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Corby Technical School

Information and Support

Please review the section below for further information and advice relating to a range of safeguarding topics.  These are suitable for both students and parents/carers. 

Mental Health and Well Being

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At Corby Technical School, we aim to ensuring that all students are aware of the 5 ways to wellbeing, feel supported and are aware of any risks and keep themselves safe.

We recognise that it is important that our students know how to care for themselves both mentally and physically, whilst they also develop personal traits and virtues that will motivate and guide our students to flourish in society with confidence and resilience.

We will enlighten students so that they behave with integrity and cooperate consistently well with others. We want our students to develop so that they possess confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally and physically healthy.

We build our school ethos of Aim high, working hard and be kind, into day-to-day life at school to help students to have good understanding of their mental health, well-being, and ways to support them.

Who can you talk to during the School day?

If you have a worry or an issue you can speak to any member of staff you feel comfortable speaking to.  Please speak to your Form tutor or a member of the Student Support Team. They are responsible for;

  • Supporting you to be the best version of yourself
  • monitoring behaviour and attendance
  • celebrating your success and encouraging you to achieve even more
  • working together with you and your family to overcome any obstacles
  • monitoring your progress in lessons and supporting you to reach your potential
  • supporting you with any welfare issues and being someone you can talk to

Who can I speak to outside the School?

At times you might find the need to speak to someone during the evening, at weekend or during the holidays. If you feel that you may need help from someone outside of school, please see below for some useful links to information from other sources.

National Links:

Local links

Online Safety:

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Click here to find out about the free parental App that gives you access to helpful guides including:

Parental Controls

Social Media Apps

Online Bullying

Online Relationships

Online Reputation

 

Other Guidance for Parents/ Carers

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Provide practical tips to help children stay safe online including age-specific issues, setting devices up safely and tools for reporting issues to relevant organisations.

 Reporting concerns 

Click on the make a report link above to make a report directly to the school safeguarding team.

If you or someone you know are in immediate danger, please call the police straight away on 999 

Domestic Abuse Support and Information

Corby Technical School is part of a jointly run operation between Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Police and our school, the national name for this process is Operation Encompass. Encompass has been set-up to help schools to provide support to children who may have been affected by incidents of domestic violence. We know that children can be significantly physically or emotionally harmed when they are involved in, present or witness to domestic abuse.  

Under this scheme the school will receive notification from the County Council following any domestic incident that a child at their school may have been affected by. 

The staff members identified on this page are identified as Key Adults who will receive this information. 

They have received guidance from Northamptonshire County Council to allow them to use the information that has been shared, in confidence to make sure that the right support is available for children and their families.  

We are keen to offer the best support possible to our pupils and we believe this is going to be extremely beneficial for all those involved.   

Substance Abuse Support and Information

Ngage offers a free and non-judgmental support service to young people living in Northamptonshire.
Our support can be accessed by any young person aged 10 - 18 years old who is at risk of using drugs and or alcohol or is already using drugs and or alcohol. 

Telephone: 01604 633848
E-mail: YPNorthamptonshire@aquarius.org.uk

Please contact a Safeguarding Officer at Corby Technical School who will be able to support with a referral for a student.

Sexual Abuse/Harrassment in School

Sexual abuse in any form is unacceptable.

A dedicated helpline is now open to support anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse.

The helpline is run by the NSPCC and will provide victims of abuse with the appropriate support, advice and onward action, including on contacting professionals or the police if they wish. The helpline will also provide support to parents and professionals too.

Telephone 0800 136 663, or email help@nspcc.org.uk.

More information can be found at https://dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/01/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-governments-newly-launched-abuse-in-education-helpline/

Stop It Now! are a child protection charity working to prevent child sexual abuse. They have a live chat and secure messaging feature on their website: https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/ 

CCE and County Lines

Where young people are coerced or forced to store drugs and money and/or transport them.

For information on how to recognise the terms click here

Fearless

Fearless is a site where you can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality.

For further information please click here.

Sex and Relationships

Advice on how to talk to your child about sex, sexuality and relationships can be found here

Prevent

Prevent radicalisation and extremism by sharing your concerns here.

Mental Health Support for Children and Adults

Whether you want to understand more about how you're feeling and find ways to feel better, or you want to support someone who's struggling, Young Minds can help.

Recognising the signs that a child may be struggling with their mental health can be really hard. 

Parenting can also be a struggle for parents and families dealing with mental health problems in everyday life

For advice on self-care and support for young people please click here.
For advice on recognising the signs your child may be struggling please click here
For advice and support for parents/carers please click here

Substance Misuse

This page offers advice on staying as informed as possible, to support young people in making the right choices when they do.

For advice please click here

LGBTQ+

This page offers advice on staying as informed as possible, to support young people in making the right choices when they do.

For advice please click here

Child Sexual Exploitation

Barnardos reach out to children at risk of harm, offering them support.

For more information on Barnardos please click here.