Webinar
SACPA/BSA – E-safety compliance: keeping up with developments
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: This session will look at the latest development impacting e-safety compliance and explore the balance of harms impacts and positive experiences in children’s online lives that compliance developments seek to address. The latest research will be shared along with some strategies for colleagues working with children and young people and children and young...
SACPA/BSA/HIEDA – Vaping
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: We know that the prevalence of children and young people involved in vaping is a growing concern and regulation of vaping products does not support harm reduction. Young people are growing up in a world where they are very likely to encounter and could experiment with vaping or other substances. They need to...
SACPA/BSA – Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Is your Single Central Register compliant? Schools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding...
Scrutinising Policies and Procedures: conducting an organisational risk assessment
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: This webinar will consider some of the key principles around developing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures in organisations, and how to relate these to relevant guidance and legislation. There will also be consideration of how to conduct and record a safeguarding risk assessment appropriate to the circumstances within the setting. Training topics...
Safeguarding Update for Trustees and Management Committees
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: This webinar summarises key updates and responsibilities of trustees and management committees in their safeguarding responsibilities. It draws on compliance requirements and advice from Charity Commission and Department for Education. Training topics will include: What are the safeguarding compliance requirements What are the latest developments Leading and communicating the importance of safeguarding What...
SACPA/BSA – Safeguarding update
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: The session will discuss current trends and developments in safeguarding. There will be a particular focus on the changes in the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance for England (September 2024) but the content will be relevant to all safeguarding practitioners. Current safeguarding issues and trends, including online environments will be...
Managing Allegations and Low-level Concerns
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Responding to and managing allegations and low-level concerns is an essential process and compliance responsibility. This webinar is suitable for Trustees, Governors and Leaders responsible for oversight and maintenance of safer organisations, designated and deputy designated safeguarding leads, values guardians and nominated persons responsible for co-ordinating response to low-level-concerns, colleagues responsible for safer recruitment...
Safeguarding Children and Young People with Gender Dysphoria within the School Setting
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: This seminar seeks to consider this topic through the lens of education, offering basic guidance for professionals within an educational setting. Learning outcomes: to help staff to understand and respond appropriately to CYP presenting with Gender Dysphoria and those who are Gender-Questioning in other ways; to clarify language around the topic as well as the legal...
SACPA/BSA – Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Is your Single Central Register compliant? Schools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding...
Introduction to Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Safeguarding practice with adults and children involves exceptional communication, no more so than working with conflict and harm. This webinar introduces some key elements of restorative approaches, restorative practice, mediation and restorative justice. A great introduction to get you thinking about how restorative approaches may support those difficult conversations with and between children,...
Safeguarding and Mental Health Risk Assessment
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Mental health continues to be a top safeguarding concern for practitioners, children, young people and their families alike. This webinar aims to look at key areas of managing mental health in house with a particular focus on mental health risk assessment and review. Training topics will include: Current challenges in managing mental health ...
Peer supervision: trusted models and best practice
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: This webinar provides a brief introduction to trusted models of supervision which are suitable to draw upon when providing in-house peer supervision for colleagues and volunteers working in roles with particular safeguarding and pastoral support responsibilities. This webinar enables delegates to engage in reflective practice in relation to the suitability of models, ethical...
Analysing child-on-child incidents
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Child-on-child abuse continues to be a concern and a zero-tolerance approach to investigation is a compliance requirement for many sectors. This webinar looks at the importance of analysis and investigation of child-on-child incidents. Delegates will explore what analysis and investigation should aim to achieve, advice on recording and preparing for complaint and legal...
Key findings: The experiences of DSLs supporting young people with suicidal ideation
OnlineCourse outline: In the summer term of 2023/24, SACPA launched its first research project. The study focused on the experiences of safeguarding professionals supporting young people who experience suicidal ideation. We are grateful to all SACPA and BSA members who took the time to participate. This webinar will go over the key findings from the research and provide...
Safeguarding in online contexts
Virtual - Zoom , United KingdomCourse outline: Online contexts are now a key feature of all safeguarding topics. This webinar explores the online contexts linked to three key safeguarding topics. What should we be looking out for, what responses should we be preparing, and how can we minimise harm whilst supporting children and young people to get the best out...