Safeguarding Training

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. Delegates who wish to develop the skills and knowledge required to keep children and young people safe. This course is for delegates who wish to gain an understanding of the principles of safeguarding or have a duty of care to children and young people.​​

   • Teachers and teaching support staff
   • Health workers
   • Nursery support workers
   • Professionals and volunteers in commercial and community-based organisations

About this Course

1. Working in a class room group setting, you will learn how to act appropriately and confidently to safeguard children in your care. The expectation is that participants would have previously completed an introductory online safeguarding and child protection training course.

Course Outcomes

1. Taught by experienced professionals from a social service, education or policing background you will learn to:​

   • Identify the relevant legislation within your geographical context  and guidance that safeguards children and young people;
   • Identify what is meant by safeguarding and child abuse;
   • Name the categories of child abuse and neglect;
   • Identify the barriers to children and adults reporting concerns.
   • If applicable, understand how safeguarding is implemented in an international context;
   • Recognise possible child abuse;
   • Recognise the signs and indicators of possible abuse;
   • Record what you’ve seen or heard;
   • Respond appropriately;
   • Report your concerns about a child

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. Delegates who have not previously completed an educational emergency planning and critical incident management course may wish to undertake this training. Equally, this course will support those who have previously undertaken lockdown training and who wish to update their knowledge, skills and continued professional development.

   • Teaching Staff;
   • Deputy Head Teachers;
   • Heads of Year;
   • School Governors;
   • Facilities Managers.

About this Course

1. Taught by experienced professionals from both a social services, education and policing background, this course will provide delegates with a:​

   • Clear understanding of the Designated Safeguarding Lead role and its main responsibilities;
   • An opportunity to relate subject material to operational context;
   • An opportunity to discuss and identify best practice in the safeguarding arena;
   • An opportunity to better enhance understanding, knowledge and obligations for the specific complexities.
   • Develop professional reliance.
   • Develop a preventative safeguarding Strategy. 

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will learn to:

   • Identify, describe and examine the role and main responsibilities of a Designated Safeguarding Lead;
   • Examine their own assessment of child abuse, child sexual exploitation and the impact of these on professional practice;
   • Understand and identify key legislation and guidance contextual to geographical location;
   • Identify what policy means in practice;
   • Identify actions required in a setting to safeguard children and young people;
   • Identify the barriers that prevent children and young people from disclosing abuse;
   • Understand how to respond effectively to a child or young person who does disclose abuse;
   • Much More!

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for those who are responsible for ensuring the most appropriate people are recruited and vetted to work with children and young people. This course will most likely benefit:​

   • Human Resources Staff;
   • Teachers;
   • Head Teachers, Deputy Heads and Principles;
   • School Governors.

About this Course

1. Taught by experienced professionals from a social services, education and policing background, this course will provide delegates with a:​

   • Clear understanding of the role and responsibilities of a safer recruitment panel;
   • Understanding of how policy is contextual to operational practice;
   • Identify best practice in the safeguarding safer recruitment arena;
   • Enhance an understanding of knowledge and obligations required in safer recruitment.

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will learn how to:​

   • Ensure staff, volunteers and governors are appropriately vetted and are suitable for the role when working with children and young people;
   • Understand the importance of a safer recruitment job advertisement;
   • Create a safer recruitment application pack;
   • Understand the importance of maintaining an up to date job description;
   • Review and embed safer recruitment practice and process;
   • Understand how to properly conduct all pre and post-interview checks;
   • Ensure that all safer recruitment policies and policy statements are up-to-date and relevant;
   • Understand the important of safer recruitment risk assessments;
   • Learn how to respond to inappropriate behaviour and allegations of abuse.
   • Much More!

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for those who hold key safeguarding responsibilities within the organisation. This course will benefit:

   • School Designated Safeguarding Leads
   • Vice Principals
   • Deputy Head Teachers
   • Heads of Years
   • School Safeguarding Governors
   • Supervisory staff from nursery, primary and further educational organisations

About this Course

1. Our lockdown and crisis management training aims to ensure schools know how to critically manage a lockdown or crisis situation.
2. Our training aim is that policy is embedded into practice and roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and identifiable.

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

1. Identify the available means of internal communication, the age of students, the site layout and the geographical location and what this means in a crisis situation;
2. Identify what to plan in a lockdown situation on site;
3. Recognise the need for flexibility in those plans could save lives and minimise injury;
4. How to achieve effective full or partial lockdown;
5. Understand the communication and media strategy for the organisation.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. The course is designed to guarantee knowledge, awareness and understanding of the online world, to protect students, teachers, and schools and is highly recommended for the following individuals: 

   • Teaching Staff;
   • Designated Safeguarding Leads;
   • Deputy Head Teachers;
   • Heads of Year;
   • School Governors;
   • Supervisory Staff;
   • Whole Settings.

About this Course

1. The aim of the course is to equip with you with the skills required to identify key trending e-safety risks to children and young people. The course aim is support you to mitigate online dangers and understanding how and when to report a concern.
2. The course content will cover:
   • What is legally expected of schools and teachers; 
   • Wellbeing in the digital world; 
   • Online dangers from technological advancement; 
   • Options open to society to keep children safe online; 
   • Online harm: bullying to grooming to online challenges; 
   • Screen time, bullying, grooming,  gaming, inappropriate access; 
   • Protecting students and teachers, understand your privacy. 

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

   • Understand Teachers Legal & Moral Responsibility;
   • Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020 and Teaching Online Safety 2020;
   • Discuss the Intentional and Unintentional Victim of Online Exploitation;
   • Identifying and implementing Best Practice to keep pupils safe;
   • Understand Current Device, Apps, Site & Gaming Usage;
   • Understand how Danger can lead to Harm, because of Inappropriate Choices;
   • Recognise what is expected by Online Etiquette for Teachers & Keeping Yourself Safe Online;
   • Understand the concept of The Three C's (Content Conduct Contact);
   • Recognise how poor choices, poor judgement and inappropriate behaviour can Impact a Students future.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. The course is recommended for the following individuals: 

   • Teaching Staff;
   • Designated Safeguarding Leads;
   • Deputy Head Teachers;
   • Heads of Year;
   • School Governors;
   • Whole Settings.

About this Course

1. Develop an understanding of how lockdown can impact children's mental health.
2. Explore the risks for children with a focus on children with special educational needs.
3. Discuss and share best practice.

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

1. Identify risks of prolonged school closures.
2. Recognise the warning signs of low mood and possible mental health concerns.
3. Identify steps to support children during school closures.
4. Develop strategies for the most vulnerable such as children with special educational needs.
5. Identify barriers and possible ways to overcome barriers of supporting children throughout school closures.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for those who hold key safeguarding responsibilities within the organisation. This course will benefit:

   • School Safeguarding Governors & Trustees/Chair of Trust Board

About this Course

1. The aim of this course is to ensure those who hold governance responsibility fully understand their role in the application of safeguarding accountability within a setting. 
2. Delegates will learn how to act appropriately and confidently to safeguard children in your care.
3. The expectation is that participants would have previously completed an introductory online safeguarding and child protection training course.

Course Outcomes

1. Taught by experienced professionals from a social service, governance, education or policing background you will learn to: 

   • Examine the role of the Governing Body or Trustee Board to keep children and young people safe;
   • Identify the relevant legislation and guidance within your geographical location that safeguards children and young people;
   • Identify who within the Governing Body or Trustee board holds a safeguarding responsibility;
   • Identify what is meant by safeguarding and child abuse;
   • Identify the barriers to children and adults reporting concerns.
   • Recognise possible child abuse;
   • Recognise the signs and indicators of possible abuse;
   • Report your concerns about a child etc.
2. Understand the safeguarding governance and accountability.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. The course is designed to help you as a:

   • School leader;
   • Designated safeguarding lead; 
   • HR; 
   • Single Central Record owner;
   • Governor.

About this Course

1. At the end of this session everybody will have a clear understanding of:

   • What a Single Central Record is and why we have one;
   • Why it is important to create a safer working culture within a school;
   • The minimum requirements for each entry on the Single Central Record;
   • How to monitor the Single Central Record to ensure it remains compliant for an inspection;
   • Best practice relating to maintaining the Single Central Record.

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to:

   • Safer Recruitment refresh;
   • Understand the ‘DBS’ or international police check;
   • Identify international complexities and requirements;
   • Identify what checks are required for the SCR and how we undertake them;
   • Identify where contractors, Agency Staff and Volunteers should be recorded;
   • Identify legislation and national guidance supporting the Single Central Record;
   • Identify how to monitor the Single Central Record;
   • Case test to lead practice;
   • Identify what an inspector will look for in the Single Central Record;

   Self-assess and collaborate for clear action planning.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for anybody working within a charity or the charitable sector. Those who may benefit from this course are: 

   • Trustees;
   • Charity staff;
   • Charity volunteers.
2. Many charities will undertake this training in-house to ensure all staff fully understand safeguarding in context to their role and responsibility.

About this Course

1. This course aims to ensure charities understand the importance of safeguarding risk management and identifies safeguarding risk mitigation strategies.
2. The course has been developed around current Government guidance and legislation. 

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

• have appropriate policies and procedures in place, which are followed by all trustees, volunteers and beneficiaries
• check that people are suitable to act in their roles
• know how to spot and handle concerns in a full and open manner
• have a clear system of referring or reporting to relevant organisations as soon as concerns are suspected or identified
• set out risks and how they will be managed in a risk register which is regularly reviewed
• follow statutory guidance, good practice guidance and legislation relevant to their charity: this guidance links to the main sources of information
• is quick to respond to concerns and carry out appropriate investigations
• does not ignore harm or downplay failures
• makes sure protecting people from harm is central to its culture
• has enough resources, including trained staff/volunteers/trustees for safeguarding and protecting people
• conducts periodic reviews of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. Teaching Staff;
2. Deputy Head Teachers;
3. Heads of Year;
4. School Governors;
5. Designated Safeguarding Leads;
6. Pastoral Care Teams.

About this Course

1. To enable staff working with children and young people to understand what Prevent is and the risks extremism and radicalisation pose.
2. The aim of the course is to enable staff to identify at an early stage which children and young people may be vulnerable.

Course Outcomes

1. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

   • Understand the Prevent duty;
   • Identify children and young people who may be vulnerable or at greater risk;
   • Understand how the use of the internet and social media;
   • Understand how to comply with the Prevent duty;
   • Identify support agencies available;
   • Understand how and who to report a concern;
   • Understand how to deal with a disclosure;
   • Identify what is expected of leadership in mitigating the risk to the child or young person.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course is designed for:

   • Facilities teams
   • Facilities management

About this Course

1. The course will equip those who hold facilities management responsibilities to identify and mitigate risks posed to the child or young person.
2. The course will address key issues such as access control management, policy and procedure application, risk assessment and the importance of strict maintenance and policy matrix management.

Course Outcomes

1. Taught by experienced professionals from a social service, education, health and safety or policing background delegates will be able to:

   • Evidence that there are appropriate policies in place which take into consideration the Safeguarding provision within the premises policies. 
   • Evidence that a premises risk assessment is conducted rigorously by appropriate personnel on a regular basis and that appropriate remedial actions are both taken and recorded in order to meet and maintain Safeguarding compliance within the organisation's premises.
   • Evidence that any third party using the organisations premises, be that in a commercial or voluntary capacity, has suitable insurance and risk assessments in place and fully understands and adheres to the organisations safeguarding culture.
   • Evidence that there is clarity over access and use of equipment including designated areas.

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for anybody working within a charity or the charitable sector. Those who may benefit from this course are: 

   • Trustees;
   • Charity staff;
   • Charity volunteers.
2. Many charities will undertake this training in-house to ensure all staff fully understand safeguarding in context to their role and responsibility.

About this Course

1. This course aims to ensure charities understand the importance of safeguarding risk management and identifies safeguarding risk mitigation strategies.
2. The course has been developed around current Government guidance and legislation. 

Course Outcomes

1. Intended Outcomes Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

• have appropriate policies and procedures in place, which are followed by all trustees, volunteers and beneficiaries
• check that people are suitable to act in their roles
• know how to spot and handle concerns in a full and open manner
• have a clear system of referring or reporting to relevant organisations as soon as concerns are suspected or identified
• set out risks and how they will be managed in a risk register which is regularly reviewed
• follow statutory guidance, good practice guidance and legislation relevant to their charity: this guidance links to the main sources of information
• is quick to respond to concerns and carry out appropriate investigations
• does not ignore harm or downplay failures
• has a balanced trustee board and does not let one trustee dominate its work – trustees should work together
• makes sure protecting people from harm is central to its culture
• has enough resources, including trained staff/volunteers/trustees for safeguarding and protecting people
• conducts periodic reviews of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice

Course Format

Course Duration

1. Face-to-face online: 4 hours
2. In person: 1 Day

Course Price

Course Suitable For

1. This course has been designed for anybody working within a charity or the charitable sector. Those who may benefit from this course are: 

   • Trustees;
   • Charity staff;
   • Charity volunteers.
2. Many charities will undertake this training in-house to ensure all staff fully understand safeguarding in context to their role and responsibility.

About this Course

1. This course aims to ensure charities understand the importance of safeguarding risk management and identifies safeguarding risk mitigation strategies.
2. The course has been developed around current Government guidance and legislation. 

Course Outcomes

1. Intended Outcomes Delegates will have the opportunity to learn how to:

• have appropriate policies and procedures in place, which are followed by all trustees, volunteers and beneficiaries
• check that people are suitable to act in their roles
• know how to spot and handle concerns in a full and open manner
• have a clear system of referring or reporting to relevant organisations as soon as concerns are suspected or identified
• set out risks and how they will be managed in a risk register which is regularly reviewed
• follow statutory guidance, good practice guidance and legislation relevant to their charity: this guidance links to the main sources of information
• is quick to respond to concerns and carry out appropriate investigations
• does not ignore harm or downplay failures
• has a balanced trustee board and does not let one trustee dominate its work – trustees should work together
• makes sure protecting people from harm is central to its culture
• has enough resources, including trained staff/volunteers/trustees for safeguarding and protecting people
• conducts periodic reviews of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice