Helping Shape Your Future

Since 1986

Helping Shape Your Future

Since 1986

Safeguarding

 
 
SAFEGUARDING  – Keeping our learners protected from harm and maintaining a safe learning environment
 
North West Community Services Training Ltd takes our responsibility in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners, staff, young people, vulnerable adults and partners we work with very seriously, by protecting them from physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect and bullying.
 
 
During the Covid-19 pandemic in particular, we are conscious that there has been additional pressures on families and workers. We all have a responsibility to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of those around us, regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion belief, or sexual orientation.
 
 
Abuse can take many different forms and we have a duty of care to ensure our people’s wellbeing is our top priority, and that we understand the signs of abuse and how we raise concerns. We work closely with local safeguarding authorities and organisations in cases where abuse and harmful behaviours are suspected or reported. For more details please see our Safeguarding policy. Never miss an important equality, diversity and inclusion date with the calendar of equality, diversity and inclusion events, festivals, awareness days and occasions.
 
If you are worried about the safety of a child or vulnerable adult please report it here.
Alternatively contact us on
0151 521 5888
or if out of hours please refer to the Helplines and support groups section provided within our support pages
Safeguarding is set of policies in place to protect adults, young people and children on NWCS Training courses who may be vulnerable to abuse or neglect. Abuse might include:
  • Physical abuse – hitting, shaking, throwing, or otherwise causing physical harm.
  • Emotional abuse – threats of harm, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, bullying (to include cyber bullying).
  • Financial abuse – stealing or defrauding someone of goods, money or property.
  • Sexual abuse – physical contact to include rape or sexual assault, it may also include non-contact activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images, watching sexual activities, encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways, or grooming a child in preparation for abuse (including via the internet).
  • Neglect – the persistent failure to meet a child’s physical or psychological needs. This includes but is not limited to failing to provide adequate food, clothing, medication and shelter.
  • Discriminatory abuse – racism, sexist, or other forms that are based on a person’s disability and other forms of harassment, or similar treatment.
  • Self-neglect/harm
  • Cyber abuse
NWCS Training holds the health, safety and welfare of all involved on courses or activities, which come under the responsibility of NWCS Training as one of its highest priorities. We aim to provide an atmosphere and structured establishment that is a safe environment in which learners and young people can learn and develop, thus giving learners happiness and security, enabling them to fulfil their potential. From time to time learners will go through stressful periods during their time on the programme just as they do at home. We actively encourage learners to speak to any member of staff, or our designated safeguarding person and are assured that sympathetic support will be given at all times.

Articles on Safeguarding

Fundamental British Values

Fundamental British Values underpin what it is to be a citizen in a modern and diverse Great Britain valuing our community and celebrating diversity of the UK.

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Digital skills

Digital Skils enable people to create and share digital content, communicate and collaborate, and solve problems for effective and creative self-fulfilment in life, learning, work, and social activities.’

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Focus on Gun Crime

Is the recent spate of fatal shootings in Merseyside and London a statistical blip, or the end of a period of success in the fight against gun crime?

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Extremism and Radicalisation

Supporting the prevent agenda against radicalisation and extremism has been set as a priority area forIndependent Learning Providers like North West Community Services Training Ltd.

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Safeguarding – Notification/Policies

The term ‘safeguarding’ describes the broader preventative and precautionary approach to planning and procedures that are necessary to be in place to protect the health, wellbeing and human rights of children, young people and vulnerable adults from any potential harm or damage, enabling them to live safely, free from abuse and neglect.

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Environmental awareness

Environmental awareness

Due to climate change; rising seawater temperatures and exploitation of marine resources led to a serious loss of quality in UK marine ecosystems. Air pollution, climate change, litter, waste, and soil contamination are all a part of the human activity that create these environmental issues in the UK

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Stress awareness

According to the Mental health Foundation 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. April is National Stress Awareness Month. Stress Awareness Month is held each April, to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures of stress.

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LGBTIQ+ and Mental Health

Video game addiction (VGA), also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as the problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual’s ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time.

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2022 articles

We publish an article every month with a specific theme or angle which we hope will be a useful resource for our learners and hopefully for other visitors as well.
Month Theme Notes Key Awareness Days
World Braille Day 04/01/2022,
World Religion Day 16/01/2022,
Blue Monday 18/01/2022
Time to Talk Day 04/02/2022,
Dyscalculia Awareness Day 05/02/2022,
Safer Internet Day 08/02/2022,
National Apprenticeship Week 07-13/02/2022
International Women's Day 08/03/2022,
National Careers Week 7-12/03/2022,
Sign Language Week 14-18/03/2022,
International Trans Day of Visibility 31/03/2022
Earth Day 22/04/2022,
Lesbian Visibility Day 26/04/2022
May
Career progression and further education
Qualification breakdowns, progression routes, further education, CPD
Deaf Awareness Week 02-08/05/2022,
National Numeracy Day 13/05/2022,
Mental Health Awareness Week 13-20/05/2022,
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17/05/2022,
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 19/05/2022
(Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week TBC)
Volunteers' Week 01-07/06/2022, World Environment Day 05/06/2022,
Men's Health Week 14-20/06/2022,
Autistic Pride Day 18/06/2022,
Learning Disability Week 20-26/06/2022,
Pride Day 27/06/2022
Non-binary Day of Visibility 14/07/2022

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