This interactive workbook is designed to help learners with learning difficulties to understand what it means to be happy and healthy in learning, whether in a college or work context. It covers topics including mental and physical health, healthy eating, safeguarding and provides details of a range of sources of further advice and information.
This booklet is designed to assist providers in raising awareness amongst learners of what safeguarding is, what they do if they have a safeguarding concern and empower them to take responsibility for their own safety. It contains ideas for activities, resources and useful websites to introduce the concept of safeguarding to learners with learning disabilities. The activities can be used at any time during the learning programme, although it may be advisable to introduce the topic during induction.
This audit tool, developed in partnership with London Colleges and the AoC, can be used by colleges and providers to assess the extent to which potential interventions to address youth crime and gangs are already in place or should be implemented. The tool covers a breadth of themes including management and leadership; policies and procedures; and managing information.
This document presents an example of a physical contact policy drawn up by Beaumont College. The policy provided a framework and guidelines for the types of activity where positive physical contact occurs and how this contact should be made. The purpose of this policy was to promote positive contact to support emotional and cognitive functioning and development for all learners of the College.
This case study presents the approach taken, and impact achieved, by Gateshead Council in implementing a programme of safeguarding training within its Adult Learning and Skills Service.
This case study illustrates how a private training provider identified and implemented changes to ensure that safeguarding eas embedded across the organisation. It presents the approach adopted, the changes made and their impact.
This case study illustrates the implementation and impact of safeguarding training for staff at Leicestershire Adult Learning Service.
This is a report of an Ofsted survey of best practice in safeguarding based on visits to 14 of the 15 colleges that received an outstanding grade for the leadership and management of their safeguarding arrangements in 2009/10. Topics covered include: promoting safeguarding;training to safeguard learners; safeguarding of vulnerable groups; promoting safeguarding through teaching and learning; keeping the college’s environment safe; and safe recruitment of staff.
This case study illustrates the approaches Hadlow College took to address safeguarding across the college, including through training, a formal safeguarding structure safer recruitment and campus security, leading to being awarded a Grade 1 for their safeguarding work.
This interactive handbook was developed for learners by Dimensions Training Solutions, a private training provider, to introduce safeguarding to learners, with the aim of raising learners' awareness of what safeguarding is and what to do if they have a concern. It can be used in group settings and includes activities which learners can undertake individually or in pairs or small groups. Users can adapt the content and design for their own organisation.
