Unit 506 Session 2

1. Developing, Using and Organising
Resources Within a Specialist Area
Unit 506
L5 Diploma in Education and Training

2. Legal Requirements & Responsibilities
Health &
Safety
Safeguarding
Data
Protection
Single
Equality Act
Equality Act

3. Safeguarding
• In England the law states that people who work with children
have to keep them safe (The Children Act (1989) and (2004)).
• It also features in the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (to which the UK is a signatory) and sets
out the rights of children to be free from abuse. The
Government also provides guidance in their document
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013.
• Jobs that involve caring for, supervising or being in sole charge
of children or adults require an enhanced DBS check
(previously called an enhanced CRB check).
• This includes checking whether someone is included in
the two DBS ‘barred lists’ (previously called ISA barred lists) of
individuals who are unsuitable for working with children and
adults.

4. Ofsted’s View – Best Practice
Promoting
safeguarding
Training to
safeguard
learners
Safeguarding
of vulnerable
groups
Promoting
safeguarding
through
teaching and
learning
Keeping the
college’s
environment
safe
Safe
recruitment of
staff

5. Thinking Point
• Make a list of all the “data” that you think you
collect about your students.
• Swap with your colleague and compare…
• Any similarities?
• Does this link with Safeguarding?