Association of Colleges and Local Education Authority Curriculum Advisory Network (2003) Guidance for FE Colleges providing for Young Learners. Guidance on producing handbook for staff and learners on safeguarding.
- http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/pre2005/quality/goodpractice/guidance-document-fe-colleges.pdf
Association of Teachers and Lecturers (2005) Taking Students Off Site: Advice and information for members. Guide to trips, includes duty of care, liability and negligence, risk assessment, parental consent, supervision, transport, insurance and work experience.
- www.atl.org.uk/publications-and-resources/education-publications/taking-students-off-site.asp
Becta (2009) AUPs in context: Establishing safe and responsible online behaviours. Guide to acceptable use policies for ICT; and more guidance and links on e-safety.
Cabinet Office/Office of the Third Sector (2008) Criminal Records Bureau Checks: Guidance for Volunteering. London: Cabinet Office. A clear guide to CRB checks and ISA in volunteering. This guidance will be updated in October 2009 when ISA is in operation.
Children’s Legal Centre (2008) Working with Young People. Legal advice relating to children.
Criminal Records Bureau. Information on obtaining CRB checks, code of practice on disclosures etc. Department for Children, Schools and Families (2006) What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused. London: DCSF.Plus loads of advice and information for teachers, including safeguarding and child protection in education. Department for Children, Schools and Families (2009) The Work-Related Learning Guide (Second Edition).
Department of Education and Skills (2002) Work experience: a guide for secondary schools; and Work experience: a guide for employers. London: The Stationery Office. Guidance on managing work experience. For DfES publications, see..
Department of Education and Skills (2003) Work-Related Learning at Key Stage 4: Advice for practitioners on legal background and other areas. Ref: DfES/0132/2003. For DfES publications, see..
Department of Education and Skills (2004) Extended Work Experience and Child Protection: Supplementary DfES Guidance for Work Experience Organisers. Appendix 14 in DfES (2006) Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education.
Department of Education and Skills (2004) Safeguarding Children in Education. DfES.Ref: DfES/0027/2004. For DfES publications, see.. www.dcsf.gov.uk Department of Education and Skills (2006) Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education. London: DfES. For DfES publications, see..
Department of Health (2000) No Secrets: Guidance on Developing and Implementing Multi-agency policies and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. London: the Stationery Office.
Department of Health, Home Office and DfEE (1999) Working Together to Safeguard Children. London: The Stationery Office.
Gaskin K (2007) Risk Toolkit: How to take care of risk in volunteering – a guide for organisations. London: Institute for Volunteering Research/Volunteering England. Comprehensive guide to managing risk in volunteering. Download at..
Health and Safety Executive (2007) Five Steps to Risk Management. And other information and guidance on risk assessment and risk management. Independent Safeguarding Authority. For details and updates on the new ISA Vetting and Barring Scheme.
Learning and Skills Council (2009) Safe Learner blueprint. A six-step model for work-related learning: Placement assessment, Learner suitability assessment, Pre-placement preparation, Information, instruction, training and supervision, Monitoring learner and environment, Debriefing.
National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (2007) Keeping it Safe: a young person-centred approach to safety and child protection. London: NCVYS. Comprehensive and practical guide setting out standards and guidelines for practitioners. Nacro(nd) Involving Ex-offenders in Volunteering: A Nacro guide written for Volunteering England.
NIACE for the DfES (2007) Safer Practice, Safer Learning . A whole-organisation approach to safeguarding vulnerable adults for the learning and skills sector. Leicester: NIACE. Sets out safeguarding responsibilities of FE colleges, adult and community learning providers and providers or work-based training.
NSPCC Safetycheck: Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in organisations; Staying Safe Commitment Scheme; National Safeguarding Unit for the Third Sector.
Ofsted (2007) Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. A guide to safeguarding policy and procedures for children and vulnerable adults. London: Ofsted.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006)
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Policy, Code of Behaviour, e-induction module and other procedures.
Volunteering England (2008) Assessing the impact of volunteering on the further education sector: Executive summary. London: Volunteering England. Full report at
Volunteering England (2008) Improving skills and life chances through volunteering: A further education toolkit. London: Volunteering England. Guide to setting up volunteering in Further Education, with plenty of real life examples. Download at..
Volunteering England (2005) Volunteers and the Law. London: Volunteering England. A comprehensive guide to legal issues affecting volunteers.
Volunteering England, Information and guidance on FE volunteering at
Volunteering England, Good Practice Bank. Information and advice on a wide range of volunteering topics, including safeguarding, screening and protection of vulnerable clients.
Worcestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services in partnership with the Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board (2008) Safeguarding Children and Young People. Kidderminster: WCVYS. Guidance for voluntary and community sector organisations working with children and young people, and templates of policies and forms.
