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Level 2 Safeguarding Training for Schools Prevention of extremism and radicalisation

Level 2 Safeguarding Training for Schools Prevention of extremism and radicalisation Jo Barclay, Safeguarding Manager for Schools and Early Years August 2019. What is PREVENT?.

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Level 2 Safeguarding Training for Schools Prevention of extremism and radicalisation

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  1. Level 2 Safeguarding Training for Schools Prevention of extremism and radicalisation Jo Barclay, Safeguarding Manager for Schools and Early Years August 2019

  2. What is PREVENT? • 1 July 2015, the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 placed a new duty on schools and other providers of education and care, in the exercise of their functions to have ‘due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. • Home Office guidance on what this means for schools and other providers: www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance • Prevent strategy published by the Government in 2011 – 1 of the 4 elements of CONTEST, the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy

  3. What is PREVENT? https://www.elearning.prevent.homeoffice.gov.uk/screen7

  4. PREVENT Duty Guidance - 2015 2011 Prevent strategy has three specific strategic objectives: • respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from those who promote it; • prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support • work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation to be addressed

  5. PREVENT Duty Guidance - 2015 Schools should: • teach a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life and must promote community cohesion • be safe spaces in which children / young people can understand and discuss sensitive topics, including terrorism and the extremist ideas that are part of terrorist ideology, and learn how to challenge these ideas. • be mindful of their existing duties to forbid political indoctrination and secure a balanced presentation of political issues

  6. PREVENT Many teenagers look for answers to questions about identity, faith and belonging, and are in search of adventure and excitement. Extremist groups claim to offer answers, and provide a strong sense of identity to vulnerable young people. • Students’ resilience to extremist ideology is strengthened by providing a safe space to debate controversial issues and develop their critical-thinking skills and knowledge so they can challenge extremist narratives

  7. PREVENT Schools already help safeguard pupils from drugs, gangs and sexual exploitation. Radicalisation can have a similarly devastating effect on individuals, families and communities and protecting pupils from this is an important part of a school’s overall safeguarding role • Extremist groups are sophisticated in their use of the internet and social media and this is often how they spread their ideology. This has made young people more susceptible to extremism, whether from Islamists or the far right

  8. Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE, 2019) • Radicalisation – process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism • Protecting children from the risk of radicalisation should be seen as part of schools’ wider safeguarding duties • No single way of identifying an individual likely to be susceptible to an extremist ideology • CHANNEL – programme which provides early support to people identified as being vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism – engagement from the individual is voluntary

  9. Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settingsGuidance for inspectors undertaking inspection under the common inspection frameworkOfsted 2019

  10. Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings • It is essential inspectors are familiar with the content of: • Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE, 2019) • Working Together to Safeguard Children (HMG, 2018) • PREVENT duty guidance (Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015) • The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulation 2014 • Definition of safeguarding taken from ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’

  11. Education Inspection Framework 2019 • there is a clear approach to implementing the Prevent duty and keeping children safe from the dangers of radicalisation and extremism • the setting takes effective action to prevent and tackle discriminatory and derogatory language – this includes language that is derogatory about disabled people and homophobic and racist language • children and learners are able to understand, respond to and calculate risk effectively, for example risks associated with child sexual exploitation, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, substance misuse, gang activity, radicalisation and extremism, and are aware of the support available to them

  12. PREVENT in Essex: • County wide strategic Prevent Board brings together key agencies (ECC including Family Operations, Police, Education, Borough and District Councils) • CHANNEL Panel – meets monthly • PREVENT Lead in all agencies (Safeguarding Manager for Schools and EYS is lead for Education) • Dedicated Police PREVENT team

  13. PREVENT in Essex: • Advice and guidance through Children and Families Hub (they will signpost elsewhere if appropriate) • Referrals made through the Children and Families Hub (as with any other safeguarding concern) • Family Solutions may be identified as an appropriate intervention – they work at early stage with the young person and the family to address concerns (requires consent) • Escalate to social care where ‘risk of significant harm’ .

  14. Key documents: • Keeping children safe in education (DfE 2019) • SET Procedures (ESCB, 2019) • Working Together (HMG, 2018) • What to do if you're worried a child is being abused (HMG, 2015) • Teaching online safety in school (DfE, 2019)

  15. Key documents: Inspecting safeguarding in early years, schools and skills settings (Ofsted, 2019) PREVENT Duty Guidance (HMG, 2015) - Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 Effective Support for Children and Families in Essex (ESCB, 2017) Sexting in schools and colleges: responding to incidents and safeguarding young people(UKCCIS, 2016) Sexual harassment and sexual violence between children in schools and colleges (DfE, 2018)

  16. Essex Schools Infolink:Essex Schools Infolink (ESI) Safeguarding page • Model Child Protection Policy • Level 2 training programme • Information on CSE • Information on PREVENT • Training opportunities • Key documents and useful resources • Safeguarding Audit • Termly briefings • How to make a child protection referral • How to manage allegations against members of the workforce • Templates for reporting and recording concerns

  17. Safeguarding Manager for Schools and Early Years: jo.barclay@essex.gov.uk 033301 31078 Safeguarding Adviser for Schools and Early Years: matthew.lewis@essex.gov.uk 033301 31072

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