Course outline:

This webinar explores essential principles for developing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures within organisations. It will highlight how to align your safeguarding approach with current legislation and best practice guidance. The session will also cover how to carry out and document a safeguarding risk assessment tailored to the specific needs of your setting.

• Evaluating safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Assessing safeguarding risk and producing relevant risk assessments.
• Relating documentation to relevant legislation and guidance.

• Increase understanding of relevant safeguarding audit procedures.
• Develop knowledge of risk assessment procedures.
• Understand how to record, report and evaluate key findings

Audience: 

Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar

Cost:

• SACPA Member Rate: £90
• SACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45
• Non-member Rate: £180*

BOOK NOW

*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events, please click here.

Speaker:

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.