Safeguarding & Prevent

Committed to Safeguarding

Your well-being is important to us and we would like to make sure that you have some contact numbers should you require support over the Christmas break. The college will be closed from Friday 21^st December until January 7^th therefore there will be no welfare and safeguarding contacts available at Franklin College over the Christmas break.

If you require welfare or safeguarding services please see the following details below:

Safeguarding:

Risk of harm to self or others e.g. self- harm, suicide, physical, emotional or psychological abuse -please remember you can contact your GP and the following services as appropriate:

Welfare/Support/Advice (for low mood/anxiety )

Housing/Financial Issues

The College is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of its students.

Ben Kirk, the College's Deputy Director of Student Services, is the named member of the College with responsibility for Safeguarding issues. The College has a Safeguarding, and an Anti-Bullying, Policy, which can be found by following the links below.

As a college we aim to:

• Ensure that we practice safe recruitment when checking the suitability of staff, governors and volunteers to work with students
• Raise awareness of safeguarding issues through staff training
• Ensure procedures are in place for identifying and reporting cases or suspected cases of abuse, and/or where a student may be at risk of harm
• Establish a safe environment in which students can learn and develop and where they feel secure and are listened to
• Support our students to develop a safer, healthy lifestyle
• Ensure that students know there are staff in the College whom they could approach if they are worried.

For more information the North East Lincolnshire Local Safeguarding Children Board website is available by clicking here.

Please find below a downloadable copy of our policies.

• Safeguarding Policy & Procedure
• Anti-Bullying Guidelines and Procedures
• Prevent Strategy and Policy