Keeping Children Safe in Education and Government guidance requires Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) to complete refresher training every two years.
This course will revisit the roles and responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), new safeguarding guidance, initiatives, reflections and challenges of the role. It will provide participants with the opportunity to share safeguarding experiences with their DSL colleagues.
The course will also provide updates on safeguarding legislation and guidance - the current Keeping Children Safe in Education, and Working Together to Safeguard Children, that affect Safeguarding and Child Protection.
Pupils will:
- be safer and have safeguarding needs met in an appropriate and timely manner
Practitioners will:
- understand the child protection responsibilities of the designated safeguarding lead person
Settings will:
- be safer organisations and compliant with government/statutory guidance
This course is designed for those acting as the designated safeguarding lead person for child protection, or their deputies, or those who have previously attended the full day Designated Safeguarding Lead Person initial training
for Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Persons.
This course covers key safeguarding risks and provides
best practice approaches to protecting children and
young people, upholding high professional standards in
providing a robust and rigorous safeguarding culture. It
includes updates on most recent legislation changes and
incorporates local safeguarding and child protection
themes from Greenwich Safeguarding Children’s
Partnership.
- Course Aims: This course equips participants with
- knowledge & skills to
- explore ways of working with complex family situations
- have increased awareness of specialist safeguarding issues such as domestic abuse and violence, FGM, substance misuse, county lines, PREVENT, abuselinked to faith & belief
- consider Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews in depth
- recognise need for professional curiosity, proactive partnership working, information sharing and ways of developing confidence in staff to be alert to the risks surrounding children
- know what makes a good quality referral toChildren’s Services Social Care
Leaders & Managers
Childminders
Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Persons
Nominated Individuals
Key Members of the Governing Bodies
significant impact in Royal Greenwich
expansion of 30 hours early years places for
children of working families from age 9 months to 4
years old
expansion of wraparound places for primary school
children
school based nurseries
Holiday Food & Fun (HAF) & Short Breaks
programmes
identification of children with SEND
changes in birth rates in London
hear from independently commissioned company,
Place Group about how they will carry out
anonymous research through surveys and interviews
with schools, childminders & providers
how you can help by engaging parents & children
so we understand their needs now and in the future
- Accurate and timely funding submissions for headcount
- Book training places for your setting
- Carry out Audits to comply with statutory requirements
- Carry out Eligibility checks