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EMA’s Safeguarding team is available Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. For reports outside of these times, please use one of the numbers or emails listed below.
Domestic Helpline Numbers
24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 257
Dorset County – You First – 0800 032 5204 (24 hours)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Outreach – 01202 710 777 (24 hours)
Women’s Aid – email: helpline@womensaid.org.uk – Online chat room – chat.womensaid.org.uk 10am-12pm Monday to Friday
Respect Helpline – 0808 802 4040 – For anyone worried that they may be harming someone else
Galop – 08000 999 5428 – Domestic violence for LGBTQ
Dorset Police – In an emergency call 999 – In a non emergency email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or call 101
For additional help and advice go to www.dorset.police.uk/abuse-help
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Employ My Ability places the upmost importance on safeguarding and the safety and wellbeing of all our students. We share the belief that safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility and have a dedicated safeguarding team that promotes awareness and is always available to provide support to students, their families and our staff team.
All staff, volunteers and trustees are trained in both children and adult safeguarding and we have established safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Safeguarding themes are embedded into our curriculum and we pride ourselves on going above and beyond to make college a safe, happy and thriving environment for all.
Contact the Safeguarding Team on:
T: 01929 405685
E: safeguarding@employmyability.org.uk
or speak to any member of staff to raise a concern
https://www.operationencompass.org/
Operation Encompass is every child’s right.
It is a unique, charitable, early intervention safeguarding partnership, (set up in 2011), which relies on strong communication and information-sharing between the police and schools, to enable support for children and young people who are experiencing domestic abuse.
It has the support of the Home Office, the DfE, Ofsted, HMICFRS and the College of Policing and has recently been awarded winner of The World Class Policing Award 2019
Police forces will effectively share a notification, prior to the morning of a school day with the Key Adult within schools. This notification will inform the school that one of their students has been impacted by domestic abuse.
It is the Key Adult’s job to then cascade necessary awareness and information to relevant staff in the school who may have contact with that child or young person. By being aware that a child has had this experience, the school is in a better position to be able to understand and respond to the student’s needs and/or behaviour and in so doing, provide the appropriate level of support.
