Safeguarding Training

Suitable for:

These programmes are suitable for all Pioneer staff, progressing in depth in line with leadership responsibilities.

They are also available to our wider Educational community, please contact office@pioneereducationaltrust.org.uk if you would like more information.

Intended Outcome / Impact : 
All Staff – Basic Awareness:  All staff 1-hour minimum annually
  • What is child abuse and neglect
  • What are the signs and indicators
  • What to do in response to a concern
  • Awareness of school and local area policy and procedures
  • Learning from serious case reviews and real life cases and scenarios from the life of the school or local area
  • Legislation underpinning safeguarding and child protection including KCSIE
  • Roles and responsibilities and both internal and LA referral processes

 

Induction: for new starters – EnhancedAs previous and additionally half day / 3 hours every two years

For members of staff in regular direct contact with children supporting the pastoral system in schools including middle leaders

  • Identify key concepts of safeguarding and child protection
  • Multiagency working
  • Practitioner responsibility
  • Working with children, families and outside agencies
  • Local authority procedures including Early Help
  • Issues surrounding reporting, recording and confidentiality and information sharing
  • SEND
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Bullying
  • GDPR
Advanced – 1 day/ 6 hours every two years

DSL/DDSL/SLT – for staff who potentially need to contribute to assessment, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of CYP and their families where there are safeguarding concerns

As previous and then including:

  • DSL/DDSL role and responsibilities
  • Defining safeguarding, personal values regarding abuse and the impact on professional practice
  • Vulnerable children
  • Influencing factors of abuse
  • Toxic trio
  • Equality considerations
  • Legislation and guidance that determines policy and procedures
  • Disclosures, recording, referrals
  • Multi agency working and collaborative practice
  • Barriers to sharing information for children, families and professionals
  • Sharing information
  • Emotional impact
Specialist

For those with specific and particular responsibilities within school/organisation for certain areas, this may be medical needs or SEND for example. Other areas of specialist training can be delivered according to the needs of the school/organisation or local area for example:

  • SEND and CP
  • Toxic Trio – DV, mental health and substance misuse
  • CSE
  • FGM
  • County Lines
  • Exploitation
  • Safer Recruitment
  • Prevent
  • Peer-on-peer abuse
  • Sexual violence and harassment
Course Type:

Can be tailored to individual need

Location:

Can be tailored to individual need

Duration:

Dependent on the programme design.

Our Investment:
  • Expert facilitator trained by the NSPCC
Your Investment:
  • Engaging in compulsory training relevant to role
  • Upholding the highest standards of safeguarding