Staff training

9.1 In order for staff to be able to understand and discharge their safeguarding and child protection duties, Coventry Adult Education Service has committed to training staff throughout the academic year. All staff members will be made aware of the service’s safeguarding processes and structures and will receive training on these as part of their induction. As part of this training and their annual refresher, they will also receive -

  • This ‘Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy’
  • The staff Code of Conduct
  • Copies of Part 1 and/or Annex A of Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2021)
  • School procedures for Children Missing Education
  • The service Learner Code of Conduct Policy

9.2 Staff at Coventry Adult Education Service, including all administrators and volunteers, will undertake during the 2022/23 academic year the following training:

  • Mandatory Data Protection
  • Mandatory Diversity and Inclusion
  • Mandatory Fire Safety
  • Mandatory Health and Safety
  • Mandatory Safeguarding / Safeguarding Adults Level 1 / Safeguarding for Adults Level 2
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022
  • Mental Health Awareness
  • Promoting British Values
  • Safer Recruitment
  • Sexual Harassment Training
  • Safeguarding against Radicalisation-Prevent Duty
  • UE&R The Far & Extreme Far Right

9.3 Coventry Adult Education Service recognise that children or young people may engage in risky behaviours that may put them at additional risk of danger. These can include drug taking, alcohol abuse, truanting and the sharing of consensual or non-consensual nude images or videos. Staff will also be trained in these areas in order to be able to further recognise if a child is at risk of harm.