Education Safeguarding Solutions
CPD Standards Office Provider Number: 22718
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Category: Education & Training Centres, Governance & Compliance, Professional Speakers, Safeguarding
Description:
Specialising in safeguarding training for education and alternate provision providers. Our CPD-accredited courses help education leaders, designated safeguarding leads, staff and governors understand their responsibilities in safeguarding children and young people.
Leading the way in safeguarding solutions for schools and education providers, Education Safeguarding Solutions is a trusted partner for schools and education providers looking to enhance their safeguarding practices. We understand the importance of creating safe and secure environments for children and young people, and we are passionate about helping schools achieve this goal. With our innovative solutions and comprehensive training courses, we empower educational providers to prioritise the very best safeguarding arrangements for children and young people in their care.
Debbie Smith is the founder of Education Safeguarding Solutions. She has over 25 years of experience in safeguarding and has managed services at a senior level within the local authority, private and voluntary sectors working within education for many years.
Debbie has extensive experience working with leaders focusing on the improvement of safeguarding arrangements. This has included numerous in-depth safeguarding reviews, policy development, the delivery of bespoke training, consultation and safeguarding supervision. Debbie has also supported a number of schools through a critical incident response in times of crisis and is an accredited TAP trainer.
Debbie has been a member of the Local Safeguarding Board and sat on a number of high-level panels including the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panels as well as providing representation at Rapid Review Meetings following the serious injury of a child. Debbie sensitively utilises the learning from these cases in her training.
This vast experience at both a strategic and operational level enables Debbie to truly understand the safeguarding demands on providers and respond with empathy, insight and expertise.
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Who Should Attend:
Our Safeguarding Training for Education staff is aimed at all staff within an education or alternate provision and will provide them with the knowledge and understanding to effectively safeguard children within the setting and will ensure they record and report effectively. The advanced safeguarding training is aimed at those staff with key pastoral responsibilities within the setting such as Tutor, Head of Year, SENCO etc. This course further expands and builds on the knowledge from the universal course. There is a particular focus on roles and responsibilities, referrals, children’s services thresholds and processes. The Designated Safeguarding Lead training is designed for members of the school’s safeguarding team and is designed to support leads to understand the very latest legislation, guidance and child protection processes. It explores how to create a culture of safeguarding within the setting and effectively raise awareness within the organisation. The safeguarding training for Governors is designed to give school governors the skills and confidence to support the governing body to ensure a whole school approach to safeguarding and creating a safer culture. This course increases awareness of safeguarding, explores the S175/157 responsibilities and the role of the governing body, considers the sharing of information from the school leadership team and reflects on relevant inspection criteria. The Low-Level Concerns training gives participants the information they need to understand and respond appropriately to low-level concerns and comply with relevant statutory guidance. It is suitable for head teachers, members of the school safeguarding team and safeguarding governors. The course will cover what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, what is a low-level concern and the recording and reporting of these. Participants will learn how to ensure low-level concerns are embedded within the wider safeguarding culture of the school, ensuring an ethos of openness and trust. They will explore the importance of adults working within their schools consistently modelling the school values and how low-level concern reporting protects staff from potential false allegations or misunderstandings.