Course outline:

This webinar highlights best practice recommendations when working with your Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) and focuses on some key areas to update and inform your practice.

Unable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.

Training topics will include:

• The role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
• The allegations harms threshold with case study
• Analysing low-level-concerns: when should I consult the LADO
• Working together to effectively and safely sequence HR decisions.

Learning outcomes:

• Enhance understanding of the LADO role and responsibilities
• Refresh understanding of allegations harms threshold using case study examples
• Consider how to analyse low-level-concerns and improve confidence on when to seek LADO consultation
• Improved focus on sequencing of HR functions to effectively work in partnership and maintain safety through formal allegations investigations and implementation of internal HR decisions.

Audience: Safeguarding leads, head teachers and service managers, HR professionals involved in the development of staff codes of conduct, management of allegations, analysis of low-level-concerns, notifications of non-recent abuse and internal HR processes as a result of breach of position of trust.

Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Cost:

• SACPA Member Rate: £65
• SACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £30
• Non-member Rate: £130*

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Speaker: Steve Hall

Steve brings over 40 years of experience as a qualified social worker and Service Manager in Social Care for various Local Authorities with a background of Front door services, assessment, Child Protection, care experienced children, Children with Disabilities, and Quality Assurance.

He is an experienced LADO and is the elected Chair of the National LADO Network. Steve is an experienced trainer, providing tailored safeguarding training to a variety of settings. He also provides consultancy, including investigations, safeguarding audits, for a wide range of sectors, including the police, Faith, Sports, Fostering, Education, Early Years and Youth Services