Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

Stam­ford Col­lege is com­mit­ted to safe­guard­ing and pro­mot­ing the wel­fare of chil­dren and vul­ner­a­ble adults and expects all staff and vol­un­teers to share this commitment.

The Col­lege is ful­ly com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a safe and secure envi­ron­ment for all learn­ers, staff and vis­i­tors. The Col­lege oper­ates robust poli­cies on health and safe­ty, child pro­tec­tion and safe­guard­ing to ensure that all peo­ple that use our build­ings and ser­vices are kept safe from all forms of harm. The Col­lege has appro­pri­ate staff to pro­vide sup­port and guid­ance on all safe­guard­ing issues. Copies of Col­lege poli­cies are avail­able on request.

The Safe­guard­ing Team

If you are expe­ri­enc­ing any safe­guard­ing issues at col­lege or in your per­son­al life, we can sup­port you. All safe­guard­ing con­cerns can be report­ed to:

Julie Addi­son — Assis­tant Prin­ci­pal – Stu­dent Expe­ri­ence & Sup­port DSL.

Lau­ren Bark­er — Head of Well­be­ing and Engage­ment, DDSL.

Brit­ta Bates — Safe­guard­ing Prac­ti­tion­er, DDSL.

Bev Peas­good – SFWL Cur­ricu­lum Lead and Des­ig­nat­ed Safe­guard­ing Officer

Con­tact the Safe­guard­ing Team:

07810 161010

safeguarding@​stamford.​ac.​uk

Reports should be made by using the Safe­guard­ing Refer­ral form. The des­ig­nat­ed Safe­guard­ing Team will then assess the risks to stu­dents and refer to the Mul­ti Agency Sup­port Hub (MASH) or CHAN­NEL (a mul­ti-agency body linked to the police) who will respond where required.

Extrem­ism and rad­i­cal­i­sa­tion and safe­guard­ing are cov­ered as part of the College’s tuto­r­i­al pro­gramme, with the aim of edu­cat­ing young peo­ple to the risks, so they are aware of how to keep them­selves safe.

Help and Support

If you need imme­di­ate help or sup­port you should con­tact the emer­gency ser­vices or sug­gest­ed ser­vices list­ed below:

• Police – 999
• NHS – 111
• Domes­tic Abuse line – 0808 2000 247
• NSPCC – 01733 207620
• www​.Kooth​.com – Offer online sup­port for peo­ple with Men­tal Health concerns
• Samar­i­tans – 0330 094 5717
• Wom­ens Aid 24hr – 08454 103 123
• Vis­it the Dig­i­tal Par­ent­ing web­site for advice and infor­ma­tion about the lat­est dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and the chal­lenges chil­dren and teenagers might face in their dig­i­tal world.

Safe­guard­ing means:

• Pro­mo­tion of your health and development
• Ensur­ing your safe­ty and care
• Ensur­ing you are offered the best life chances
• Pro­tec­tion from abuse and neglect
• Pre­ven­tion of bul­ly­ing and harassment

Poli­cies and Sup­port­ing Publications

• Safe­guard­ing for ALL Policy

• Domes­tic Vio­lence Sup­port Documen
• Dig­i­tal Par­ent­ing: Vis­it the Dig­i­tal Par­ent­ing web­site for advice and infor­ma­tion about the lat­est dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and the chal­lenges chil­dren and teenagers might face in their dig­i­tal world.
• Talk­ing to your child about online sex­u­al harass­ment
  The Children’s Com­mis­sion­er, Dame Rachel de Souza, togeth­er with a group of 16 – 21 year olds, have pro­duced a guide for par­ents to share the harms/​issues chil­dren can face in the online world and what to do about them and where to get advice and help. The guide is use­ful for any­one whether they are par­ents or not.
• Crim­i­nal Exploita­tion of Chil­dren and Young Peo­ple
  Crim­i­nal exploita­tion of chil­dren and young peo­ple is an increas­ing area of con­cern both local­ly and nation­al­ly. This pock­et guide on Child Crim­i­nal Exploita­tion is aimed at chil­dren and young peo­ple but is equal­ly as infor­ma­tive for par­ents and car­ers. Please have a read through and if you have any ques­tions or con­cerns relat­ing to this get in touch with us on either the safe­guard­ing phone num­ber or email list­ed on this page. 

At Stam­ford Col­lege we pro­mote val­ues which ensure that our stu­dents devel­op a strong sense of social and moral responsibility.

We pre­pare stu­dents for life in mod­ern Britain and aim to embed key val­ues with­in the cur­ricu­lum and ethos at Stam­ford Col­lege. Val­ues such as:

• indi­vid­ual liberty
• democ­ra­cy
• the law
• mutu­al respect and tolerance

Our cur­ricu­lum is broad and bal­anced, com­plies with leg­is­la­tion and pro­vides a wide range of sub­jects which pre­pare stu­dents for the oppor­tu­ni­ties, respon­si­bil­i­ties and expe­ri­ences of life in mod­ern Britain.

It active­ly pro­motes fun­da­men­tal British val­ues and it extends beyond the class­room with a wide range of tuto­ri­als, vis­its, guest speak­ers and expe­ri­ences. It pro­motes tol­er­ance and respect for peo­ple of all faiths (or none), cul­tures and lifestyles through effec­tive spir­i­tu­al, moral, social and cul­tur­al devel­op­ment of stu­dents, includ­ing engag­ing stu­dents in extracur­ric­u­lar activ­i­ty, vol­un­teer­ing in the local com­mu­ni­ty, fundrais­ing, work expe­ri­ence and live project briefs.

All schools, col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties have a legal duty to edu­cate stu­dents about extrem­ist behav­iour and to report any con­cerns about stu­dents who may be at risk of radicalisation.

This could (but is not lim­it­ed to) include the following:

· Engag­ing with fun­da­men­tal­ists or their ideals (ISIL, Al-Qai­­da, far right groups, etc)

· Extreme polit­i­cal views (white suprema­cy, anti-Semi­­tism, etc)

· Vis­its to coun­tries deemed high risk by the UK government

· Access­ing web­sites / social media linked to extrem­ist organisations

· Views or behav­iour that are con­trary to British Values

Recog­nis­ing Signs of radicalisation:

The fol­low­ing could describe gen­er­al teenage behav­iour, how­ev­er, togeth­er with oth­er signs may mean a young per­son is being radicalised:

• out of char­ac­ter changes in dress, behav­iour and changes in their friend­ship group
• los­ing inter­est in pre­vi­ous activ­i­ties and friendships
• secre­tive behav­iour and switch­ing screens when you come near

The fol­low­ing signs are more spe­cif­ic to radicalisation:

• own­ing mobile phones or devices they can­not account for
• show­ing sym­pa­thy for extrem­ist causes
• advo­cat­ing extrem­ist messages
• glo­ri­fy­ing violence
• access­ing extrem­ist lit­er­a­ture and imagery
• show­ing a mis­trust of main­stream media reports and belief in con­spir­a­cy theories
• appear­ing angry about gov­ern­men­tal poli­cies, espe­cial­ly for­eign policy

Mem­bers of staff have a legal duty to report any con­cerns, how­ev­er minor, to the Safe­guard­ing Team.