Safeguarding Young People


Consortia, organisations and individuals involved in delivering careers education and IAG have a shared responsibility to safeguard and promote young people’s welfare. Each must take account of the national, local and organisational policies, guidance and operational guidelines designed to achieve this.
 
In-house activities
All organisations have a range of polices and guidelines (e.g. child protection, health and safety, race equality, disability equality, discipline) designed to safeguard young people and those supporting them. Organisations must take these into account when planning, developing and delivering careers education and IAG.

 

Off-site activities
Careers education programmes often include off-site activities such as careers trails, taster visits, summer schools, work experience and work with employers, community and other agencies. These are subject to the same regulations, policies and guidelines as all other educational activities and visits. There is specific guidance on safeguarding children on work experience.

 

Regular external contributors
In general, anyone who regularly contributes to careers education and IAG programmes and who has unsupervised control of young people will require CRB clearance. They must also undertake to adhere to the polices and guidelines in place within the organisation.

 

Occasional visitors
People who are making ‘one off’ visits to participate in a careers activity and who will not have unsupervised control of young people do not normally require CRB clearance.

 

Confidentiality and information sharing
Careers education and IAG involve:

  • young people sharing information with adults
  • adults sharing information about young people with colleagues and others.

 

It is essential that young people understand that the information they give adults may be shared on a ‘need to know basis’ with others who can help them. All information sharing activities should take account of relevant legal requirements, policies, codes of practice and guidelines.

 

Questions to ask yourself

  • Do collaborative arrangements safeguard and promote the welfare of young people?
  • Do organisational arrangements safeguard and promote the welfare of young people?
  • Do staff and other contributors to careers education and IAG understand and comply with policies, guidance and operational guidelines designed to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people?
  • How do you know and what, if anything, could you do to improve the situation?

 

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