Advanced Child Safeguarding Training

Multi-Agency Working (For heads, designated staff for safeguarding and other senior managerial staff)

It is a statutory requirement for every school, service or organisation to have a Designated Senior Person who manages safeguarding and a second member of staff to deputise for him or her. In primary schools this is often the Headteacher, a Deputy Head, SENCO or other senior member of staff. In secondary schools or other organisations there may be several senior staff, in addition to the Headteacher, who bear responsibility for managing safeguarding.

Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) establishes a requirement for Designated Senior Staff and Headteachers to undertake "Advanced Training" every two years. This is reflected also in the OFSTED and ISI Regulatory Requirements for Inspection. Whilst Working Together does not refer to levels, some Local Authorities and individual inspectors have demanded Level 2 (Managing Safeguarding) and Level 3 training in Multi-Agency Working, which has forced some headteachers and other senior staff to undertake two courses every two years.

In response we have developed this full day course, incorporating both "levels," in order to meet all statutory requirements. We explore the role of the DSP, the manager's responsibilities when managing situations and the roles and responsibilities of other agencies engaged in the process of safeguarding children.

The course is over one full day (9.00am-4.30pm) and is available for delivery in your school for a number of staff, or centrally for individuals at a venue in London & the South East, The Midlands or The South West.

It is recommended that at least two staff within your school or organisation have undertaken this training to ensure someone is always available to meet this managerial responsibility.

The objectives of the course:

• To explore responsibilities and duties of the designated person within your school or organisation
• To identify barriers to intervention: values and beliefs, myths and realities
• To identify roles of personnel within other agencies
• To explore inter-agency working
• To extend skills of working with children
• To enhance the quality of referrals and the school’s/service’s role in safeguarding children
• To consider the role of the Common Assessment Framework in ensuring early intervention