Our Safeguarding and
Health and Safety Policies
All our events are risk-assessed. Our staff, including student ambassadors, are DBS checked and adhere to our comprehensive child protection framework.
We deliver all our outreach interventions in line with our Child Safeguarding Framework. This is split into two areas: Child Safeguarding and Health & Safety.
Child safeguarding
Our Child Protection Policy is updated annually. It includes recommendations from the Department for Education, NSPCC and other relevant organisations.
To ensure safe events, all staff and students receive an Enhanced DBS check before engaging with young people. We update our checks every three years.
We have a team of Designated Safeguarding Leads, who receive annual training.
Health & Safety
Event-specific risk assessments are available from outreach coordinators. These are complemented by the following University policies and procedures:
- University Health and Safety Policy (Feb 2021)
- Academic Hub Health and Safety Policy (Sept 2022)
- Bomb and Fire Procedures (Nov 22)
On-campus event risk assessment
The following documents have been produced for our one-day school group events.
External Speakers and the Prevent Duty
Our duty of care includes a commitment to the Prevent Duty. It is one of four work strands that make up the government‘s counter-terrorism strategy.
Sometimes we may partner with external organisations to support the delivery of our events and activities. All external organisations are risk-assessed in line with the following University policies: