- Explain the Prevent duty in one sentence, without jargon
- Spot the changes that might suggest someone is being drawn into extremism
- Know the referral route and what happens after it
Prevent in one sentence
Prevent is safeguarding. It asks organisations to notice when someone is at risk of being drawn into terrorism or extremism, and to get them support early, before anything criminal happens.
It is not surveillance, and it is not about policing opinions. People are allowed to hold strong views. The concern is grooming, isolation and a drift toward harm.
British values in practice
The four values are democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
They are dull as a poster and useful as a habit:
- Democracy - a team decision people were genuinely asked about.
- Rule of law - the same rules applied to the popular and the awkward.
- Individual liberty - someone is free to disagree in the room.
- Mutual respect - a challenge to the idea, never the person.
If a visitor watched an ordinary hour of your work, would they see them?
A normally sociable colleague has stopped speaking to half the team, shares increasingly hostile content about a religious group, and talks about a new online circle who 'get it'. What is the right move?
What a referral actually is
Concerns go to your organisation's Prevent or safeguarding lead. If they judge it appropriate, they make a referral, and a multi-agency panel decides whether voluntary support is offered.
Three things people get wrong:
- It creates a criminal record. It does not.
- Support is compulsory. It is voluntary.
- You need proof. You do not. You need a genuine, reasonable concern.
5 questions. Pick an answer to see whether it is right and why.
1.The Prevent duty is best described as:
2.Which is NOT one of the four British values?
3.A Prevent referral results in:
4.Which combination is most concerning?
5.Your first step with a Prevent concern is normally to:
Where do British values already show up in your work, and where are they just a poster?
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