Course Overview
The course covers the requirements of the statutory DFE guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ and examines Local Children Safeguarding Partnership procedures and other key statutory guidance, including ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’.
Please note, this course is only available to schools that purchase a Safeguarding Service Level Agreement. If you wish to purchase the Safeguarding SLA, please get in touch with [email protected].
Why Attend?
These annual opportunities will help you to ensure you meet statutory training requirements and stay abreast of changes locally and nationally.
Within Annex C of KSCIE, the DFE states: ·
“The designated safeguarding lead (and any deputies) should undergo training to provide them with the knowledge and skills required to carry out the role.”
This training should be updated at least every two years.
The designated safeguarding lead (and any deputies) should also undertake Prevent awareness training.
Training should provide designated safeguarding leads with a good understanding of their own role, how to identify, understand, and respond to specific needs that can increase the vulnerability of children, as well as specific harms that can put children at risk, and the processes, procedures, and responsibilities of other agencies, particularly local authority children’s social care.
In addition to the formal training set out above, their knowledge and skills should be refreshed (this might be via e-bulletins, meeting other designated safeguarding leads, or simply taking time to read and digest safeguarding developments) at regular intervals, as required, and at least annually, to allow them to understand and keep up with any developments relevant to their role."
What will it cover?
- Updates to key statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’
- Key statutory guidance, including ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’
- Local Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures, including escalation procedures
- Principles of working in partnership with other agencies
- Understanding and applying Local Safeguarding Children Partnership ‘threshold document / levels of need guidance’
- Taking appropriate action when children need protection or a statutory ‘child in need’ assessment or an early help assessment
- How to make a robust referral to children’s services
- How to contribute effectively to child protection, child in need or early help assessments and review meetings
- Key learning from serious case reviews
- Learning in respect of key safeguarding issue
- An overview of ketamine use and risk to young people, delivered by colleagues from River
Any supplementary info
Schools from outside of Liverpool should bring a copy of their Local Safeguarding Children Partnership ‘threshold document’, sometimes referred to as ‘levels of needs guidance’.
This course is only available to schools that purchase a safeguarding SLA. Settings are entitled to two free places included within the SLA. Additional places are charged at the standard rate.
Who should attend?
Any senior member of staff who is the nominated Designated Safeguarding Lead, and any member of staff who is nominated to deputise or provide cover for the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead and is part of the safeguarding team.
Course frequency
Repeated multiple times in the first half of the autumn term
Cost:
This course is only available to schools that purchase a safeguarding SLA.
Settings are entitled to two free places annually, included within the SLA.
Additional places are charged at £105.
All costs are subject to VAT
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