safeguarding for leaders
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The training comprises four three-hour sessions with a takeaway review.
For details on learning outcomes, the trainer or to book additional places visit dialogueltd.co.uk/analysis.
Before the course, please ensure that you are up to date with your local safeguarding policy and how this is implemented within your service(s).
After each session you will return to your home or service and review various aspects of the provision (linked to each session) . These will add to the action plan you will put in place by the end of the course in respect of safegaurding developments at your home.
Welcome to the course.
You will find all the resources you need here to complete the course.
We hope you find it useful.
The course is run on the Zoom platform. There are sometimes YouTube videos.
If you’re not familiar with Zoom you may find the following videos helpful before the course. It is reasonably intuitive, so you should not worry. We will also move you into small groups and ask you to vote on questions – these instructions will appear clearly on your screen.
Being involved – our courses are pretty relaxed, interactive and work best when there are lots of questions. Please feel free to chip in during a gap, use the ‘raise your hand’ button or put a question in chat at any time. Chat is one of the assets of using Zoom as it makes sure you can get your question in. Our trainers try to avoid reading the chat when they’re speaking, but do look at very regular intervals and should come back to your question. If they’ve missed it please chip in or ‘raise your hand’.
Video and sound – We like to see you! It’s good for the trainer to be able to gauge the reaction of the group and that everyone is engaged with the training. Do check your background prior to going live to make sure there’s nothing that might embarrass you. There is a function in Zoom to hide your background if you wish. Ultimately, if you really cannot face having the video on this is ok. Please mute your sound unless you want to speak so that background noise does not affect everyone else – the trainer may mute everyone if there is interference. Don’t forget to turn it on before speaking!
Doing other work/dealing with other issues/breaks – safeguarding is important training. If you miss key elements of the course you may miss an opportunity to intervene to keep a child safe so you should not be doing other work while the course is running. We recognise that people are working from home and this brings its own challenges. If you need to respond to something please do, but where possible try to limit this to the breaks. During breaks you should take an opportunity to be away from the computer screen where you can. Feel free to bring back coffee and cake!
If you need to leave the course please let the trainer know why using a private chat. The subject material can be difficult and it is important to look after yourself. We can point you to helpful sources of support during the breaks or after the course.
Problems accessing the course If you have difficulty accessing the Zoom platform on the day, please contact admin@dialogueltd.co.uk or contact us on 01803 493030. We will do our best to help you join, although we do not offer technical support.
The waiting room will be open 5 minutes prior to the start of the course. If you are coming in place of someone please Private Message the trainer at the start of the course. Otherwise, please ensure the name on your Zoom is the name you have registered with (see above if you need to change this).
To launch each of the sessions, please click the button in the left column. If you have problems joining check the advice on using Zoom and troubleshooting options above. If you require them, the Meeting ID and Password are:
Meeting ID: 854 3038 1258
Password: 193059
If you have difficulty logging on read our Zoom guidance, above.
To launch each of the sessions, please click the button in the left column
Participants will be asked to complete a task between sessions – please allow up to an hour to complete this work. Over the course, this will build into a strategic review of safeguarding in your service(s) with a resultant action plan. Hold this and the resources from this programme in your DSL folder as evidence of training and review/reflection.
Part 1 – Introduction, scene setting, review of safeguarding culture and strategy
Self harm assessment management and preventing recurrence
Out of Harms Way, CYL December 29th 2021 – 1-4
GIRFEC – starting a conversation introduction to wellbeing web
Additional information
Safeguarding children with disabilities in residential settings
Independent Review of Prevent’s report and government response
The residential schools investigation report
Child sexual exploitation by organised networks investigation report
Self harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence
- Published 7th September 2022 (NICE)
Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education
- Published 6th July 2022 (NICE)
Part 2 – Risk and assumptive risk
Part 3 – Root cause analysis, incident analysis, review
executive summary report independent inquiry into child sexual abuse october-2022
report independent inquiry into child sexual abuse october-2022
Part 4 –
Your feedback is important – if you could please take a few minutes to complete our online evaluation, we’d be grateful. The feedback form is designed as a self-evaluation: your time on the course is valuable and we should be able to recognise changes for young people as a result. Please think about the impact of the training, what worked well and what we can improve futher.
Your certificate will be sent to you soon after completion of the self-evaluation.
Enter the date of the course as the date of the first session. For the question on ‘venue’, please comment on the ease of access and use of technology.
