Course outline:

Responding to Allegations and Low-Level Concerns: Oversight, Culture & Compliance

Managing and responding to allegations and low-level concerns is a vital component of maintaining a safer organisational culture and meeting legal and compliance responsibilities. This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the essential practices and considerations for those in positions of safeguarding leadership and oversight.

Designed for Designated and Deputy Safeguarding Leads (DSL/DDSLs), senior leaders, trustees, governors, values guardians, nominated persons, and HR/safer recruitment professionals, this session explores the systems and behaviours that support transparent and effective safeguarding practice.

Training topics will include:

• Understanding and managing allegations and low-level concerns
• Embedding safer working cultures through effective policy and procedure
• Safer recruitment and the role of behavioural expectations in safeguarding
• Referral processes: when, how, and to whom
• The role of training, signposting, and whole-organisation safeguarding awareness
• Managing difficult conversations with professionalism and clarity
• The importance of transparency, consistency, and accountability in safeguarding response

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the importance of clear safeguarding policies, procedures, and guidance in managing concerns
• Understand how to build and reinforce a safer organisational culture across teams
• Review effective methods for organisational training, briefings, and signposting pathways
• Apply recommended approaches to handling low-level concerns and allegations, including methods of analysis and appropriate referral
• Feel more confident managing sensitive conversations while maintaining transparency and professionalism

Audience: 

This webinar is suitable for Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), Deputy DSLs, Senior Leaders, Trustees, Governors, Values Guardians, Nominated Persons for low-level concern management, and professionals involved in safer recruitment and HR across all sectors.

Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Cost:

• SACPA Member Rate: £90
• SACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45
• Non-member Rate: £180*

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