SAFEGUARDING
Wessex Training and Assessment are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those involved within the company.
Safeguarding
At Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd, safeguarding is central to everything we do. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, including children, young people and adults at risk, and to providing a safe, supportive learning environment where learners feel respected, valued and able to achieve.
We recognise our responsibility to protect learners from abuse, neglect, exploitation and other forms of harm. This includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse; neglect; domestic abuse; online harm; bullying and harassment; sexual harassment and sexual violence; child-on-child abuse; criminal and sexual exploitation; modern slavery and trafficking; and risks associated with radicalisation and extremism.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All Wessex Training & Assessment staff and associates receive appropriate safeguarding training and are expected to remain professionally curious, recognise signs that a learner may need help or protection, respond appropriately to disclosures and report concerns promptly in accordance with our safeguarding procedures.
Learners are encouraged to speak to their assessor or a member of the safeguarding team if they are worried about their own safety or wellbeing, or that of another person. Concerns are taken seriously, handled sensitively and shared only with those who need to know in order to safeguard the individual.
Where appropriate, Wessex Training & Assessment will work with employers, parents or carers, local safeguarding partners and other relevant agencies to ensure concerns are responded to appropriately.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Andrea Serlin
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL): Karen Malcolm
Email: [email protected]
Prevent Duty and British Values
Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd fulfils its responsibilities under the Prevent Duty and is committed to safeguarding learners from the risk of radicalisation and extremism.
Prevent is an integral part of safeguarding. Staff and associates are trained to recognise potential indicators of radicalisation, including changes in behaviour, concerning online activity, expressions of extremist views or other circumstances that may indicate that a learner is vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism.
We actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. These values are embedded within learners’ programmes and are discussed in ways that are relevant to their learning, workplace and wider life.
Any Prevent concern is treated as a safeguarding concern and must be reported promptly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). The DSL will assess the concern and, where appropriate, seek advice or make a referral to the relevant safeguarding or Prevent services in accordance with current statutory guidance and Wessex Training & Assessment procedures.
How to Raise a Safeguarding or Prevent Concern
If you are worried about your own safety or wellbeing, or have a safeguarding or Prevent concern about another person, please report it as soon as possible.
You can:
All concerns will be taken seriously, recorded appropriately and responded to promptly. Information will be handled sensitively and shared only where necessary to safeguard an individual or meet our legal responsibilities.
If someone is in immediate danger or there is an immediate risk of serious harm, contact the emergency services on 999.
Online Safety
Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd recognises that technology and online environments are an important part of learners’ education, work and everyday lives, but that they can also present safeguarding risks.
We are committed to promoting online safety and supporting learners to use technology safely, responsibly and respectfully. Learners are supported to recognise and respond to risks including cyberbullying and harassment, harmful or inappropriate content, online sexual harassment and exploitation, grooming, scams and fraud, misinformation, and exposure to extremist or radicalising content.
Learners are encouraged to consider their privacy, digital footprint and the safe use of social media, messaging services, artificial intelligence (AI) and other online platforms, including the importance of protecting personal and confidential information.
Staff and associates remain alert to online safeguarding concerns and understand that harm may occur wholly online or that technology may be used to facilitate abuse or exploitation occurring offline.
Learners should report any online content, contact, communication or behaviour that makes them feel unsafe, uncomfortable or concerned. Online safeguarding concerns will be treated in the same way as other safeguarding concerns and reported to the Designated Safeguarding Lead where appropriate.
Staff Training and Continuous Professional Development
All Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd staff and associates receive safeguarding and Prevent training appropriate to their role and responsibilities. Training is refreshed regularly and updated in response to changes in legislation, statutory guidance, local safeguarding arrangements and emerging safeguarding risks.
Staff and associates receive ongoing safeguarding updates and professional development to ensure they remain confident in recognising indicators of abuse, neglect, exploitation, radicalisation and other forms of harm; responding appropriately to disclosures; recording concerns accurately; and reporting concerns promptly through the correct safeguarding procedures.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy DSL undertake appropriate safeguarding training for their roles and maintain their knowledge through regular updates and continuing professional development.
Safeguarding is embedded within our quality assurance and continuous improvement arrangements. Policies, procedures, training and safeguarding practice are reviewed regularly and following significant changes to legislation or statutory guidance, safeguarding incidents or identified areas for improvement.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
All safeguarding and Prevent concerns are taken seriously and managed in accordance with Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd safeguarding policies and procedures. Concerns should be reported as soon as possible to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Andrea Serlin
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07708 247603
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Karen Malcolm
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07808 019826
Safeguarding support from Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd is normally available Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm.
If you have an urgent safeguarding concern outside these hours, do not wait for Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd to reopen. Please use the appropriate local safeguarding or emergency service. Our Safeguarding Support and Useful Contacts sheet provides details of additional safeguarding and support services available.
If a child, young person or adult is in immediate danger, or you believe a crime is being committed, call 999.
When Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd reopens, please also inform the DSL or Deputy DSL where appropriate so that the concern can be recorded and any necessary safeguarding action or support can be followed up.
Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
Our safeguarding arrangements are supported by clear policies and procedures that set out how Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd protects learners, responds to concerns and meets its safeguarding responsibilities.
Our policies are reviewed regularly and updated where necessary to reflect changes in legislation, statutory guidance and organisational practice.
Please select a document below to view or download it:
At Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd, safeguarding is central to everything we do. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, including children, young people and adults at risk, and to providing a safe, supportive learning environment where learners feel respected, valued and able to achieve.
We recognise our responsibility to protect learners from abuse, neglect, exploitation and other forms of harm. This includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse; neglect; domestic abuse; online harm; bullying and harassment; sexual harassment and sexual violence; child-on-child abuse; criminal and sexual exploitation; modern slavery and trafficking; and risks associated with radicalisation and extremism.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All Wessex Training & Assessment staff and associates receive appropriate safeguarding training and are expected to remain professionally curious, recognise signs that a learner may need help or protection, respond appropriately to disclosures and report concerns promptly in accordance with our safeguarding procedures.
Learners are encouraged to speak to their assessor or a member of the safeguarding team if they are worried about their own safety or wellbeing, or that of another person. Concerns are taken seriously, handled sensitively and shared only with those who need to know in order to safeguard the individual.
Where appropriate, Wessex Training & Assessment will work with employers, parents or carers, local safeguarding partners and other relevant agencies to ensure concerns are responded to appropriately.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Andrea Serlin
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL): Karen Malcolm
Email: [email protected]
Prevent Duty and British Values
Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd fulfils its responsibilities under the Prevent Duty and is committed to safeguarding learners from the risk of radicalisation and extremism.
Prevent is an integral part of safeguarding. Staff and associates are trained to recognise potential indicators of radicalisation, including changes in behaviour, concerning online activity, expressions of extremist views or other circumstances that may indicate that a learner is vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism.
We actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. These values are embedded within learners’ programmes and are discussed in ways that are relevant to their learning, workplace and wider life.
Any Prevent concern is treated as a safeguarding concern and must be reported promptly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). The DSL will assess the concern and, where appropriate, seek advice or make a referral to the relevant safeguarding or Prevent services in accordance with current statutory guidance and Wessex Training & Assessment procedures.
How to Raise a Safeguarding or Prevent Concern
If you are worried about your own safety or wellbeing, or have a safeguarding or Prevent concern about another person, please report it as soon as possible.
You can:
- speak to your assessor or another member of Wessex Training & Assessment staff;
- contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Andrea Serlin;
- contact the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), Karen Malcolm; or
- email [email protected].
All concerns will be taken seriously, recorded appropriately and responded to promptly. Information will be handled sensitively and shared only where necessary to safeguard an individual or meet our legal responsibilities.
If someone is in immediate danger or there is an immediate risk of serious harm, contact the emergency services on 999.
Online Safety
Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd recognises that technology and online environments are an important part of learners’ education, work and everyday lives, but that they can also present safeguarding risks.
We are committed to promoting online safety and supporting learners to use technology safely, responsibly and respectfully. Learners are supported to recognise and respond to risks including cyberbullying and harassment, harmful or inappropriate content, online sexual harassment and exploitation, grooming, scams and fraud, misinformation, and exposure to extremist or radicalising content.
Learners are encouraged to consider their privacy, digital footprint and the safe use of social media, messaging services, artificial intelligence (AI) and other online platforms, including the importance of protecting personal and confidential information.
Staff and associates remain alert to online safeguarding concerns and understand that harm may occur wholly online or that technology may be used to facilitate abuse or exploitation occurring offline.
Learners should report any online content, contact, communication or behaviour that makes them feel unsafe, uncomfortable or concerned. Online safeguarding concerns will be treated in the same way as other safeguarding concerns and reported to the Designated Safeguarding Lead where appropriate.
Staff Training and Continuous Professional Development
All Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd staff and associates receive safeguarding and Prevent training appropriate to their role and responsibilities. Training is refreshed regularly and updated in response to changes in legislation, statutory guidance, local safeguarding arrangements and emerging safeguarding risks.
Staff and associates receive ongoing safeguarding updates and professional development to ensure they remain confident in recognising indicators of abuse, neglect, exploitation, radicalisation and other forms of harm; responding appropriately to disclosures; recording concerns accurately; and reporting concerns promptly through the correct safeguarding procedures.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy DSL undertake appropriate safeguarding training for their roles and maintain their knowledge through regular updates and continuing professional development.
Safeguarding is embedded within our quality assurance and continuous improvement arrangements. Policies, procedures, training and safeguarding practice are reviewed regularly and following significant changes to legislation or statutory guidance, safeguarding incidents or identified areas for improvement.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
All safeguarding and Prevent concerns are taken seriously and managed in accordance with Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd safeguarding policies and procedures. Concerns should be reported as soon as possible to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Andrea Serlin
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07708 247603
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Karen Malcolm
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07808 019826
Safeguarding support from Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd is normally available Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm.
If you have an urgent safeguarding concern outside these hours, do not wait for Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd to reopen. Please use the appropriate local safeguarding or emergency service. Our Safeguarding Support and Useful Contacts sheet provides details of additional safeguarding and support services available.
If a child, young person or adult is in immediate danger, or you believe a crime is being committed, call 999.
When Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd reopens, please also inform the DSL or Deputy DSL where appropriate so that the concern can be recorded and any necessary safeguarding action or support can be followed up.
Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
Our safeguarding arrangements are supported by clear policies and procedures that set out how Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd protects learners, responds to concerns and meets its safeguarding responsibilities.
Our policies are reviewed regularly and updated where necessary to reflect changes in legislation, statutory guidance and organisational practice.
Please select a document below to view or download it:
What Happens Next?If you raise a safeguarding or Prevent concern with Wessex Training & Assessment Ltd, it will be taken seriously and responded to promptly and sensitively.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy DSL will consider the information provided, assess any immediate risk and decide what action is required. This may include providing support, monitoring the situation, signposting to specialist services or, where necessary, making a referral to an appropriate external agency.
Where there is a concern that a child or adult may be at risk of harm, information may need to be shared with relevant safeguarding agencies or the police. Prevent concerns may also be referred to the appropriate Prevent or Channel services where required.
For apprentices, safeguarding concerns will also be shared with the Swatpro Designated Safeguarding Lead where required under our partnership safeguarding arrangements.
Safeguarding concerns and actions are recorded securely. Information is treated sensitively and shared only with those who need it for safeguarding purposes or where there is a legal requirement to do so.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 999.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy DSL will consider the information provided, assess any immediate risk and decide what action is required. This may include providing support, monitoring the situation, signposting to specialist services or, where necessary, making a referral to an appropriate external agency.
Where there is a concern that a child or adult may be at risk of harm, information may need to be shared with relevant safeguarding agencies or the police. Prevent concerns may also be referred to the appropriate Prevent or Channel services where required.
For apprentices, safeguarding concerns will also be shared with the Swatpro Designated Safeguarding Lead where required under our partnership safeguarding arrangements.
Safeguarding concerns and actions are recorded securely. Information is treated sensitively and shared only with those who need it for safeguarding purposes or where there is a legal requirement to do so.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 999.
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