Safeguarding Policy

BAPIA Ltd. is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all stakeholders by taking all reasonable steps to protect them from harm and accepts its corporate responsibility for the well-being and safety for its stakeholders and vulnerable adults.

BAPIA Ltd. recognises its responsibility and acknowledges that it our organisational responsibility to uphold British Values and to safeguard the welfare of all stakeholders by creating an environment that protects them from harm and reduces any potential risks of being exposed to violence, extremism, exploitation or victimisation.

BAPIA Ltd. is Responsible For Enabling The:

Identification of learners who are at risk of neglect, abuse, grooming or exploitation

Providing help for learners to reduce their risk of harm by securing the support they need, or referring in a timely way to those who have expertise to help

The Safeguarding Agenda Includes A Wide Range Of Potential Risks Including:

Abuse (physical, emotional, financial, institutional, sexual, organisational)

Self-neglect

Discrimination

Child sexual exploitation

Bullying and cyberbullying

Domestic abuse

Substance misuse

Fabricated or induced Illness

Faith abuse

Forced marriage

Gang and youth violence

Female genital mutilation (FGM)

Gender based violence

Radicalisation

Sexting

Teenage relationship abuse

Trafficking and modern slavery

Mental health concerns

Objectives Of The Safeguarding Strategy:

To ensure that all learners feel safe and also to enable learners to voice any potential safeguarding concerns

To support learners to gain the knowledge to take responsibility for their own safeguarding in the future

To embed equality and diversity and ensure learners are knowledgeable about subjects beyond their own experience

To give learners confidence to investigate sensitive issues and support citizenship and inclusion for all, and to recognise when others are at risk

BAPIA Ltd. Is Committed To Supporting Our Clients And Learners To Enable:

Their best health

Complete safety

Positive learning experience

Well-being and achievement

Meeting their needs and interests

Strategies:

BAPIA requires all team members to understand and promote the above and to incorporate these principles into their working routines. To best support our staff, we will ensure that all staff have the necessary information, instruction and training available. This policy, and in conjunction with our Health & Safety and Equality & Diversity policies, are developed to prevent abuse of learners through their environment both immediate and the wider environment. We work together to ensure that:

Any safeguarding concern or instance is investigated appropriately.

The correct reporting and action is taken in regards to all safeguarding concerns

To raise awareness of the issues surrounding safeguarding and empower our candidates to identify and act upon both inappropriate behaviours and safeguarding concerns

Maintain and control all relevant checks including DBS checks