College Prospectus Vol.1 - Flipbook - Page 8
Safeguarding
Safeguarding the young adults at WHSSC is paramount.
In addition to the College Safeguarding Team, The Smith Foundation employ a full time
Social Worker who focuses on all aspects of Child Protection and Adult Safeguarding,
furthermore we have a Family Intervention Support Worker who supports families of
vulnerable adults and children.
All college staff are trained in safeguarding children and adults, including training on
managing disclosures and a focus on supporting young people with mental health
challenges. College staff have further training on adult safeguarding, which ensures staff
work effectively with our vulnerable young adults as they move across to adult services.
We have further developed the early intervention work with the Police and events have
been held which combine targeted work with activities to engage the learners involved
in these concerns. With our social worker role, we have focussed on early identification
and intervention, while developing professional external links such as hosting a
school/college social worker group and delivering training to external agencies such as
local Universities. It is hoped that this training will support newly qualified teachers and
Social Workers to better understand the needs of children and young adults within our
colleges/schools and how to effectively support them.
Staff at WHSSC are highly skilled and have accessed further specialised training in areas
such as FASD, self-harm, CCE, knife-crime, ABE, county lines, Child Sexual Abuse,
young people and mental health and understanding and managing harmful Sexualised
behaviour.
Our Safeguarding Team
Leanne Clarke
Simon Cotton
Head of
Further
Education
Head of
College
Razwan Amin
Sarah Dawson
Pastoral
Lead
Curriculum
Lead
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