🏷️ £135-270
🎧 DSL, DDSL, Senior leaders, pastoral support, behaviour leads, early help workers, support workers, family workers, safeguarding leads
📍 Online

Course outline:

This seminar is specifically designed for staff working in summer schools with international students. It will provide essential knowledge and practical tools to help you create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all learners.

Safeguarding must be a top priority, and every member of staff involved in summer school provision should understand not only the practical steps involved, but also how to adopt a child-centred approach. This session will explore the core principles of safeguarding within the context of short-term programmes and highlight the unique needs of international students, such as language, cultural adjustment, and emotional wellbeing.

Training topics will include:

• Understanding your safeguarding responsibilities and duty of care
• Implementing policies, procedures, and a robust safeguarding framework
• Addressing the specific needs of international students: cultural differences, homesickness, and communication barriers
• Recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns.

Learning outcomes:

• Develop a solid understanding of safeguarding principles in the context of summer schools
• Strengthen your ability to support international students with sensitivity and cultural awareness
• Gain confidence in identifying and responding to safeguarding issues
• Ensure compliance with UK safeguarding legislation and best practice.

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This event will be held jointly with:

Speakers:

Bethan Hudson, Executive Director, Consultancy and Director, BAISIS/HIEDA

Bethan is Director of BAISIS and HIEDA and leads on all consultancy and INSET services across BSA Group as Executive Director, Consultancy. Before joining BSA in 2017, Bethan was a pastoral lead and houseparent, in state and independent, co-educational and girls’ and UK and international schools. Bethan is a keen advocate for youth opportunity and social mobility worldwide and believes confident, well trained, and supported practitioners can be a positive force for young people and their development.

Dale Wilkins, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter and has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our international members. He also liaises with ISI, Ofsted and DfE on matters relating to compliance and inspection standards, and compiles the BSA Self-Assessment toolkit, which he first produced in 2002, since which time he has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding.

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board.