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Summary: In accordance with the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, Arena Training Centre has a statutory duty to "have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism". This policy outlines how we implement the Prevent Strategy, recognise indicators of radicalisation and extremism, and protect our learners through staff training, risk assessment, and multi-agency cooperation via the CHANNEL programme.

Purpose & Scope

The Centre has a responsibility, in accordance with the Statutory Guidance associated with the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, to pay "due regard in the exercise of its functions, to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism".

The Prevent Strategy aims to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Training providers have a duty to assist in the prevention of radicalisation and extremism by having systems in place that ensure all staff are aware of the Prevent duty and are able to recognise learner behaviours and vulnerabilities that indicate radicalisation/extremism may be a risk.

Statement

The policy aims to:

Respond to the ideological challenge faced from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat faced from those who promote these views.
Provide practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support.
Provide guidance for the centre community on the processes in place to counteract the threat of terrorism, extremism and radicalisation.
Raise awareness of PREVENT, CONTEST and CHANNEL.
Equip staff with the knowledge and skills to recognise indicators of radicalisation and extremism.

Key Definitions

RADICALISATION: The process by which people come to support terrorism and extremism and, in some cases, to then participate in terrorist groups. Extremism is vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.
CONTEST: The Government's counter terrorist strategy, its aim is to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism.
PREVENT: A key part of the CONTEST strategy, its aim is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
CHANNEL: A key element of the "Prevent" strategy and is a multi-agency approach to protect people at risk from radicalisation. Any learner who is identified as being at risk of radicalisation/extremism will be referred to CHANNEL through the Local Prevent Contact.

Responsibilities

The Managing Director has lead responsibility for the policy, its implementation, monitoring and review and is responsible for:

Putting the policy and its strategies and procedures into practice.
Ensuring that all staff know and understand their responsibilities and receive support and training to enable them to fulfil those responsibilities.

Every member of staff has a responsibility to prevent learners from being drawn into terrorism in accordance with the requirements of this policy and to report concerns relating to those who might be vulnerable to radicalisation or who they suspect may be being exploited by radicalising influences. Reporting of any concerns follows the same protocols as any safeguarding issue.

The Centre will:

Communicate and promote the importance of the duty.
Ensure that staff implement the duty effectively.
Build its capabilities to mitigate the risk of learners being drawn into terrorism.
Ensure that staff involved in the implementation of this policy receive appropriate training.
Ensure that staff understand what is meant by the terms extremism and radicalisation and why people may be vulnerable.
Ensure that staff know what measures are available to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and how to challenge the extremist ideology that can be associated with it.
Ensure that staff understand their responsibilities if they are concerned a learner is at risk of or has been radicalised.

Sharing Information

The Centre will, in accordance with its Data Protection Policy, share personal information to ensure, for example, that a person at risk of radicalisation is given appropriate support and will contribute to the multi-agency approach advocated by CHANNEL. There may be some circumstances where the Centre, in the course of Prevent-related work, identifies someone who may already be engaged in illegal terrorist-related activity which will be immediately reported to the police.

Risk Assessment

The Centre will maintain an up to date PREVENT risk assessment that will carefully consider all aspects of centre business and the controls in place to mitigate the threat of terrorism, extremism and radicalisation.

Staff Training and Development

The Centre will train staff to ensure that they:

Understand what is meant by the term extremism, the relationship between extremism and terrorism, what radicalisation means and why people may be vulnerable.
Are able to recognise those who may be vulnerable.
Know how to obtain support for those who may be being exploited by radicalising influences and how to report those concerns.

Welfare and Pastoral Care

The Centre will maintain strong welfare and pastoral care arrangements for learners including:

Regular one to one and group tutorial activities for all learners.
Supporting the main Apprentice provider by supporting the delivery of equality and diversity, citizenship and safeguarding training for apprentices.
Robust safeguarding arrangements including internal reporting arrangements.

Visitors and Sub Contractors

The Centre reserves the right to determine who is permitted to enter its premises. The Centre will not permit external speakers or organisations holding extremist views, either violent or non-violent, including the extreme right, to use the premises for any purpose.

All visitors to the Centre are required to register upon arrival and, in accordance with stringent safeguarding arrangements. The Centre does not permit access to its premises by individuals or organisations, other than staff, enrolled learners, bona fide visitors, including approved contractors and external organisations who have made the necessary arrangements through a Centre Director.

Reporting Arrangements

Internal reporting arrangements for concerns relating to the vulnerability of individuals and how to obtain support for those who may be being exploited by radicalising influences are the same as they are for safeguarding. The DSL will inform the local Authority of any at risk students so that further evaluation of the risk can be assessed.