Safeguarding

Safeguarding officers

Role

Name

Department

Contact email

Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO)

Lailia El Baradei

General Counsel, Governance and Compliance 

le273@sussex.ac.uk

Senior Safeguarding Officer (SSO)

Jayne Aldridge

Student Experience

Jayne.Aldridge@sussex.ac.uk

Senior Safeguarding Officer 

Colin Shipp

Human Resources

 C.Shipp@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers (LSO)

Louise Spenceley

Michele Balfe

Division of General Counsel, Governance and Compliance

L.Spenceley@sussex.ac.uk

M.Balfe@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Josh Costa

Planning and Performance

jc2037@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Amanda Griffiths

Student Experience Division

A.Griffiths@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Sian Thomas

Ian Mckee

Finance

Sian.Thomas@sussex.ac.uk

I.Mckee@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Rose pringle 

Human Resources

r.pringle@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Ben Sharp

Wade Cason

ITS

 Benoit.Sharp@sussex.ac.uk

W.J.Cason@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Maria Smith 

Fiona Courage

Nadia Pattenden

Library

 m.a.smith@sussex.ac.uk

f.p.courage@sussex.ac.uk

N.Pattenden@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Lucy Cahalin

Communications, Marketing and Advancement

l.cahalin@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Liam Thomas

Daniel Hawkins

Widening Participation

Liam.Thomas@sussex.ac.uk

Daniel.Hawkins@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Shelley Attfield

Housing Services and Estates, Facilities and Commercial Services 

S.L.Attfield@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Luke Terrill

Simon Tunley

Sussexsport

L.O.Terrill@sussex.ac.uk

s.f.tunley@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Caroline Garrett

Research and Enterprises Services

C.A.Garrett@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Darren Beaney

Brighton and Sussex Medical School

 D.Beaney@bsms.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Jo Tregenza

Rachel Burr

School of Education and Social Work

J.Tregenza@sussex.ac.uk

R.Burr@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Ali Taheri

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

A.Taheri@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Kate Howland

Ian Wakeman

School of Engineering and Informatics

K.L.Howland@sussex.ac.uk

ianw@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Pippa Robinson

Geert De Neve

School of Global Studies

pjr26@sussex.ac.uk

g.r.de-neve@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

John Spencer

School of Life Sciences

J.Spencer@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officers

Pippa Robinson

Jo Moran-Ellis

School of Law, Politics and Sociology

pjr26@sussex.ac.uk

J.Moran-Ellis@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Liz James (staff)

Melanie Green (Students)

Ronan McKinney (Sussex Writes)

School of Media, Arts and Humanities

e.james@sussex.ac.uk

m.j.green@sussex.ac.uk

R.P.Mckinney@sussex.ac.uk

 

Local Safeguarding Officer

Alison Pike

Karen Long

School of Psychology

alisonp@sussex.ac.uk

k.m.long@sussex.ac.uk

Local Safeguarding Officer

Claire Edwards

UoS Business School

Claire.Edwards@sussex.ac.uk

 

Emergency situation

Any person at IMMEDIATE RISK of harm to themselves or others -

 

On campus

Call Security 01273 87(3333). They will contact the emergency services and guide them to the location of the incident.

Off campus

Call 999 for emergency response.

Institute of Development Studies Safeguarding Lead

Paula Karalus

p.karalus@ids.ac.uk

International Study Group

Helen Soud

hsoud@studygroup.com

 

Students’ Union

 

James Hann

james.h@sussexstudent.com

 

Sussex Estates and Facilities (SEF) is a partnership between the University of Sussex and Mitie, that provides total facilities management services to the University - everything from cleaning and maintenance, to groundskeeping and transport management.

 

SEF reports into the University's Estates, Facilities and Commercial Services team, as part of Professional Services at Sussex.

Karen.Duddy@mitie.com is the safeguarding lead for Mitie. 

 

The following details the responsibilities of the Designated Officers and has been extracted from the University Safeguarding Policy:

Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO)

The University has designated the General Counsel and Director of Governance & Compliance as the University’s Designated Safeguarding Officer. They have ultimate responsibility for the protection of children and adults at risk.

Senior Safeguarding Officer (SSO)

The University has designated the Director for the Student Experience Division and the Director of Human Resources as the University’s Designated Senior Safeguarding Officers (SS0) for students and staff respectively. They have responsibility for the daily operational issues relating to safeguarding children and adults at risk.

Local Safeguarding Officers (LSO)

The University has designated staff to be Local Safeguarding Officers throughout the University. These are designated officers to whom concerns must be reported or from whom advice is sought. Each School and Professional Services Division has a named Local Safeguarding Officer

It is not the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Officer to investigate a case. It is their role to receive the initial concern and establish whether it is a safeguarding matter. At that point the LSO will determine whether the issue can be directed to the student centre, whether there is an imminent risk of harm to anyone or whether it requires escalation to the Senior Safeguarding Officer, who will consider referral to the local authority as appropriate.