Safeguarding Children in Education
Course Description
This course considers the issue of Safeguarding specifically tailored to the role and responsibilties of staff in edcuation.This session provides practitioners with essential knowledge and understanding of their role in safeguarding children and their child protection responsibilities. It considers safeguarding responsibilities and covers the pressures that families may face.
It provides relevant and up to date information regarding key issues and links to both national and regional LSCB guidance. The session also provides a guide to safe practice evaluating and reflecting on current practice in settings and preparing for inspection. The session is in line with the guidance for safeguarding training as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010.
This course can be delivered over 1 x 6hr full day session, 2 x 3hr half day/evening sessions or 3 x 2hr sessions.
Aims and Objectives
Lessons from high profile cases in education such as Lauren Wright and subsequent legislation
Why education staff need to be part of the safeguarding/ child protection process?
What is our role and our responsibilities in safeguarding children?
Brief refresher on key signs and symptoms of abuse
To refresh on Local thresholds of need and to update on LSCB safeguarding procedures we will
look at the relevant areas we need to know; how to access them on the website and use them practically in our role, including appropriate intervention at different levels of need/risk and up to date referral procedures and contacts
To refresh on our role in information sharing/record keeping and early intervention ( brief overview of CAF if necessary)
Safer working practice - linking to the Guidance for Safer Working Practice ( including use of social media e.g. face book) and staff
responsibilities and consider the case of Nigel Leat and lessons to learn.
Handling allegations against staff and the role of the LADO
Whistle blowing and what stops people?
Links
Links to EYFS
- 1. A unique child
- 2. Positive relationships
- 3. Enabling evironments
- 4. Learning and development
Links to ECM
- 1. Be healthy
- 2. Stay safe
- 3. Enjoy and achieve
- 4. Making a positive contribution
- 5. Achieve economic well being
Links to CommonCore
- 1. Effective communication and engagement with children and families
- 2. Child and young person development
- 3. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
- 4. Supporting transitions
- 5. Multi-agency working
- 6. Sharing information
Links to KEEP
- 1. Understanding of the individual and diverse ways that children learn and develop
- 2. Knowledge and understanding in order to support and extend childrens learning in and across all areas and aspects of learning
- 3. Practice in meeting all childrens needs, learning styles and interests
- 4. Work with parents, carers and the wider community
- 5. Work with other professionals within and beyond the setting
- 6. Relationship with both children and adults