Policies & Statements
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Our safeguarding and child protection contact at Franklin Sixth Form College
The Interim Designated Safeguarding Leads at Franklin are Charlotte Morris and Becky Edlin.
They can be contacted via phone or email contact details can be found below:
Phone: 01472 875000
Email: safeguarding@franklin.ac.uk
The College is fully committed to safeguarding and child protection and, promoting the well-being of its students
The College has a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and a Prevent Policy; these can be found by following the links below.
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
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 a whole college, zero tolerance approach to all forms of child-on-child abuse, including sexual violence and harassment.
- 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 here: https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/health-wellbeing-and-social-care/childrens-social-care/
Your well-being is important to us at all times during the day, so we feel that it is important to share some key out-of-hours contact numbers that you can ring when the college is closed.
If you require welfare or safeguarding services please see the following details below:
Safeguarding and Child Protection
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:
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Local Hospital Accident and Emergency |
Walk in to department or dial 999 |
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Serious risk or concern about self or others |
Dial 101 (Non- emergency to report an incident) |
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Emergencies |
Dial 999 emergency |
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Samaritans for people that are experiencing thoughts of low mood/ suicide 24 hours, 7 days a week |
Telephone: (Free phone) 116 123 |
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Crisis Team Harrison House (Over 18) |
01472 252366 |
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Young Minds Matter (CAMHS) (Under 18) |
01472 252570 |
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Rethink - Mental Health Crisis |
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Social Care Services (Concerns of abuse/neglect) FFAP – Families First Access Point |
Children Assessment & Safeguarding Service run the Out of Hours Service, which you can contact on 01472 326292 (option 2 - becomes emergency line after 5.00pm) |
Welfare/Support/Advice
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Kooth – Online counselling service This is available for the foreseeable future while college is closed. |
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Open Minds Grimsby |
01472 625100 |
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Steps to Change (Lincolnshire) |
01507 607383 |
Housing/Financial Issues
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Doorstep |
01472 321444 |
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YPSS |
01472 326987 |