Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment

1. Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment Giving learners and staff the skills to keep themselves safe online Keeping out unsuitable people

2. E-responsibility Task Group RSC E-safety offer - Advice, Support, Resources: • Support Packages for different roles • Information to support reporting process • Assessing Risk and Safeguarding processes • Raising Awareness with Learners • Staff Development • CEOP Ambassador Training

3. Vulnerable Adults Any person... Receiving Health Care or under care or service for: Learning disability Physical or sensory impairment Mental illness including dementia Old and frail In Custody or under a probationorder Lifestyle issues Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060047_en_1 EG http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=167931

4. Specialist Colleges Natspec & TechDis e-safety policy framework • Ensure learners continue to benefit from technology for whatever purpose - safely and with confidence • Staff can provide appropriate level of support • Develop guidance, practice and resources in keeping with the ethos Enabling safe use. Focus on benefits not risks.

5. Specialist Colleges Special circumstances • Residential settings (home use) • Particular vulnerabilities of the learners • Ethos of the colleges – adult status, maximising independence, listening to learners. e-strategy for ISC’s. Linkage, NatStar, Homefield

6. What is Safeguarding? Child protection looks at recognising abuse and neglect and acting on it... Safeguarding looks at keeping vulnerable adults safe from a wider range of potential harm, and delivers preventative action, not just reaction.

7. Types of Abuse • Neglect • Physical - bullying • Emotional • Sexual • Financial E-abuse – cyber-bullying, grooming, porn • Content, Commerce, Contact, Conduct

8. Independent Safeguarding AuthorityVetting & Barring Scheme • Replaces POCA and POVA • Additional to CRB check • Pre-employment checks • Independent decisions by ISA • Continuous checking • Workforce coverage • Free to access - £64 to register • 26 July 2010 – 1st November halted

9. Regulated Activity • Teaching, training or instruction, care or supervision • Advice and guidance on physical and emotional wellbeing • Treatment or therapy • Specified vehicle or working place Specialist College is a Regulated Activity Provider

10. Controlled Activity Provider • Ancillary healthcare • Adult social-care and education setting • Access to health and social care records Frequent contact = once a week or more Intensive contact = 4 days more or overnight http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/default.aspx?page=379

11. Defining Roles? Voluntary advice worker = Regulated Advice and guidance on physical and emotional wellbeing Caretaker with daily contact = Controlled Frequent contact = once a week or more

12. Criminal Offence • Allow a barred or (ISA) unregistered person to work in Regulated activity • Fail to check their status for Regulated and Controlled activity • Must Risk Assess and stringently supervise a barred person in Controlled activity • Six months in prison plus a fine

13. Safer Recruitment • Defining activity and risk assessment • Planning and Structuring Recruitment Process • Stating Commitment and responsibilities • Adverts • Application forms • Job, Role and Spec • References Pro-formas for Job adverts, descriptions, forms

14. Ofsted –Limiting grade Training • All stakeholders have been trained; support staff, governors, parents, teachers and members of our local community where learners attend e.g. CLCs, Libraries, youth centres. • Learners are e-safe savvy and confident to mentor beginners

15. Ofsted –Limiting grade Assessment & Standards • Learners are outstanding and mature in their use of technology including new and emerging technologies, they all know and understand the procedures and Responsible Use Policy

16. Ofsted –Limiting grade The Curriculum • All learners know how to act and pro-act responsibly. • Monitoring the curriculum and its interaction with technology, and any incidents that arise actions taken have appositive outcome

17. Ofsted –Limiting grade Leadership & Management • All actions taken are based on rigorous self assessment which includes e-safety implicitly across everything we do. This has an outstanding impact on the e-safety in our community

18. Ofsted- Limiting Grade • Strong leadership • Clearly defined responsibilities and ethos • Staff Training – Indicators and procedures • Checks and policies in place across provision • Robust risk assessment and rationale • Clearly visible reporting process • Working with Safeguarding boards

19. Ofsted- Good Grade • Self-disclosure form for new staff • Supervision before CRB checks • Clear, updated Code of Behaviour and policy • Online awareness training for all staff • Learner awareness and engagement –Inductions, tutorials and curriculum • Course approval and review process • Alternative formats and delivery

20. Good Resources Health Check http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=167931 Learner Awareness Barking & Dagenham B e-Safe online http://vle.barkingcollege.ac.uk/ecampus/mod/lesson/view.php?id=1169&pageid=118 ThinkUKnow (CEOP) http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/ Digizen http://www.digizen.org.uk/ Staff Development Linkage CPD Course – Vulnerable Adults http://linkageonline.org.uk/classroom/course/view.php?id=9 LSIS http://www.leadershiplearning.org.uk/ CEOP http://www.ceop.gov.uk/training/

21. Staff Development

22. Linkage CPD Course Safeguarding – Raising awareness Information, activities and assessment • Types of abuse • Recognising the signs of abuse • Dispelling the myths • Disclosure - Do’s and Don’ts • Policy

23. Safeguarding - E-abuse

25. Key Messages to Staff • Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility • Need to be familiar with terms and issues • Learners safety and feelings take priority • Follow policy and procedures to the letter • Don’t delay in reporting • Don’t investigate • Take objective notes at the time

26. Look for signs of abuse • Low self esteem or confidence, phobias, • Changes in personality, performance or behaviour • Distrust, Anxiety, Secrecy, Self-harm, Panic attacks, Inappropriate behaviour

27. Dispel Myths • Anyone can be abused • Anyone can be an abuser • It is always the abusers responsibility • Most abusers are known to the victim

28. Clear Disclosure Procedure • Allegations must be taken seriously and suspicions must be reported • Agree and promote a disclosure process and policy to follow and believe in it! • Do: affirm their decision to tell you, show you believe them, tell them you will need to report it, get medical help and protect them if needed, stay calm and listen carefully and record what is said.

29. Clear Disclosure Procedure • Allegations must be taken seriously and suspicions must be reported • Agree and promote a disclosure process and policy to follow and believe in it! • Don’t: Ignore or delay talking or reporting it • Don’t show shock, anger or disgust • Don’t promise to keep it secret or stop it • Don’t discuss it, investigate further or confront

30. Key messages - Involve learners Discuss and Agree: • time restrictions • site restrictions • what information they should reveal online • what images to upload • never to meet anyone without discussing it • how to treat others online

31. Learner Induction • Don’t chat to strangers • Socialise more off-line • Ask before you post an image • Ask before you open an unknown email or link • Ask before you meet an online friend • Treat everyone with respect • Don’t react online - get help and record (Screengrab) • Password advice - Construct well, vary, don’t share, Staff to keep (coded) records • Explain and rehearse the reporting process • Promote discussion and be available – (evidence)

32. Monitoring • Browser history or monitoring software • Check Social networking sites – ANYONE can! • Learn and teach account settings • Don’t add learners as friends • Yahooligans http://kids.yahoo.com/ • http://www.specialfriendsonline.com/public/ • http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=440

33. Reporting • Make sure Staff are well informed • Policy is read and acted upon (Green Card) • Failure to report is a disciplinary • Clearly Identify responsible person • Promote disclosure and reporting to learners • Guidance on disclosure http://linkageonline.org.uk/classroom/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=51

35. Safeguarding & e-Safety Giving learners and staff the skills to keep themselves safe online juliataylor@rsc-south-west.ac.uk