1. Welcome Safeguarding and Equality and Diversity 9 November 2012 Lynda White

2. Safeguarding Safeguarding is a set of proactive practices and procedures, grounded in law, policy and values, that aims to keep children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from a wide range of potential harm. Source: Learning and Skills Improvement Service

3. Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Changes to Vetting and Barring CRB checks New definition of a vulnerable adult. An adult is defined as vulnerable when they are in receipt of a ‘regulated activity’ in relation to vulnerable adults.

4. Types of Abuse Physical Sexual Emotional Cyber Financial Neglect Discriminatory Institutional Domestic violence and bullying

5. Safeguarding or not safeguarding?

6. Equality and Diversity Charlie Chaplin Sir Michael Caine Rita Hayworth Sir Henry Wood Bob Hoskins Yul Brunner Elvis Presley

7. David Essex

8. Equality Act 2010 The act for all employers and service providers! 9 protected characteristics Cannot treat unfavourably anyone connected to these 9 characteristics.

9. The 9 protected characteristics Race Age Gender Religion Pregnancy Marriage Disability Sexual orientation Gender reassignment

10. The act gives a duty in law for all public bodies. A public sector equality duty which passes to private providers if provision is outsourced and they are providing a public service. Anyone in receipt of government funding, for example Skills Funding Agency funding, has this duty.

11. The General Public Sector Duty – i.e. paying due regard to the need to: 1.Eliminate discrimination 2.Advance equality of opportunity 3.Foster good relations between different groups

12. Have I got e******* news for you???

13. Stephen Lawrence Doreen Lawrence Neville Lawrence Johnny Delaney