This course enables Designated Safeguarding Leads to understand roles and responsibilities of keeping children safe in education.

The course takes an in-depth look at the impact of contextual safeguarding and how to formulate a response from Early Help through to Social Care.

Who should attend

New Designated Safeguarding Leads or those interested in becoming Designated Safeguarding Leads and Established Designated Safeguarding Leads.
This course will provide
- Describe your roles and responsibilities
- Describe legislation, policy and guidance
- Describe emerging concerns in education as outlined in Annex C of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024)
- Identify what prevents disclosure
- Describe how and when to respond to concerns, including local safeguarding procedures and information sharing. Particularly focussing on using the contextual framework, chronologies, genograms and professional curiosity to enable a comprehensive understanding of the safeguarding issue. This will aid with your referrals through the different thresholds
- Address the emotional impact of safeguarding work on your role, with a particular focus on supervision
- Describe key aspects of developing a safeguarding culture in education (allegations / safer recruitment / safer buildings)

Linked to legislation