Safer Practice in Education Settings

For all management, teaching and support staff - delivered in your school or service base. Please contact us to discuss your exact requirements.

This course explores the Government's guidance document entitled "Safer Working Practice for Adults Working with Children & Young People in Education Settings" (2009).

There are approximately 3000 allegations made against Education staff each year, and a similar number against other members of the children's workforce and foster carers.

As a follow up to the Basic Awareness Training, this course provides an opportunity for all staff to consider appropriate professional behaviour and relationships, which will keep children safe from abuse and staff safe from unwarranted allegations.

The course has been very well received as, all too often, it is assumed that staff will use common sense to determine the boundaries of acceptable and appropriate behaviour and relationships. It is important for schools and other organisations to develop a Code of Conduct for use during induction and to ensure that all staff are aware of the school's or organisation's expectations. This course has proved to be a useful opportunity for all staff to work together in order to begin to create their shared professional Code of Conduct.

This programme is appropriate for the entire staff team of a school or other organisation involved in work with children and young people. Schools and organisations for whom we have delivered this training have reported that it has triggered more detailed discussion for weeks afterwards than any other staff development activity.

The content is covered during a half day in your school or service base. If you select the full day option there is an additional opportunity to develop some skills of classroom management by exploring situations of conflict and de-escalation. This will be of value to all staff – even experienced teachers – but also to many support staff who interact with the children and young people. These staff rarely have an opportunity to develop the necessary understanding of child and adolescent psychology or how to manage potential conflict.