“Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility”
Whether you are a STUDENT, STAFF MEMBER, PARENT / CARER,
or EMA Visitor – you can use this page to report a safeguarding concern.
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. Thank you.
“Act promptly and record concerns accurately.”
Safeguarding at EMA
Employ My Ability places the utmost importance on safeguarding, and on the safety and wellbeing of all our students. We believe 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.
All staff, volunteers, and trustees are trained in both children’s and adults’ safeguarding, and we have robust safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Safeguarding themes are embedded within our curriculum, and we pride ourselves on going above and beyond to ensure the college is a safe, happy, and thriving environment for everyone.
“The welfare of children and young people is at the centre of EMA.”
Contact the EMA Safeguarding Team on:
T: 01929 405685
E: [email protected]
or speak to any member of staff to raise a concern
Domestic Helpline Numbers
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Children’s First Response Hub:
01202 123 334
Children’s Advice & Duty Service: 01305 228 558
Dorset Families and Members of the Public: 01305 228 866
BCP Children’s Out of hours: 01202 738 256
Dorset Children’s Out of Hours Service: 01305 228 558
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: [email protected]
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 [email protected] or call 101
For additional help and advice go to www.dorset.police.uk/abuse-help
For EMA Staff. Click the SSL logo in to log into the training portal.
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.
