Safeguarding

The Engineering Academy is committed to Safeguarding all learners and venerable adults. Staff within the EA may have contact with children and young people through work programmes, however all staff may at some time be involved in working closely with children and young people, some of whom may be marginalised, disaffected and vulnerable. Working in close proximity to children and young people means that EA staff may be in a position whereby they may become aware of a situation of possible abuse.

It is a condition of the contract with the Skills Funding Agency to follow these guidelines. However, the EA considers that there is also a moral and professional imperative to engage fully with these practices for both the protection of children and young adults and the staff working with them. Consequently all staff need to be aware that:

  • They have a direct responsibility to protect children and young adults
  • They have a duty to act quickly
  • They should never assume that if they do not act someone else will
  • Working with children and young adults in an unstructured/unsupported way can put them at risk

To view the EA safeguarding policy in full please click here