Safeguarding – Keeping our learners and staff safe

Safeguarding is a term that means making sure people are healthy, safe, protected from harm and have positive well-being.

Many learners may feel troubled from time to time whether it is at work or outside of work. This could put your health and well-being at risk if it gets too much. Talking to us and sharing your concerns and problems can help us to put support in place for you.

First Avenue Training is committed to ensuring all our learners and staff feel safe and are protected from harm. We aim to provide an environment where everyone feels respected and valued. We are aware of the signs of abuse and follow our procedures to support our learners receive effective support and protection.

Who should I speak to?

If you are worried or have a problem you can go direct to your tutor for guidance and support. This can be face to face, telephone call or through email.

Alternatively, you can contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead officer Kerry Lewis-Smith on 07970793691 or email- kerry@firstavenuetraining.com or contact Lesley Case our Deputy Safeguarding Officer on Lesley@firstavenuetraining,com

Where a young person or adult is in serious danger of harm you can also contact your local social care team or the police.

Useful Contacts

• Kooth
  Free online counselling and support for young people
• Samaritans – 116 123
  If you need to talk about anything – calls are free and confidential
• Karma Nirvana – 0800 5 999 247
  Supporting victims of honour crimes and forced marriage
• CEOP
  For reporting online concerns and protection against exploitation

First Avenue Training Safeguarding

First Avenue Training is committed to providing a safe environment for everyone in which to learn and promoting the welfare, both physical and emotional, of all staff and learners.  This policy ensures a coherent framework of practice is in place for safeguarding (incorporating child protection) and refers to staff and learners in an integrated manner wherever possible.  This policy applies to all staff across First Avenue Training, including employed, associate and contracted staff.

All contractors and visitors to First Avenue Training are expected to adhere to the ethos and standards of behaviour set by the company.

We set out a clear and consistent framework for delivering this promise, in line with safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.  It will be achieved by:

• Creating a culture of safer recruitment by adopting procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might pose a risk to young people.
• Identifying and making provision for any learner that has been subject to abuse.
• Ensuring that all staff members understand their responsibilities under safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance, and are alert to the signs of abuse and know to refer concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO).
• Ensuring that any new staff members and are only appointed when all the appropriate checks have been satisfactorily completed.

Safeguarding Policies

Our full range of Safeguarding policies are available to view and download below:

• Staff-Code-of-Conduct
• Safeguarding Policy
• Mobile-Phone
• Safer-Recruitment
• GDPR Data Protection
• Anti-Radicalisation Prevent
• Child-on-Child
• Managing Allegation Against Staff
• Lone Working
• Digital Safeguarding
• DBS
• Whistleblowing