Safeguarding
& Wellbeing

LearnTech are committed to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for all our students, employers and staff. Safeguarding and wellbeing are at the heart of LearnTech culture. We care, and this means that we are passionate about ensuring all our students, employers and staff members are safe and able to learn and develop their careers free from harm.

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Our Promise

All of us here at LearnTech are here to listen and support with any Safeguarding or wellbeing concerns.

We promise to:

Support our students with any concerns around safeguarding and wellbeing including (but not limited to); modern slavery, Prevent, abuse, neglect, mental health
Provide referrals and work with partner organisations to ensure our students are safe and secure
Support employers with developing their understanding of safeguarding and wellbeing and create partnerships for safe and inclusive learning
Develop students understanding of Safeguarding, Prevent and other wellbeing issues (including mental health) to enable them to in turn support others with safeguarding and wellbeing in the workplace or in the community, locally and nationally
Work with partner organisations to continuously develop our own understanding of key issues around safeguarding and Prevent locally and nationally
Promote health, safety and wellbeing for all our students, employers and staff at all times
Ensure that training and development is given to all staff on Safeguarding and Prevent and are able to apply this training in their roles

Our safeguarding and wellbeing team are here as a 360 service for you, so if at any time, you need to speak to someone for any reason, including mental health or anything in your course, work or personal life, you can use the details further down this page.

Meet The Team

Katie Fowler is our Governor for Safeguarding and Lucy Brighton is our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). Each specialist area within LearnTech also has an appointed safeguarding contact. The Safeguarding and Wellbeing team are here to support you, so you can reach out to them at any time by emailing our dedicated safeguarding email address, safeguarding@learn-tech.com, which goes to everyone in the safeguarding team.

You can also call the LearnTech main phone line and select Option 1 for safeguarding. If your call is outside of working hours, you can leave a message which will be urgently responded to.

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads

For more information about making a referral, logging a concern or for details about safeguarding processes and policies, please visit our policies page using the link below.

📄 Policies

What is Safeguarding?

In the UK, safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights and enabling them to live fee from harm, abuse and neglect.

LearnTech has a duty of care to safeguard and promoting the welfare of children (under 18) and vulnerable adults. This means that we all have a part to play in ensuring that children and vulnerable adults are kept safe and free from harm and it is essential that all staff at LearnTech understands their safeguarding responsibilities. (Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024)

What is PREVENT?

Prevent is a Home Office agenda which aims to stop people being drawn into radicalisation and terrorism or supporting terrorism. This also extends to supporting those with the rehabilitation and disengagement of those already involved in terrorism.

The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners vulnerable to radicalisation – GOV.UK

The Prevent Duty is part of the UK governments CONTEST (Counterterrorism) Strategy which aims to reduce the risk from terrorism to the UK and its citizens, so people can live freely and with confidence. (Counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) 2023 – GOV.UK)

FAQs

What is my role as an employer in safeguarding and Prevent?

If you employ an apprentice, your role in safeguarding and Prevent will be explained to you as part of the onboarding process and is outlined in the apprentices Training Plan which is signed before they begin.

The responsibilities that you have are to:

Support apprentices with any safeguarding or wellbeing concerns
Communicate with LearnTech if there are any concerns impacting the safety or wellbeing of your apprentices
Understand and follow regulatory requirements for Health and Safety, Safeguarding, modern slavery and Prevent
Understand the signs of abuse, risk of harm or radicalisation and know how to report these as required

At LearnTech we are here to help, so as an employer, if you have any questions, please do reach out and we’d be happy to discuss anything relating to these points.

Does Safeguarding only apply to children?

The official term “safeguarding” is applied to children and those who are vulnerable. However, LearnTech policies apply to all our students, employers and staff and are committed to supporting with any safeguarding or wellbeing concern. We are always here to listen and support with any concerns you have.

I am a student with LearnTech and I want to speak to someone, but I am unsure as to whether it is a safeguarding issue?

Reach out to discuss your concern in a safe environment with a member of our Safeguarding team. They will discuss your concerns with you and explain what the next steps are from supporting with resources and guidance through to working with referral partners. All concerns are a priority for us, whether they officially fall under safeguarding or not.

If you are in immediate danger, you must call 999 and seek immediate assistance.