{"id":3904,"date":"2025-08-29T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/?page_id=3904"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:12:15","slug":"safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3904\" class=\"elementor elementor-3904\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295e986f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"295e986f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7932b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7932b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Safeguarding.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f3a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5f3a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your choice, your success, your future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f623bbe eael_simple_menu_hamburger_disable_selected_menu_no eael-simple-menu-hamburger-align-right eael-hamburger--tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-simple-menu\" data-id=\"f623bbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-simple-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n                        @media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {\n                            .eael-hamburger--tablet {\n                                .eael-simple-menu-horizontal,\n                                .eael-simple-menu-vertical {\n                                    display: none;\n                                }\n                            }\n                            .eael-hamburger--tablet {\n                                .eael-simple-menu-container .eael-simple-menu-toggle {\n                                    display: block;\n                                }\n                            }\n                        }\n                    <\/style>            <div data-hamburger-icon=\"&lt;svg aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; 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This includes responding appropriately to any incidents of bullying, harm, or abuse\u2014whether they occur in person or online.<\/p><p>Each course or workshop will have a named tutor who can offer support and, where necessary, signpost learners to the Designated Safeguarding Lead within our community learning partner organisations.<\/p><p>We also have a central safeguarding team that can be contacted by learners or community learning partners to share concerns or worries and get advice for next steps and further support available.<\/p><p>If you require more information or assistance, please contact the Community Learning Team on\u00a0<strong>01823 356005<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Alternatively, you can complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/17Lwau4sF7\" rel=\"external noopener\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">Community Learning Notification Form<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (external site)<\/span><\/a>, which will be sent directly to a member of the safeguarding team for an appropriate response.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Regional-Joint-Safeguarding-Adults-Policy-July-2023-1.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"PDF: Safeguarding Adults Multi-Agency Policy (1 MB)\" class=\"doc-link doc--pdf\" data-doc-enhanced=\"1\"><span class=\"doc-icon doc-icon--pdf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\">\n            <!-- Base page with colored body -->\n            <path d=\"M6 2.75h7.8L19 7.95V21.25A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 17.5 22.75H6A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 4.5 21.25V4.25A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 6 2.75z\"\n                  fill=\"var(--sus-doc-color-pdf)\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.2\"><\/path>\n            <!-- Fold -->\n            <path d=\"M13.8 2.75V7.4a.5.5 0 0 0 .5.5h4.7\"\n                  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.2\"><\/path>\n            <!-- Light fold highlight -->\n            <path d=\"M13.4 3h3.9L13.4 7z\" fill=\"rgba(255,255,255,.25)\"><\/path>\n            <!-- Type label -->\n            <g fill=\"#fff\" font-family=\"system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Arial\" font-weight=\"700\">\n                <text x=\"12\" y=\"16.6\" text-anchor=\"middle\" font-size=\"7.2\">PDF<\/text>\n            <\/g>\n        <\/svg><\/span><span class=\"doc-title\">Safeguarding Adults Multi-Agency Policy<\/span> <span class=\"doc-meta\">(<span class=\"doc-type\">PDF<\/span>, <span class=\"doc-size\">1 MB<\/span>)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edcc341 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"edcc341\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a049dfa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a049dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4351f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4351f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Useful Links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b09fcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b09fcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingadults.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingadults.org.uk\/<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (opens in a new tab; external site)<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk\/<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (opens in a new tab; external site)<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Prevent<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/report\/suspicious-activity-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/report\/suspicious-activity-terrorism\/<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (opens in a new tab; external site)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somerset.gov.uk\/health-safety-and-wellbeing\/prevent-in-somerset\/#Introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">https:\/\/www.somerset.gov.uk\/health-safety-and-wellbeing\/prevent-in-somerset\/#Introduction<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (opens in a new tab; external site)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/actearly.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" class=\"external-link\" data-ext-icon=\"1\">https:\/\/actearly.uk\/<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (opens in a new tab; external site)<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-871ccdd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"871ccdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safeguarding. Your choice, your success, your future. Community Learning Find courses Our Partners Policies Safeguarding Contact us Hamburger Toggle Menu Safeguarding documents Somerset Council\u2019s Community Learning is committed to promoting and ensuring safeguarding of all learners regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010) We define safeguarding and wellbeing as creating an environment where everyone feels physically and emotionally safe. This includes responding appropriately to any incidents of bullying, harm, or abuse\u2014whether they occur in person or online. Each course or workshop will have a named tutor who can offer support and, where necessary, signpost learners to the Designated Safeguarding Lead within our community learning partner organisations. We also have a central safeguarding team that can be contacted by learners or community learning partners to share concerns or worries and get advice for next steps and further support available. If you require more information or assistance, please contact the Community Learning Team on\u00a001823 356005. Alternatively, you can complete a Community Learning Notification Form (external site), which will be sent directly to a member of the safeguarding team for an appropriate response. PDF Safeguarding Adults Multi-Agency Policy (PDF, 1 MB) Useful Links \u00a0 Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board: https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingadults.org.uk\/ (opens in a new tab; external site) \u00a0 Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership: https:\/\/somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk\/ (opens in a new tab; external site) \u00a0 Prevent https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/report\/suspicious-activity-terrorism\/ (opens in a new tab; external site) https:\/\/www.somerset.gov.uk\/health-safety-and-wellbeing\/prevent-in-somerset\/#Introduction (opens in a new tab; external site) https:\/\/actearly.uk\/ (opens in a new tab; external site) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3904","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3904"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5387,"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3904\/revisions\/5387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stepupsomerset.org.uk\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}