Safeguarding

Safeguarding is the protection and preventative approaches applied to keep our students, staff and visitors safe. Our safeguarding approach includes children, young people and adults that may be at risk of harm.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those who attend Oldham College, including those from LGBT+, BME and other marginalised groups. Our main focus is to ensure our students and staff are able to work and learn in a safe and supported environment, where their safety and welfare is at the core of all of our working practices, policies and procedures.

If anyone at Oldham College has concerns for the wellbeing, safety or rights of themselves or someone else, they should talk to one of our Safeguarding and Welfare Officers via the form.

For anyone with an immediate concern or who is struggling outside of college opening hours, please see a list of resources here. If there is a risk of immediate harm or danger, please ring 999.

Prevent

Another aspect of safeguarding is the PREVENT duty, which requires the Further Education sector to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”, supporting terrorism or being drawn into non-violent extremism. The overall duty for England and Wales can be found here.

There is a duty is to ensure that those identified with vulnerabilities are given appropriate advice and support.