Course outline:

Safeguarding in the online space continues to evolve along with technology and how individuals use technology for good or harm.

This year’s Sacpa digital safeguarding conference promises to bring you the latest developments in policy, research and practice from subject matter specialists in the field.  This year there is a particular focus on AI and deep fakes, working with parents, the mobile phone debate and evidence-based recovery programmes for children affected by technology assisted child sexual abuse.

Training topics will include:

• Keynote address
• Managing self-harm and suicidal ideation
• Partnership working: health and safeguarding in education
• Safe in school, safe to board
• Information sharing: the boundary between health confidentiality and safeguarding
• Evaluating how the Seacole standard impacts whole school safeguarding

Learning outcomes:

• From the Online Safety Act to the Safer Phones Bill
• The New Face of Digital Abuse
• Digital Culture: children’s mobile media use
• Working with Parents to promote Online Safety
• Recovering from the Impact of Technology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA)

Audience: 

All practitioners working with children, young people or vulnerable individuals, DSL/DSO, DDSL, Safeguarding Manager/Lead, Safeguarding Governors, Safeguarding Trustees.

Platform: Zoom (online) – conference

Cost:

• SACPA Member Rate: £235
• SACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £110
• SACPA Full Member Whole School Fee: £490
• Non-member Rate: £470*

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Programme:

09:30 – 10:15

From the Online Safety Act to the Safer Phones Bill

Our keynote speaker reviews the ongoing implementation of the online safety act and why the proposed safer phones bill will contribute to children’s wellbeing and safety.  Delegates will be up to date with policy direction and have an opportunity to plan for its impact on safeguarding practice.

Break  10:15 – 10:30

10:30 – 11:30
The New Face of Digital Abuse
Our speaker describes their work on children’s experiences of nude deep fakes.  What did children tell us and how can we best support them.  Delegates will explore the lived experience of children and have an opportunity to consider how they should respond and support children in a fast-evolving digital world.

Break 11:30 – 11:45

11:45 – 12:30
Digital Culture: children’s mobile media use

Lunch 12:30 – 13:30

13:30 – 14:30
Working with Parents to promote Online Safety
Our speaker explores the importance of connecting with parents to improve online safety.  Delegates will consider what works in parent education and how to keep levels of parental awareness high in such a fluid online context.
Speaker: Karl Hopwood, E-safety Expert

Break 14:30 – 14:45

14:45 – 15:30
Recovering from the Impact of Technology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA)
Our speaker describes their work with child victims of TACSA and how research, trauma informed approaches, and the work of lived experience groups have underpinned evidence-based first response protocols and intervention programmes.  Delegates will consider how agencies respond to the discovery of TACSA and how their setting may work with structured and evidence-based recovery resources to support affected children and their families.
Speaker: Lawrence Jordan, Deputy CEO, Marie Collins Foundation

Break 15:30 – 15:45

15:45– 16:30
Initiatives and Priorities: beyond the phone ban
Our speakers discuss the effectiveness of best practice initiatives and consider the priorities ahead.  Delegates will explore successful initiatives and be able to plan for the challenges beyond this year’s safer internet day
Chair: Claire Dan

16:30
Conference close

Speakers:

Claire Dan, Director of Safeguarding and Director, Sacpa

Claire is Director of Safeguarding and Director, Sacpa and leads on the provision of safeguarding advice and support to members and the development and delivery of CPD and safeguarding consultancy services. Claire is a safeguarding specialist and leader with a background in education welfare, youth justice, and early help contexts which have involved a strong focus on diverse and collaborative partnerships, professional development and supervision of front-line safeguarding colleagues, and leading multi-disciplinary teams and projects. Between 2006 and 2013 Claire was involved with Luton Safeguarding Children Board as a lead multi-agency safeguarding trainer, developing and delivering single and multi-agency safeguarding training, and since 2013 has delivered pieces of bespoke consultancy work, and providing a range of safeguarding consultancy on a freelance basis.

Karl Hopwood, E-safety Expert

Lawrence Jordan, Deputy CEO, Marie Collins Foundation