit:

(1)   Act Early: Reach out for Help

(2)   Act Early: Working Together – How we Help

The films are aimed at the general public, concerned friends and a family audience, and provide an introduction to Prevent and the work of its officers.

By improving understanding of Prevent and explaining how partners work together, it hopes that more people will be encouraged and assured to seek help at an earlier stage.

The college works closely with key safeguarding partners across the city and in 6 other neighbouring local authorities to ensure young people are protected effectively.

The college works closely with the Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership who provide challenge, training, and advice around safeguarding issues.

Please follow the link to Liverpool safeguarding children’s partnership here 

The City of Liverpool College Safeguarding Team

• Aamir Butt – Director of Student Services (Strategic Safeguarding Lead)
• Linda Leonard – Safeguarding, Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager (Operational Safeguarding Lead)

Linda Leonard –

I am passionate about supporting our young people and their families, whatever their background and issues. I have worked at the

College for 10 years, with more than 5 years as a Safeguarding Officer within the college. I have extensive knowledge and experience within safeguarding and have worked on many complex situations with students and staff.

Rosie Pate – Safeguarding Officer

I am here to support students with a wide range of issues that impact their safety and wellbeing. My background is in social work with children in need of protection and looked after children and also working in the charity sector with Action for Children and Barnardo’s.

Jess Williams – Safeguarding Officer

I have previously been a Head of Year and Safeguarding Officer in a secondary school where I focused on building positive relationships with students and their families. I am passionate about listening to students’ life experiences and aspirations and referring to services that act upon their voices, to ensure they are happy, healthy and prepared for adulthood.

Georgia Whalley-Smith – Safeguarding Apprentice, Admin Support

My passions include mental wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity and supporting people to achieve their full potential! I’m a creative person and love to learn new things, so I enjoy getting involved in a variety of projects at the College.

The Safeguarding team also works closely across college with Senior Progress Leads and 25 Progress Leads, to ensure all students are supported effectively and any issues and concerns for student safety and welfare are raised in a timely way.

If you have concerns regarding safeguarding, please email: safeguarding@liv-coll.ac.uk or call: 0151 252 3733 for advice and support.

Safeguarding is constantly evolving so we keep abreast of key issues that may affect College stakeholders, and work with local and national providers to ensure our training and knowledge around these issues is kept up to date, including in the following areas and many more:

• E-safety
• County Lines and Exploitation
• Peer on Peer Abuse
• Sexual Harassment
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Forced Marriage
• Modern Slavery
• Extremism and Radicalisation
• Equality and Diversity.

The College’s safeguarding team works closely with the student union to capture student voice so that any issues students are worried about are highlighted, and timely support is put in place.

Safeguarding is part of the college curriculum and students are taught – as they are in high school – about keeping themselves and others safe in college and online, and how to report any concerns to us.

Click on the link to find out more:

College Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy PDF

Safeguarding/Adults at Risk Policy PDF 

Working together to safeguard children guidelines

Keeping children safe in education guidelines