Course outline:

Lessons from Serious Case Reviews and Rapid Reviews have influenced the legislative framework, statutory guidance and practice for safeguarding and child protection for decades. Regular bi-annual reviews and thematic research papers have enhanced our understanding of the importance of multi-agency working, the impact of adverse childhood experiences and the co-existence of factors which are an important part of the picture in helping us develop our practice.

As we emerged from the peak of the pandemic, sadly there have been a cluster of child deaths reported in the media and we await serious case review. This seminar revisits serious case reviews past and present and presents an analysis of published overview data from serious case reviews that took place in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Key themes are extracted and utilised to enable safeguarding leaders, trustees and practitioners to explore how recent themes influence practice within their safeguarding contexts, and what the next steps should be in our ambition use this knowledge to keep children safe.

Training topics will include:

• Serious Case Reviews past and current
• Current themes from 2021/22 analysis
• Practice implications – group work
• Multi-agency working – group work
• The implementation of learning to inform safeguarding policy, processes, effective oversight, scrutiny and governance of safeguarding.

Learning outcomes:

• Delegates will refresh current knowledge of themes and learning from serious case reviews and consider themes and learning from the most recent serious case and rapid reviews
• Delegates will engage in reflective practice group work, considering key themes and implications for practice applied to their safeguarding context
• Delegates will engage in reflective practice group work, considering key themes and implications for effective multi-agency working applied to their safeguarding context
• Delegates will have an opportunity to consider how learning from recent reviews may impact their policy, procedures, practice as well as oversight, scrutiny and governance of safeguarding.

Seminar materials include a reflective log template for those who wish to keep a reflective log for their CPD or professional registration portfolio.

Audience:

• Safeguarding leaders
• Designated and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads
• Operational safeguarding roles and aspiring safeguarding leaders who wish to develop their safeguarding leadership knowledge and skills
• Chairs of Governors, Trustees, Safeguarding Governors and Trustees
• Organisational and School Headteachers.

Cost:

• Member Rate: £100
• Affiliate Member: £150
• Non-member Rate: £200*

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Trainer: Claire Dan, Director of Safeguarding, BSA Group and Director, Sacpa

Claire is Director of Safeguarding and Director, Sacpa and leads on the provision of safeguarding advice and support to members and the development and delivery of CPD and safeguarding consultancy services. Claire is a safeguarding specialist and leader with a background in education welfare, youth justice, and early help contexts which have involved a strong focus on diverse and collaborative partnerships, professional development and supervision of front-line safeguarding colleagues, and leading multi-disciplinary teams and projects.  Between 2006 and 2013 Claire was involved with Luton Safeguarding Children Board as a lead multi-agency trainer, developing and delivering single and multi-agency safeguarding training, and since 2013 has delivered pieces of bespoke consultancy work, and providing a range of safeguarding consultancy on a freelance basis.