Safeguarding

At Launceston College every student has the right to feel safe and protected. We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students, staff and visitors to Launceston College and have robust safeguarding policies and procedure in place to ensure that Child Protection issues are dealt with efficiently and appropriately. We endeavour to ensure that students have consistent provision where they feel safe, protected and nurtured, enabling and supporting them to enter adulthood successfully.

All staff at Launceston College receive regular training with regards to Child Protection and Safeguarding and we expect all our staff, volunteers and visitors to adhere to our polices and processes to promote safeguarding and the welfare of our students.

Launceston College Safeguarding Team

Steve Rush

Assistant Principal

Designated Safeguarding Lead

dsl@launcestoncollege.uk

Sarah Rowland

Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead

dsl@launcestoncollege.uk

Elizabeth Wells

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

dsl@launcestoncollege.uk

01566 772468

If a parent has a safeguarding concern relating to their child they should contact their child’s Tutor, Year Team and the college Safeguarding Team.

Where safeguarding concerns are held about a member of staff please contact the College Principal Matthew Thompson - mthompson@launcestoncollege.uk in the first instance. For information our school Safeguarding Governor is Hollie Thomas – hthomas@athenalearningtrust.uk and Cornwall Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) number is – 01872 327225.

All staff are trained to use a Safeguarding software system called CPOMS to report any safeguarding concerns. All concerns are viewed by our Safeguarding Team throughout the day, with decisions made on appropriate action and support as necessary. If there are serious and immediate threats to the welfare of a student contact and referrals to the Multi Agency Referral Unit (Cornwall) or Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (Devon) will be made.

Operation EnCompass

Launceston College is an Operation Encompass school. This is a Police early intervention partnership supporting children exposed to domestic incidents and abuse. The Police will contact college before the next school day to share details of any incident that takes place, enabling targeted support to be given to that young person and their family. If you would like to know more about Operation Encompass please visit www.operationencompass.org.

We have a duty of care and responsibility to share any concerns with external agencies including Children’s Early Help Hub, Children’s Social Care Services, Multi Agency Referral Unit (MARU) and Devon Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

Emergency Services	999
Devon & Cornwall Police	101
Cornwall Children’s Social Care Multi Agency Referral Unit (MARU	0300 123 1116
Children’s Social Care MARU (Out of Hours)	01208 251300
Cornwall Early Help Hub	01872 322277
Devon Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)	0345 155 1071
Cornwall Safeguarding Children’s Standards Unit	01872 254549