Safeguarding

Duty of Care

City of Glasgow College has a duty of care to safeguard all of our students and to ensure that the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults is a priority.

Safeguarding

It is important to us that students feel safe at college. We have a statutory duty to safeguard children who are under 18 and vulnerable adults.

Safeguarding means we’re responsible for noticing if you’re being treated badly, listening to you if you want to talk to us about a problem and taking advice from external agencies if you need extra help.

What should I do if I am worried about someone?

If you don’t feel safe or if you’re worried about a friend or a classmate at college you can talk to any member of staff. We’ll always listen and take your concerns seriously.

Is it confidential?

To protect individuals that you have concerns about, we may need to share information with others who need to know but we’ll talk this through with you if it becomes necessary.

How to get in touch with us: You can contact us by email at safeguarding@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk or access our support information.

Criminal Convictions

You must disclose all unspent relevant criminal convictions. ‘Relevant criminal convictions’ include one or more of the following:

Any kind of violence including (but not limited to) threatening behaviour, offences concerning the intention to harm or offences which resulted in actual bodily harm;

• Offences listed in the Sex Offences Act 2003;
• The unlawful supply of controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking;
• Offences involving firearms, knives, etc;
• Offences involving arson, and/or
• Offences listed in the Terrorism Act 2006.

Declaring a conviction will not necessarily prevent you from studying at College, however the College will not enrol you if that would be a breach of the College's statutory obligation to provide a safe learning environment.

What happens if I declare a relevant unspent criminal conviction?

If you do have any relevant unspent criminal conviction, then a Student Risk Assessment will be carried out. As part of this risk assessment, the College may receive information about you from, or send information about you to other bodies such as the Criminal Records Bureau, Police and Youth Offending Teams and other professionals as outlined in the Safeguarding Admissions for Applicants and Students with Relevant Unspent Criminal Convictions Procedure.

Failure to disclose a relevant criminal conviction on the application form or at enrolment, or failure to disclose any conviction for additional relevant offences following enrolment, may result in the immediate termination of the services provided to the student by the College.

For some courses of study, it is a requirement that students join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme operated by Disclosure Scotland before they can participate in placement opportunities. Where this is appropriate, students will be notified in advance of the requirement to do so.

If you have any questions you can contact us by email at safeguarding@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk.