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
This in person classroom based training builds on Level
1: Introduction to Safeguarding and Level 2:
Intermediate Safeguarding.
It covers the role and responsibilities of the lead and
deputy designated person, context, process and
procedures, thresholds for intervention, how to
respond to concerns and how to create a robust
safeguarding culture. It provides updates on most
recent legislation changes and incorporates local
themes from Greenwich Safeguarding Children’s
Partnership
- recognise need for collaborative work with other agencies to identify, assess and meet needs ofchildren where there are safeguarding concerns
- have awareness of impact of parenting issues, such as domestic abuse, substance misuse on parentingcapacity
- recognise importance of family history and functioning in assessing risk
- be able to work with children and family members to address safeguarding issues as appropriate
- identify and address lack of co-operation /superficial compliance within the context of their role
- understand importance and develop detailed chronologies and good record keeping
- writing an effective referral
- Children’s Services escalation policy
Leaders & Managers
Childminders
Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Person
Nominated Individuals
Key Members of Governing Bodies
This course has been specially designed to develop both the competence and confidence of delegates to conduct Risk Assessments within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
It is highly interactive and stimulating with a mixture of key learning points, activities, video and group-based discussion to help ensure a valuable learning experience.
Employees will:
- understand your Health and Safety responsibilities within the Royal Borough of Greenwich
- understand the relationship between a hazard, risk and control measure
- understand the steps for a Risk Assessment.
- complete a Risk Assessment and apply risk control hierarchy in the control measures
- be familiar with internal procedures and the following documents:
- Responsibilities
- General Risk Assessment procedure
- General Risk Assessment guidance
- Risk Assessment document
- Example RBG Risk Assessments
Risk Assessment workshop:
- Review examples of risk
- Assessments
- Identify operational risks and complete a Risk Assessment
All employees who will undertake Risk Assessments.
Restorative practices are increasingly being recognised as effective tools for repairing relationships that have been damaged through conflict and harm. Effective training in restorative facilitation is crucial to ensuring restorative processes delivered in any setting are safe, positive experiences for all involved.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has developed a unique Level 5 training programme, credit rated by the University of Greenwich, and RJC approved at Intermediate/Advanced level. The course combines three crucial elements of theory, practice and implementation to ensure the development of effective RA facilitators.
The Level 5 programme consists of two 30 credit modules and Module 2 is focused on Practice and Reflection. This module will support practitioners to:
- Develop effective facilitation skills in restorative practice, which meet nationally recognised best practice standards
- Cultivate skills in reflective practice and understand the importance of being a reflective restorative practitioner.
Practitioners will:
- develop their skills and knowledge in restorative practice and work towards a Level 5 University qualification and RJC practitioner registration.
Settings will:
- benefit from having staff with specialist skills and knowledge who can evidence their practice meets nationally recognised best practice standards.
This Module 2 course is for learners who have already completed our RA Level 5 Module 1 course and evidenced their eligibility by completing the necessary application form.
18th May 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)
23rd June 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)
2nd July 2026 (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
14th July 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)
8th September 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)
23rd September 2026 (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
6th October 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)
20th October 2026 (9:30am - 11:00am)