A safe and healthy environment is the basic minimum standard of any workplace. We go beyond that standard to promote a good example of a community that thrives on the quality of its environment and in its ability to care for its staff and students.
We operate a set of policies to safeguard students who may be in need of protection and to enable the College to meet its duties under the Children Act 1989, and Section 175 of the Education Act 2002. Read more about Keeping children safe in education 2021 (gov.uk - PDF)
Details of each of our policies may be found by following the links below:
- Safeguarding Policy
- Managing allegations of abuse against people who work with children or those in positions of trust (Whistleblowing)
- Policy and Procedure for Dealing with Bullying and Harassment
- Confidentiality Policy - Pastoral Care
- Procedure for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
- Intimate Care Procedure
- British Values and Challenging Radicalisation, Extremism and Terrorism
- Young Adult Carers Policy
- Response to Self Harm Procedure
Mental Health Resources
- Mental Health Resources for Primary Aged Children
- Mental Health Resources for Teens, Parents and Teachers
Supporting your child - self-harm
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Other useful resources in relation to self-harm
Videos
- #NoHarmDone | A Parent's Journey | My Child Self-Harms | YoungMinds - YouTube
- #NoHarmDone Things Can Change | Self-Harm | YoungMinds - YouTube
More useful links
- selfharm.co.uk
- Fact sheets | LifeSIGNS- here you can download and some fact sheets with information
- Parents Helpline - YoungMinds – helpline for parents
- Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity (papyrus-uk.org) – helpline 0800 068 4141
- The truth about self-harm | Mental Health Foundation- this is a free download. This is booklet about self-harm (this is not based on young people only)
- Understanding Self-harm - Suffolk Mind
- Self-harm - Healthy Suffolk - here you can find some detailed information about how to support and prevent self-harm that you might find useful such as prompts for positive conversation with a young person.
Useful contacts
Childline
Childline.org.uk
Call free on 0800 1111
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
Samaritans: (Suicide prevention charity)
https://www.samaritans.org/
Customer first (Social Care for out of hours safeguarding concerns)
0808 800 4005
111 - NHS Non-emergency advice line
101 – Police Non-emergency Line
Papyrus Hopeline UK (Suicide prevention charity for young people)
0800 068 4141
Mind
www.mind.org.uk
Emotional Wellbeing Hub
0345 600 2090 (Monday - Friday 8am-7.30pm)
The source (information and advice for young people in Suffolk)
thesource.me.uk
Kooth (online counselling service)
www.kooth.com
Domestic abuse helpline
0808 2000 247
www.nationalahelpline.org.uk