• Introduction
• Safeguarding officers
• Safeguarding Panel
• Who to contact
• Compliance and internal process
• Prevent Duty
• Training
• Useful information
• Safeguarding guidance

The University of Sussex is committed to providing a safe environment for all members of its community regardless of their age; ability or disability; gender; race; religion; ethnic origin; sexual orientation; marital status; or transgender status.

The University, as a higher education provider is not subject to the same legal safeguarding duties as schools, further education colleges, local authorities, and care providers. However, as part of creating a safe environment for its community and aside from its legal disclosure and barring obligations, it has a moral and ethical responsibility to help safeguard the welfare of children and adults at risk by reporting any such concerns.

The University is committed, through its core values of kindness, integrity, inclusion, collaboration and courage, to treating all people with respect and dignity; to challenge any form of bullying, harassment, discrimination, intimidation, exploitation or abuse; and to safeguard children and adults at risk. All members of the University community have an essential role to play in keeping children and adults at risk safe.

Policy

The University of Sussex Safeguarding Policy can be found at Safeguarding Policy [DOCX 143.25KB]. Operational Safeguarding Guidance has been prepared to assist staff. This can be accessed by clicking on the Safeguarding Guidance tab on the left or https://www.sussex.ac.uk/safeguarding/guidance

Safeguarding Training

All staff are required to complete the mandattory Safeguarding Essentials training package on LearnUpon. 

The online course takes around an hour to complete and is designed to assist you in understanding your role in safeguarding children and adults at risk and looks at what safeguarding means in practical terms. It provides information on the key warning signs that you should look out for and outlines a number of case studies and scenarios for you to consider.

To complete the Safeguarding Essentials course, please login to LearnUpon (using a Chrome browser). All new memebrs of staff must complete the training within three months of joinging the University. 

If you have a question relating to any of the information provided within these pages, please contact Louise Spenceley (contact details below).

l.Spenceley@sussex.ac.uk (+44(0)1273 873855 Internal Extension: 3855)

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