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The Prevent Strategy

Stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.

Rebecca Skellett

Schools and Colleges Prevent Engagement Officer Tri-Borough Prevent Team

Prevent is about all forms of terrorism.

• Prevent is apart of the Home Office’s Counter Terrorism Strategy

known as Contest.

• Prevent is a cross Government programme with local authorities

working with to deliver local strategies

• There are 3 distinct strands to Prevent; ideology, individuals,

institutions.

• Prevent is based on having conversations with trusted colleagues and

using professional judgement to understand when to intervene

Prevent Overview:

The act… Recruitment Fundraising Radicalisation

Prevent is Pre-Criminal

What you need to know

1) Arrange a training session: on Prevent and Schools 2) How to refer: ‘Channel Panel’

1) Staff training

Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent: Schools version

• Recognising vulnerabilities to radicalisation
• How concerns about a vulnerable individual

can be referred for specialised support

• What role schools play

2) What is Channel?

• A multi-agency process which provides support for those who

may be vulnerable from being drawn into terrorism

• Chaired by the local authority
• It is Confidential and Voluntary

Process:

• Referral received
• Information from Local Authority gathered
• Multi-agency panel
• Risk assessment
• Voluntary intervention
• Post intervention assessment

Support available:

• Diversionary Activity
• Sports
• Faith Groups
• Education
• Housing
• Training
• Mentors
• Work/Financial
• Theological/ Political

Channel Panel Meeting

Panel collectively discusses and assesses risk, support needs and whether specialist Channel intervention is required

Screening Process

Police Channel Panel Coordinator gathers additional information to ensure referral is not malicious or misinformed

Communicate decision to referrer and forward referral to existing safeguarding panels

For example:

• MAPPA
• MARAC
• Serious Case

Review Panel

• Risk of Serious

Harm Panel

• Locality Services

Panel Meetings

• Looked After

Children Services

• Gangs Unit Triage

Refer back to

Channel Panel if necessary

Identification and referral of concern

Monitoring

Channel Panel monitors progress from intervention provider and safeguarding professionals

Preliminary assessment

Police Channel Coordinator (via L.A. Prevent Coordinator) consult colleagues to decide if referral meets Channel threshold

Checking Process

Police check to ensure referral is not subject to live investigation . NOT APPROPRI ATE FOR CHANNEL CHANNEL INTERVENTI ON NOT REQUIRED

Channel Intervention

Channel intervention commissioned from approved Channel Intervention provider

“Safeguarding vulnerable people from radicalisation is no different from safeguarding them from other forms of harm”

Home Office, The Prevent Strategy

3) Prevent & Schools

Existing work schools deliver that build resilience to extremism:

• Safeguarding systems;
• Promote community cohesion,

equalities & well being;

• Anti-bullying policies
• Improving attainment;
• Promote wider skills

development;

• Encourage active citizenship &

pupil voice;

• Link with families & community

groups.

Schools are important because they can play a vital role in preparing young people to challenge extremism and the ideology of terrorism and effectively rebut those who are apologists for it….. Awareness of Prevent and the risks it is intended to address are both

• vital. Staff can help to identify, and to

refer to the relevant agencies, children whose behaviour suggests that they are being drawn into terrorism or extremism.

HM Government Prevent Strategy - June 2011

Tri-borough offer to schools

The Schools and Colleges Prevent Engagement Officer is a resource for educational institutions in a way that best suits their needs aspiring to;

• Design a curriculum with learning opportunities to

challenge extremist narratives and promote the exchange of ideas, critical analysis and tolerance.

• Develop staff who are confident in their ability to

understand, recognise and refer vulnerabilities that can lead to radicalisation.

For School’s related questions, contact: Rebecca Skellett, Prevent Schools and Colleges Engagement Officer Rebecca.skellett@lbhf.gov.uk For more information and Channel referrals, please contact: LBHF and RBKC: Pinakin Patel, Head of Improvement, Integration & Prevent Pinakin.Patel@lbhf.gov.uk WCC: Mark Chalmers Prevent Lead mchalmers@westminster.gov.uk

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