🏷️ £600-1200 (for all 6 sessions)
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Group Supervision for Safeguarding Professionals

SACPA’s group supervision sessions are designed to foster a stable, supportive, and reflective community of practice among safeguarding professionals. Each group includes 4–8 participants who meet regularly to share experiences, explore challenges, and develop their safeguarding knowledge and skills in a safe, structured environment.

Group supervision encourages professional growth, strengthens reflective practice, and promotes resilience by enabling participants to draw on collective insights and expertise.

Programme Structure:

• A series of six 1-hour group supervision sessions, held monthly
• Facilitated by an experienced safeguarding professional
• Focused on peer learning, reflection, and real-world case discussions

How SACPA group safeguarding supervision works:

• Participants commit to attending all six sessions to build trust and continuity
• A short initial planning meeting will be held to establish the group’s supervision contract
• Together, the group will agree on:
  • Preferred models of supervision
  • Working agreements and expectations
  • Boundaries for confidentiality and respectful dialogue

These sessions are particularly beneficial for Designated Safeguarding Leads, deputies, safeguarding managers, and those with regular safeguarding responsibilities across education, health, youth services, or care settings.

Supervision Dates

Session 1: September 19, 2025
Session 2: October 17, 2025
Session 3: November 17, 2025
Session 4: January 20, 2026
Session 5: February 23, 2026
Session 6: March 17, 2026

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Speaker:

Mariya Ali, Director of Safeguarding and Director, Sacpa

Mariya Ali is an internationally recognized expert in safeguarding and child protection with over two decades of multidisciplinary experience. Her career spans senior advisory, academic, legal, and leadership roles, underpinned by her strong commitment to child rights and welfare.

She has served as a Minister of Gender, Family, and Human Rights in the Maldives, where she led national reforms in child protection policy and legislation. Mariya has also contributed extensively at the international level, working with organizations such as UNICEF, UNDP, and ECPAT International, advising on child sexual abuse and exploitation, and developing child protection systems in South Asia and beyond.

As an academic and practitioner, Mariya holds qualifications in law and child psychology and has published widely on child rights, online child safety, and trauma-informed safeguarding. Her roles have included consultancy, research, and training, with a particular focus on systems-based safeguarding approaches, survivor-centered interventions, and legislative frameworks.

Mariya’s leadership is characterized by a balance of strategic vision, policy expertise, and grounded experience in frontline protection. She brings to SACPA not only a global perspective but also a deep understanding of local implementation challenges, making her a valuable asset to drive the organization’s mission forward.