Designated Safeguarding Lead Course

This is an advanced course for those senior members of school staff who wish to undertake the role of DSL.  The role of DSL is crucial to the safeguarding and welfare of children.  This course aims to equip delegates with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake this demanding role.

Course content includes;

• The main roles and responsibilities of the designated safeguarding lead
• Consideration of personal values in relation to child abuse and their impact on professional practice
• Developing organisational practice in relation to child safety and welfare
• Examining barriers preventing children from reporting abuse or concerns
• Effective response to disclosures by children
• Barriers to reporting by staff methods of overcoming them
• Correct steps and decisions to take following concerns raised
• The likely process following a referral to social services or the police and the role of the school
• Confidentiality and information sharing
• The emotional impact of safeguarding and safeguarding issues on staff, the DSL and others
• Organisational policy and process development

The course will use case studies and examples of safeguarding work.

Delegates should be familiar with current relevant legislation and the Keeping Children Safe in Education document.  These will be referred to throughout the course.

Our training will be facilitated by one of our NLGs (National Leader of Governance) - Trevor Kendrick.  You can read more about Trevor here: https://www.5wellstsa.org.uk/index.php/school-to-school/national-leaders-of-governance/17-trevor-kendrick

Postponed until later in the year

Safeguarding: the Governors' role

The session is designed to provide governors with assigned safeguarding responsibilities with the knowledge and skills to undertake their role. 

The session will explain the legal context for safeguarding in schools and through discussion and activities will help delegates to develop their awareness of whole school safeguarding issues and the responsibilities of governing boards in relation to safeguarding. 

The workshop will provide a role description for safeguarding lead governors, and tools to enable them to undertake their compliance and monitoring roles. 

The session is interactive and uses real case scenarios to develop understanding. 

Our training will be facilitated by one of our NLGs (National Leader of Governance) - Trevor Kendrick.  You can read more about Trevor here: https://www.5wellstsa.org.uk/index.php/school-to-school/national-leaders-of-governance/17-trevor-kendrick

Designated Safeguarding Lead Refresher Course

A course designed for existing DSLs that will meet existing requirements for professional development in this area and to provide delegates with an opportunity to network with practitioners and to share best practice.

The course recognises the experience and knowledge of current DSLs and aims to build on that knowledge and to support DSLs in their role.

The course is interactive and a number of case studies will be provided to explore learning and to develop practice.

The course is of half a day’s duration. All materials are provided.

Our training will be facilitated by one of our NLGs (National Leader of Governance) - Trevor Kendrick.  You can read more about Trevor here: https://www.5wellstsa.org.uk/index.php/school-to-school/national-leaders-of-governance/17-trevor-kendrick

NQT Primary Cohort 1

An 8 part course aimed at newly qualified teachers (NQTs) in Primary School settings.  Setting the foundation skills for a successful career, impacting the lives of young people in their care.

Dates:

26th September

17th October

14th November

5th December

23rd January

27th February

13th March

24th April

To make a booking, please follow this link to the Teaching School Partnership website.

http://tsp.education/index.php/training/nqt

This session has been postponed awaiting an update of the Government's Prevent Strategy.  If you would like us to contact you when a new date has been scheduled, please complete the Waiting List request below.  

Prevent Awareness Initial Training Course

The UK government has recently placed a legal duty on schools to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

In order to fulfil this legal duty schools must understand what is expected of them. They must be aware of the practical steps that they can take to implement effective safeguarding systems and must develop a good understanding of the nature of these rapidly evolving issues.

We offer training that covers the key points of the Prevent Duty, Channel Duty and schools requirements under the Counter Terrorism & Security Act 2015.

Also included is a consultation on how to create a risk assessment that covers all the key elements of Prevent.

Training will incorporate:

• Prevent Duty training for up to 30 participants.
• Materials and resources, including certificates for attendance on half-day course if required.
• Signposting to websites and Home Office documentation that will assist with your staff’s development and learning.
• Phone support
• Strategy document for SMT
• Risk Assessment & Action Plan support/development

The training is delivered didactically with the use of PowerPoint and some video clips. The session usually runs for 3 hours, which includes a coffee break. We try and bring our training to life using real life case studies; some of the cases are local cases that we have worked on.

NQT Primary Cohort 2

An 8 part course aimed at newly qualified teachers (NQTs) in Primary School settings.  Setting the foundation skills for a successful career, impacting the lives of young people in their care.

Dates:

27th September

18th October

15th November

6th December

24th January

28th February

14th March

25th April

To make a booking, please follow this link to the Teaching School Partnership website.

http://tsp.education/index.php/training/nqt/nqt-primary-training-cohort-2

Online Safety Training - Staff Awareness Session

This is a 2 hour session for E-Safety Awareness for teaching staff, practitioners and staff involved with working with young people.

- The importance of being safe using social media

- Advice and guidance on ways to keep young people safe online

- Warning signs for online grooming

- Where to find effective resources

- Support within e-safety

- Case studies

- What laws and consequences fit in with E-Safety

- Consequences of the digital footprint

- Advice on how to deal with E-Safety concerns in your setting

Please note that this programme is held over TWO venues

New Head Teachers' Programme

An 8 part programme aimed at Head Teachers who have recently taken on their first Headship in Primary, Secondary and Special School settings.

Dates:

29th September

12th October

10th November

29th November 

12th December 

17th January 

9th February   

9th March

To make a booking, please follow this link to the Teaching School Partnership website.

http://tsp.education/index.php/training/htm

Most people struggle to note take, however, to be able to produce accurate meeting minutes, minute takers need to be skilled at note taking.

This course will give delegates tools and techniques to work assertively with the Chair person to enable a smoothly run meeting. The day contains plenty of note taking practise and practise in producing different styles of minutes.  How to lay out minutes in an easy to record format
will also be covered.

Who should attend:     Anyone who needs to note take and produce minutes of meetings.

By the end of the course you will be able to:
  State the responsibilities of the minute taker
  Identify the appropriate position to sit in a room to take minutes effectively
  Work with the Chair to help you take effective notes
  Be selective in recording information and note taking
  Identify how to interject for clarity
  Use a format to ensure key information is recorded on the minutes template
  Lay out information in a style suited to you
  Write the action points from the meeting notes
  Develop and extend their note taking style following practise sessions
  Produce action and summary based minutes based on their notes from the course