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SUMMARY:Understanding Sexual Harm Conference
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nThis conference brings together expert speakers with specialist knowledge and experience who work across the continuum of harmful sexual behaviour in children and adults who sexually harm others including children. \nIt aims to inform and support colleagues managing cases of harmful sexual behaviour\, allegations and low-level concerns which involve elements of sexual harm. \nThis conference will help broaden their knowledge and experience of this area of safeguarding work\, apply appropriate risk assessment strategies and plans\, identify sources of support\, and develop appropriate responses. \nSacpa will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day and encourage delegates to come prepared with questions for our panels. \nUnable to attend? A post conference recording will be available for purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nSetting the scene: exploring the contexts of sexual harm\nBeyond everyone’s invited: practice perspectives\nSexual harm and transitional safeguarding\nAdults who sexually harm: organisational impact\nWhat happens when things get legal\nWhat does robust risk assessment\, mitigation and management look like.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nexplore sexual harm in a range of contexts and be updated about trends across contexts and groups of individuals involved and affected\nhave up to date knowledge about a range of best practice implementation; post Everyone’s Invited\nincrease confidence of risk assessment and risk management strategies.\nDelegates are invited to consider the implementation of transitional safeguarding strategies as affected individuals move from one context to another and from childhood into the world of adult safeguarding\nDelegates increase their knowledge and understanding of what we know about adults who sexually harm and consider the impacts on organisations\, their response and management.\n\nAudience: All those involved in safeguarding and working with children and adults who sexually harm \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £215\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nNon-member Rate: £490*\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nProgramme:  \n09:30 – 10:15 \nSetting the scene: exploring the contexts of sexual harm\n \nOur growing knowledge and understanding of contextual approaches to safeguarding supports our understandings of this key area of safeguarding practice.\nIn this session\, our expert speaker sets the scene by focussing on the contexts of sexual harm\, and specific areas of developing concern. \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group \n\n10:15 – 10:30 \nBreak   \n10:30 – 11:30 \nBeyond everyone’s invited: practice perspectives \nWe are still feeling the ripples from Everyone’s Invited\, and rightly so.  In this session\, practitioners share their practice perspectives and responses to the challenge of sexual harm. \n\nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group \nLaura Nott\, Schools Project Manager\, The Lucy Faithful Foundation\nEmma Rothwell\, Assistant Head: Inclusion\, Equality & Diversity\, The Perse School\n\n11:30 – 11:45 \nBreak   \n11:45 – 12:30 \nSexual harm and transitional safeguarding  \nAs children transition from one school to another\, go abroad for their education and volunteering\, or progress into the workplace or university\, these transitions may be key turning points\, and key points of vulnerability.\nOur expert speaker explores what we know about transitional safeguarding\, specifically in the context of sexual harm. \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group \nNikki Holmes\, Safer Together\, Contextual Safeguarding and Exploitation\n\n12:30 – 13:30 \nLunch  \n13:30 – 14:30   \nAdults who sexually harm: organisational impact  \nSafer recruitment processes are designed to deter and detect unsuitable persons from being appointed to positions of trust.  It is recognised that ongoing vigilance is equally as important.  Our expert speakers share their perspectives on the impact of adults who sexually harm on their sector and organisations within their sector.  What lessons were learned\, and how has that influenced current practice. \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group \nColin Perkins \,Chichester Diocese (DW) policy developer National Safeguarding Team – CofE Diocese Safeguarding Advisor\, Diocese of Chichester\n\n14:30 – 14:45 \nBreak  \n14:45 – 15:30 \nWhat happens when things get legal \nEffective safeguarding systems\, incident analysis and management of sexually harmful behaviour is critical.  However\, whether dealing with cases of misconduct in persons in positions of trust\, or harmful sexual behaviour between children\, the risks of regulatory and legal measures resulting from unsatisfactory management are present. \nIn this session\, our expert speakers enlighten you with examples from case work and case law to support you in avoiding unnecessary risk and welfare impacts for children\, beneficiaries\, and employees.   \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group \nMaria Strauss\, Farrer & Co\n\n15:30 – 15:45 \nBreak \n15:45 – 16:30   \nWhat does robust risk assessment\, mitigation and management look like? \nIncreasingly\, organisations work more closely with other agencies in their analysis and response to sexual harm. Regulatory compliance features alongside the risk management and mitigation perspectives of partners and specialist services. \nIn this session\, our speakers discuss the frameworks and practice principles they use and look for to effectively manage and respond to risk and vulnerability in this area of safeguarding practice.   \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group \nCarol Carson\, Director of The AIM Project\n\n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and BSA Group \nDale 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. \nFor 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. \n\nLaura Nott\, Schools Project Manager\, Lucy Faithfull Foundation \nAfter qualifying and working as a probation officer in the West Midlands\, Laura was seconded to a local charity to develop a therapeutic group work programme for young men affected by domestic abuse\, helping them to understand healthy relationships. She then set up a training and consultancy business; training teachers\, social workers and police officers in protective behaviours\, safeguarding and family therapy. After managing several voluntary sector projects and organisations\, Laura now leads LFF’s multi-disciplinary Schools team\, working alongside researchers from the University of Surrey on a three-year action research project to support schools to respond to and prevent harmful sexual behaviour. \n\nNikki Holmes\, Safer Together\, Contextual Safeguarding and Exploitation \nNikki has served as a police officer\, been a service manager for a young person’ substance misuse service\, is an experienced Children’s Services Inspector for the CQC\, and more recently launched her own consultancy Safer Together www.safer-together.co.uk\, which is a proud member of the WeProtect Global Alliance. \nAn expert in safeguarding with expertise and extensive experience of working in the fields of Child Exploitation\, County Lines and Modern Slavery\, Nikki now provides independent consultancy and training to a range of organisations including the NHS and Local Authorities. \nNikki is also a guest lecturer\, a public speaker and an independent author of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews\, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews. \n\nColin Perkins \,Chichester Diocese (DW) policy developer National Safeguarding Team – CofE Diocese Safeguarding Advisor\, Diocese of Chichester \nColin Perkins is the Safeguarding Adviser for the Diocese of Chichester\, which is the Church of England in Sussex. He has managed the Church’s response to some of the largest criminal investigations in UK history into non-recent child sexual abuse in religious settings. He gave extensive evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)\, with his team’s work being referred to as ‘best practice’\, with particular reference to partnership working with statutory agencies and responding to survivors of abuse during criminal investigations. Prior to his work in the Church of England\, Colin worked in Probation with high-risk sexual and violent offenders\, and gang members. Colin has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Forensic Behavioural Psychology\, and a Masters Degree in Advanced Child Protection \n\nMaria Strauss\, Farrer & Co \nMaria Strauss is a Partner at the law firm Farrer & Co.  She has extensive experience in safeguarding and employment law.  She acts for a variety of not for profit and education organisations including independent schools\, charities\, faith-based organisations and sports clubs.  Maria has many years’ experience in handling sensitive and complex cases for clients. She is a specialist in investigations and a trained interviewer.   Maria advises on all aspects of employment and equality law and was the lead author of the AGBIS Resource for Governors on Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion. Most recently\, Maria has advised on a number of complex cases such as bullying cases (including anonymous witnesses)\, safeguarding investigations into serious allegations with related parental complaints; whistleblowing complaints\, ‘clash of rights’ cases\, and a range of other cases involving staff\, children and parents. Maria is a governor of an independent prep school in London. \n\nCarol Carson\, Director of The AIM Project \nCarol Carson is the Director of The AIM Project one of the leading UK and international organisations in children and adolescents with harmful sexual behaviours (HSB). She has over 30 years’ experience in safeguarding children and specialising in HSB. Carol has written several books and articles on the subject\, including the AIM Assessment model for Children under 12 years old; a children’s story for working with children aged 5 – 8 years old “Johnny and the Sparkles in his Pants”; and AIM Autism and HSB Practice Guide as part of her PhD. \n  \n\nEmma Rothwell\, Assistant Head: Inclusion\, Equality & Diversity\, The Perse School \nEmma is currently Assistant Head – Inclusion\, Equality & Diversity\, a Safeguarding Lead & Chaplain at the Perse School. Her work involves driving strategy for D&I to impact positive change in culture and innovating best practice in safeguarding and managing sexual misconduct. Emma trains staff and speak nationally on D&I and safeguarding. Emma’s previous experience includes Principal and Director of Studies in a large federation. In this role she developed inclusive educational programmes for national use\, oversaw significant institutional change and worked on compliance. Emma has over 25 years’ experience of using qualitative and quantitative methods to build inclusive communities across generations in very different contexts\, as a leader\, teacher-trainer and strategist. \nEmma developed fast track for teachers with the DFE and worked as a university lecturer in education at Cambridge University and ARU teaching inclusive pedagogy. Emma is an alumnus of the national Senior Faiths Leadership Program\, Cambridge University.  Her work in this area has involved many national grassroots initiatives to develop respect between people of faith and no faith.
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SUMMARY:Digital safeguarding conference
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nSafeguarding in the online space continues to evolve along with technology and how individuals use technology for good or harm. Keeping up with the latest developments in technology\, how they are being used (and abused) is a challenge for any safeguarding practitioner.  The safeguarding community must remain vigilant and ensure that policy\, practice and horizon scanning remain high on the agenda for safety. \nThis year’s Sacpa digital safeguarding conference promises to bring you the latest developments from experts in the field with a particular focus on safeguarding in the context of web3 technologies.  You will explore a range of perspectives on practice\, and access the latest resources from research to support your practice. \nUnable to attend? A post conference recording will be available for purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\n2024: what’s new in online safety\nWelcome to our virtual worlds: fun\, relaxation\, inclusive access\, therapy – but only some of the time\nChildren’s rights\, responsibilities and adult’s safeguarding and advocacy duties\nHow do web3 technologies impact my safeguarding practice\nFiltering and monitoring: do you have all the bases covered?\nVirtual reality risks against children (VIRRAC) project findings and toolkit.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nImproved knowledge and understanding of what is new in online safety enabling enhanced awareness within your organisation and informing up to date policy and practice\nDevelop a thorough understanding of the scope of virtual reality and its use in recreation\, business\, its therapeutic value and risks\nEnhanced and more informed decision making in relation to the balance of child rights and safeguarding prevention and protection strategies in online safety\nConsider a range of front-line safeguarding practice approaches in preparing for the widespread adoption of web3 technologies\nEnsure that filtering and monitoring is suitable\, sufficient and appropriate for wider safeguarding and welfare duties\nIntegrate the latest research intelligence on virtual reality risks to children into policy and practice.\n\nAudience: All practitioners working with children\, young people or vulnerable individuals\, DSL/DSO\, DDSL\, Safeguarding Manager/Lead\, Safeguarding Governors\, Safeguarding Trustees. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £215\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nNon-member Rate: £490*\n\nBOOK NOW \nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nProgramme:  \n09:30 – 10:15 \nFiltering and monitoring: do you have all the bases covered? \nSession brief: We know that education settings have been working for some time to implement filtering and monitoring as well as cyber security compliance. To what extent should this duty apply to other settings and what can we learn from successful implementations. Our speakers review a broad range of the requirements.  \n\nChair: \n\nClare Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\nDavid Wright\, CEO\, SWGfL\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  10:15 – 10:30 \n10:30 – 11:30 \nWelcome to our virtual worlds: fun\, relaxation\, inclusive access\, therapy – but only some of the time \nSession brief: This session explores the benefits of virtual worlds and how they are being employed in providing fun and aiding therapy for children and young people who have mental health challenges \n\nChair: \n\nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nNina Jane Patel\, Co-founder and President of Research\, Kabuni\n\n\n\nBreak 11:30 – 11:45 \n11:45 – 12:30 \nChildren’s rights\, responsibilities and adult’s safeguarding and advocacy duties \nSession brief: This session explores the importance of children’s participation and the voice of the child in tackling online harms. How do adults with welfare duties strike the right balance between promoting children’s rights in online spaces\, advocating for children’s rights and ensuring their safety.  \n\nChair: \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nWill Gardner OBE\, CEO\, Childnet International\n\n\n\nLunch 12:30 – 13:15 \n13:15 – 14:15  \nHow do web3 and AI impact my safeguarding practice \nSession brief: What are web3 and AI technologies and how does our safeguarding practice flex and evolve to meet the need.  Our panel will centre their discussion around a case study example\, and debate the safeguarding responses and training needs of safeguarding professionals. \n\nChair: \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nVictoria Green\, Marie Collins Foundation\nLaura Knight\, Director of Digital Learning at Berkhamsted\n\n\n\nBreak 14:15 – 14:30 \n14:30 – 15:15 \nThe Metaverse: what do children want \nSession brief: Our expert speakers review online risks with a particular focus on the metaverse.  Early findings of the VIRAAC project qualitative work with children\, what they say their experiences are\, and what they want from adults to support their online safety will be highlighted. \n\nChair: \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nDr Elena Martellozzo\, Associate Professor in Criminology at centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS)\, Middlesex University\nPaula Bradbury\, Senior Researcher – Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies\, Middlesex University\n\n\n\n15:15– 16:15   \n2024: what’s new in online safety \nSession brief: This session explores what is new in online safety in 2024 and what is on the horizon that we should be planning and risk assessing for \n\nChair: \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA and Safeguarding Director\, BSA Group\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nKarl Hopwood\, Independent E-safety Expert\, E-safety Ltd\n\n\n\n16:15 \nConference close \n\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and BSA Group \nDale 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. \nFor 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. \n\nDavid Wright\, CEO\, SWGfL \nDavid is CEO at SWGfL and also Director UK Safer Internet Centre; the national awareness centre and part of the European Insafe network.  David has worked extensively in online safety for 20 years with children\, schools and wider agencies. He advises a number of Governments\, organisations and industry partners on online safety strategy and policy and has been appointed as an expert child online protection adviser to the UN ITU and nominated by UK Government as an expert to the Council of Europe Tech Facilitated Gender Based Violence committee \nDavid has presented at conferences nationally and internationally.  He is a member of UK Council for Internet Safety and has recently been invited to be a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Digital Safety. \nDavid has led the creation of a number of Helplines that directly and indirectly support victims of online harm\, perhaps most notably the Revenge Porn Helpline in 2015 that supports adults who are victims of non consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.  Consequentially\, David has overseen the development of StopNCII\, the worlds first device side hashing technology that empowers adults who experience NCII to prevent their images being shared online \nDavid has led pioneering work\, such as the development of multi award winning resources\, and with Plymouth University\, he has published a number of ground-breaking research reports. \n\nNina Jane Patel\, Co-founder and President of Research\, Kabuni \nNina Jane Patel (she/her)\, the President of Research & Safety and Co-Founder at Kabuni\, is celebrated as a thought leader in the sphere of emerging technologies like VR\, AR\, XR\, AI\, ML\, and blockchain.  As a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRSA) and a registered movement psychotherapist\, Nina is currently advancing her expertise by pursuing a PhD in psychology\, with a focus on vision and haptics. Her unique and multidisciplinary perspective offers insightful views on the future’s opportunities and challenges. Nina is a recognized innovator and a sought-after consultant and advisor in her field. She collaborates with various organizations\, including Interpol\, the Zero Abuse Project\, and the University of East London. Nina’s contributions are extensive\, featuring multiple articles\, webinars\, and presentations at international conferences on emerging technology and online harms. She has been featured on prominent media platforms like BBC\, CNN\, and NBC\, advocating for a safer\, informed\, and innovative digital future for all. \n\nWill Gardner OBE\, CEO\, Childnet International \nWill Gardner is the CEO of Childnet International\, a children’s charity working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children. \nWill has worked at Childnet since 2000 and has been the CEO since 2009 and has led numerous regional\, national and international projects and programmes promoting child online safety\, developing many award-winning resources. \nHe is also a Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre\, in which Childnet\, working with partners the IWF and SWGfL\, organises Safer Internet Day in the UK every year\, a campaign that reaches 50% of children and over a third of parents and carers. He is also an Executive Board member of the UK Council for Internet Safety and founded and chairs the Early Warning Working Group of helplines\, hotlines and law enforcement. He is a member of Meta’s Safety Advisory Council\, Internet Matters’ Expert Group and the Advisory Board of the Anti-bullying Alliance. \n\n \nLaura Knight MEd PGCE BA(Hons) FCCT FRSA CMgr  \nLaura Knight is Senior Consultant at Berkhamsted School\, having previously been Director of Digital Learning since 2013. She has been working as a teacher for twenty years and is an expert in leading the strategic development of technology for teaching and learning\, 1-1 devices\, artificial intelligence\, staff training in digital skills\, and online safeguarding. \nLaura is a disruptive thinker\, international keynote speaker\, coach\, and consultant\, and is passionate about creative problem-solving. She supports leaders in schools\, universities\, and commercial organisations with exploring the art of the possible\, and leverages technology to transform outcomes\, systems\, and teams. \nLaura works with the Independent Schools Council Digital Advisory Group and is a leading member of AI in Education a national cross-sector working group\, and as a keynote speaker and panellist at events including BETT and EDUtech Europe. She has also recently worked as an expert advisor to international governments on educational policy and provides strategic inputs and training for associations such as the Independent Schools Association\, the Society of Heads\, and the Independent Schools’ Bursars’ Association. \nConnect with Laura on LinkedIn: Laura Knight | LinkedIn \nConsultancy at Berkhamsted | Berkhamsted School \n\nVictoria Green\, Chief Executive for the Marie Collins Foundation (MCF). \nVictoria Green is a seasoned professional in the field of child protection with over 30 years of experience as a registered social worker.  She has held a wide range of roles at both operational and strategic level and has been a frontline worker\, manager\, principal social worker and Safeguarding Children Board development and strategic manager.  Victoria is passionate about advocating for children’s rights and protecting those harmed by technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA)\, a mission that is at the core of everything MCF does. \nJoining MCF in 2015\, she directed the development of Click: Path to Protection\, a unique training program for frontline workers addressing technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA). \nAppointed CEO in July 2021\, Victoria has continued to amplify the voices of those with lived experience influence policy at a governmental level to ensure appropriate responses for TACSA. \nDespite her leadership role\, Victoria remains hands-on\, directly supporting children and families\, mentoring professionals\, and contributing to research projects. She is dedicated to overcoming technological barriers and ensuring MCF’s response minimizes harm\, emphasizing the unique selling point of protecting victims without causing further distress. \n\nDr Elena Martellozzo\, Associate Professor in Criminology at centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS)\, Middlesex University \nDr Elena Martellozzo is an Associate Professor in Criminology and Associate Director at the Centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) at Middlesex University. Elena has been working in the area of cyber violence for 15 years and is now recognised as a world leading expert in the area\, focusing primarily on online harms\, online safety and is involved in policy debates at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. One of Elena’s key focuses is to develop innovative research and sharing her findings in international fora. She continually attracts research funding in highly sensitive areas with government departments including the police\, the Internet Watch Foundation\, the NSPCC\, the Children Commissioner for England\, the Home Office. She has acted as an advisor on child online protection and online violence against women and girls to governments and practitioners in Italy (since 2004) and Bahrain (2016) to support the development of national child internet safety policy frameworks. Elena is a lead researcher in the area and has led a number of high impact project\, nationally and internationally. As a published peer-reviewed author\, and well-established national and international Criminologist\, she is regularly invited as a speaker by the BBC\, New York Post\, Sunday Times\, The Guardian\, Channel 4\, Radio 4\, ITV\, The Times Radio. \n\nPaula Bradbury\, Senior Researcher – Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies\, Middlesex University \nPaula Bradbury is a lecturer in Criminology and Policing Practice at the University of Middlesex.  She is also the Senior Researcher at the Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies engaging in multiple research projects and bid writing opportunities\, the results have led to several successful grants awarded. She is a doctoral researcher studying for a PhD in Criminology\, exploring the appropriateness of policy and policing practice in response to adolescents sharing nudes. \nPaula is a published\, peer reviewed author\, specialising in the field of online harms\, child sexual abuse and exploitation\, stalking\, sexual violence\, offender pathways and adolescent digital behaviours. She has a keen interest in understanding sexual behaviours in cyberspace and how our safeguarding policies and policing practices need to evolve to meet the challenges of the Metaverse. She provides private online harms consultation to public\, private\, and civil service organisations\, both in the UK and abroad. \nPaula has also presented to the international Ministry of Justices’ on Online Harms and the risks of Violence Against Women and Girls in a digital age\, conducted media panel discussions on the topic of risks through sexual image sharing platforms\, and gives talks on sexual image sharing\, legislation\, policy and practice. Paula began her career working in Policing Intelligence as a Sexual Offences Analyst\, and was the National Child Sexual Abuse Lead at Victim Support. \n\nKarl Hopwood\, Director E-safety  \nKarl is an independent online safety expert. He is a member of UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety) and sits on the UKCIS evidence group\, education working group and the early warning group as well as on the advisory board for the UK Safer Internet Centre. He also sits on the Roblox trust and safety board where he represents the Insafe network. He was recently part of an expert steering group with TikTok looking at harmful and dangerous online challenges. \nKarl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)\, BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency)\, the European Commission\, the UN and several Local Authorities within the UK and in Europe. \nAs an ex primary headteacher\, he continues to work closely in schools across Europe with children\, young people\, parents\, teachers and governors to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl has been employed for the last 16 years as an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU Better Internet for Kids programme where he is responsible for the coordination of safer internet helplines across Europe. Karl was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Marie Collins Foundation for 7 years\, a charity which supports young people who have been sexually abused and exploited online and is Chair of the board of trustees of Childnet international and Chair of the executive committee of SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association). Karl has recently worked with a team developing a national online safety strategy in Rwanda and chaired the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) working group to re-write their Child Online Protection Guidance. \n\n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/digital-safeguarding-conference/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:SACPA/BAISIS - Safeguarding international students
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n \nClick here to view our conference programme \nCourse outline: \nSafeguarding international students remains a complex and challenging area of work. It is important to recognise the vulnerabilities of international students studying\, and indeed living\, away from home. This conference brings together expert speakers with specialist knowledge and experience who work with international students.  \nIt aims to inform and support colleagues managing safeguarding in international contexts and focusses on emerging themes and concerns including mental health\, online safety and navigating cultural norms.  \nWe will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day and encourage delegates to come prepared with questions for our panels.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKey themes for 2024: safeguarding children and young people in international settings \nDelivering preventative safeguarding education: navigating cultural norms and picking up unmet trauma needs \nHow does the online safety agenda influence international safeguarding practice? \nThe crossover between safeguarding duties and Sponsor responsibility \nSafeguarding young adults: empowering international young people  \nThe practical application of safeguarding policy \nPanel discussion summary of the day with key learning points from the day. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nBe confident that you have the most up to date information on key trends in safeguarding international students \nIncrease knowledge and understanding of cultural norms and how to navigate barriers to delivering better outcomes \nFeel more informed about how the online safety agenda influences international safeguarding policy and practice \nIdentify which learning points highlighted may be applicable to your own safeguarding practice and consider how these may be implemented. \n\nAudience: SMT/SLT\, DSL/CPO\, Pastoral staff\, all practitioners supporting international students\, Agents & Guardians \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BAISIS/BSA Member Rate: £215\nSACPA/BAISIS/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nNon-member Rate: £490*\n\n*If you are a BSA member\, we are pleased to offer this booking at the members price* \nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nProgramme:  \n09:30 – 10:15 \nWelcome and keynote – Exploring Safeguarding through a rights-based lens \nOur keynote speaker will explore safeguarding through a child rights lens and discuss how underpinning safeguarding practice with the UNCRC can support practitioners to navigate the global and domestic complex\, multi-layered safeguarding landscape. The session will include relevant statistics and specifics around supporting international students and how supporting students as agents of change can present opportunities to applying and adapting our safeguarding principles and practice. \n\nSarah Bellotti\, Chair\, BAISIS and Head\, Mill Hill International\nSarah Lancaster\, Director of Safeguarding: Children’s rights\, safeguarding and participation\, UNICEF \n\n10:15 – 10:30 \nBreak   \n10:30 – 11:30 \nHow does the online safety agenda influence international safeguarding practice?  \nMany safeguarding concerns and issues around online safety\, internet use and engagement are very similar for all young people. However\, we know that for young people coming from different\, in some cases more restrictive\, backgrounds\, be that parental\, cultural or political\, new freedoms and access can be exciting and bring their own challenges. This session will highlight areas for discussion around online safety that may require extra consideration for international students including the impact of different languages when filtering and monitoring\, awareness of more popular apps and functions\, VPN use and educating the students themselves. \n\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\nKarl Hopwood\, esafety expert and Chair\, SACPA\n\n11:30 – 11:45 \nBreak   \n11:45 – 12:30 \nSafeguarding considerations when working with cultural aspects of trauma  \nThis session explores how practitioners can support international students exposed to trauma either through lived experience or through navigating cultural variations in studying away from home.  \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA\nTom Caston\, Principal\, MPW Cambridge \nMark Heywood\, Principal\, The Royal School Wolverhampton\n\n12:30 – 13:30 \nLunch  \n13:30 – 14:30   \nStatutory risks: implementation of safeguarding and due diligence from the point of acceptance \nThis session will identify the areas where your duty of care and safeguarding responsibilities intersect with your statutory requirements as a Sponsor. Our speakers will highlight the importance of embedding a robust safeguarding thread through all processes relating to the recruitment and acceptance of international students addressing possible risk areas including pre-arrival\, travel and forming a relationship with the family. \n\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\nKate Hollyer\, Legal and Public Affairs Director\, BSA Group \n\n14:30 – 14:45 \nBreak  \n14:45 – 15:30 \nSafeguarding young adults: empowering individuals through school and further education \nDo your international students know about your safeguarding policy and their right to a safe and happy time in your care? Is this information readily accessible and highlighted to them? This session will consider how we can equip students with the knowledge and understanding of safeguarding to empower them as they engage with their education\, extra-curricular activities and life in the wider community. \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA\nBill Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury\n\n15:30 – 15:45 \nBreak  \n15:45 – 16:30   \nThe practical application of safeguarding policy: case studies concerning international students and Conference close \nIn this session we will hear from a panel of current practitioners on their experiences of implementing safeguarding and related policy with international students and their families. \n\nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and BSA Group\nSimon Hill\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Christ College Brecon\nCarolyn Harrison\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Fettes College\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\n\n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \nKate Hollyer\, Legal and Public Affairs Director \nKate is Legal and Public Affairs Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Group Legal Services Ltd\, BSA Group’s SRA-regulated law firm. As a qualified solicitor of England and Wales with more than 12 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration and nationality law\, Kate supports members with all UK immigration matters including UKVI sponsor licence compliance. Kate is a member of the Home Office Education Advisory Group and is the boarding sector representative for this group. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state\, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband\, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life. \n \nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS \nBethan Waddington joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland\, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland\, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. \nIn her role\, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars\, Conferences\, INSET and Consultancy\, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide. \n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and BSA Group \nDale 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. \nFor 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. \n \nSarah Bellotti\, Chair BAISIS and Head Mill Hill International \nSarah was elected BAISIS Chair in January 2022\, having served as Deputy Chair since November 2020.\nSarah started her career in education at an international school in Rome\, Italy and then returned to the UK to take up a post at King’s Ely where she later became Director of King’s Ely International. Since 2014\, Sarah has worked at Mill Hill International as the founding Headteacher. \n  \n \nKarl Hopwood\, E-Safety Expert and Chair\, SACPA \nKarl Hopwood is an esafety expert. He is a member of UKCCIS (UK Council for Child Internet Safety) and sits on the advisory board for the new UK Safer Internet Centre. Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)\, BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency)\, the European Commission and several Local Authorities within the UK. As an ex headteacher\, he continues to work closely with children\, young people\, parents and teachers to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl works closely with the Boarding Schools’ Association and supports many of their schools. He is also an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU safer internet programme. \nSimon Hill\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Christ College Brecon \nSimon grew up in Eastbourne\, East Sussex and was educated at Eastbourne College. He gained a BA (Hons) Geography at Kings College London University and a PGCE at the Institute of Education\, London. He started his career as a teacher of geography at King Edward’s School\, Surrey\, before moving to Glenalmond College\, Perth where he was Senior Housemaster. In 2010\, Simon was appointed as Director of Boarding at Brisbane Grammar School\, Queensland\, before moving back to the UK to join Christ College as Deputy Head (Pastoral) in 2016.  His focus is on pupil wellbeing\, the second curriculum and sport of all types.  He also runs the school’s annual pupil exchange programme to Japan. \n  \nSarah Lancaster\, Director of Safeguarding: Children’s rights\, safeguarding and participation\, UNICEF \nSarah Lancaster is the Director of Safeguarding at UNICEF UK and oversees a team of technical specialists that support UNICEF UK’s work around Youth Voice and Influence\, Children’s Rights in Sport and Safeguarding. \nSarah has over 16 years child protection and safeguarding experience\, both within statutory and NGO organisations working with children and young people. In her spare time\, she is also a Cub Scout Leader\, supporting young people in their personal development\, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society\, and gain important skills for life that support their growth and development. \nSarah is passionate and committed to upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and uses a rights-based approach throughout all of her work\, ensuring children are not discriminated against and that their voices are amplified and their views listened to. \nBill Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury \nBill is founding Joint Principal at King’s International College in Canterbury. He has worked in China\, Scotland\, England and Germany in school management\, development\, teaching and qualifications. He has a First in Chinese from the University of Oxford\, trained as a teacher at Edinburgh University and later returned to Oxford to complete a Masters in Education. He is a Scot and speaks fluent Mandarin and German. \n  \nTom Caston\, Principal\, MPW Cambridge  \nTom Caston is Principal at MPW Cambridge\, as Fifth and Sixth Form College with 50% international students. Tom read Geography at the University of Exeter and subsequently gained an MSc in Managing School Improvement from the University of Reading. He worked in investment banking before starting his teaching career at Shiplake College in 1999. Prior to joining MPW he held senior posts in a number of independent schools\, most recently a Deputy Headship at Framlingham College. \n  \nMark Heywood\, Principal\, The Royal School Wolverhampton \nCurrently Principal/CEO of The Royal School\, Wolverhampton an all-through\, co-ed\, non-selective day and state boarding school of some 1500 pupils in the West Midlands.  Has been in post since 2011\, converting from independent school to State Free School/Academy in 2016.  Over past 40 years he has worked in state and independent schools\, boarding and day settings in London\, Cumbria\, Tyneside and now West Midlands. \nThe Royal School has developed experience in working with Looked After Children (LAC) and UASC for a number of years\, the work of which featured in the Independent Review into Children’s Social Care report of 2022 and works closely with the RNSCF Springboard Trust on their Expert Advisory Group to the Government on the potential benefits of boarding in working with vulnerable children. \nMark has taught geography\, geology\, PE and Games and has a passion for outdoor education and international expeditions. \n \nCarolyn Harrison\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Fettes College \nCarolyn grew up in the Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis. Having studied Modern Languages at Cambridge University\, she joined Fettes College initially as a French teacher but was quickly drawn to the pastoral side of life at the school\, as a Houseparent in both the Prep School and the Senior School for over twenty years. Now as Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, she feels privileged to lead the school’s pastoral team\, supporting students\,families and staff every day. Outside the school gates\, her secret passions are spending time in the Harris hills and Formula 1.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-baisis-safeguarding-international-students/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:SACPA & HIEDA - Mental Health & Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nThis Conference focuses on mental health from a range of perspectives and with a particular focus on key practice challenges for health centres and safeguarding teams. \nSACPA and HIEDA promise to bring a day packed with expert speakers from a range of disciplines and perspectives who aim to inform\, challenge\, and invigorate on the subject of mental health and safeguarding. \nSACPA and HIEDA will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day and encourage delegates to come prepared with questions for our panels. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKeynote address\nManaging self-harm and suicidal ideation\nPartnership working: health and safeguarding in education\nSafe in school\, safe to board\nInformation sharing: the boundary between health confidentiality and safeguarding\nEvaluating how the Seacole standard impacts whole school safeguarding\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will enhance their understanding of how safeguarding and health teams effectively collaborate to find routes to wellness and greater safety for children\nDelegates will consider approaches to managing self-harm and suicidal ideation\nDelegates will consider practice dilemmas\, helpful tools and practical solutions to fitness to attend and fitness to board situations\nDelegates will develop greater understanding of how to effectively risk assess safeguarding situations whilst maintain appropriate health confidentiality\nDelegates will evaluate how implementation of the Seacole Standard for health centres positively impacts whole school approaches to safeguarding\n\nAudience:  \nHealth centre staff\, safeguarding leads\, school counsellors\, pastoral support professionals\, matrons\, governors and trustees responsible for safeguarding and health \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n\nSACPA/HIEDA Member Rate: £235\nSACPA/HIEDA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nSACPA/HIEDA Full Member Whole School Fee: £490\nNon-member Rate: £470*\n\nBOOK NOW \nView the programme here \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\n \nBeth Hudson\, Executive Director Specialist Services and Director\, BAISIS\, BSA Group \nBethan Waddington joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland\, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland\, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. \nIn her role\, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars\, Conferences\, INSET and Consultancy\, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide. \n\nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA  \nGaelle is Head of Research Services and Inclusion and joined the BSA in January 2023. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked in a range of state and independent schools. She is a qualified SENCO and holds a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education. Prior to joining the BSA\, Gaelle was Deputy Head Pastoral\, DSL and Head of Boarding at an all-girls independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\nLisa Thomson\, Charlie Waller Trust \nLisa has had a long career in a variety of Mental Health settings within the NHS. She originally trained as a Mental Health Nurse in 1990 and subsequently worked in inpatient and community settings with adults\, children\, young people and their families. She completed a Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and a post graduate diploma in Evidence Based Practice leading to qualifying as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Most of her career has been spent working directly with children\, young people and families in NHS CAMHS and she now works part time in independent clinical practice. In addition\, she works as a freelance trainer for the Charlie Waller Trust delivering training on Mental Health Issues to schools\, primary care and a wide variety of organisations working with children and young people. As part of a nonprofit organisation called Brighter Futures Together\, she trains NHS CAMHS clinicians to deliver evidence based training to the children’s workforce across the Thames Valley and the South of England. \n\n \nLisa Jones\, Therapist and Coach\, Lisa Jones Coaching \nLisa Jones is a multi-award-winning\, science driven\, fact-based therapist\, coach and passionate trainer who believes that prevention is better than intervention. Lisa works in both the corporate and education sector teaching others the importance of brain health\, resilience\, stress management and emotional wellbeing as well as running a busy private practice. Lisa is a fully qualified and insured Psychotherapist\, Counsellor\, Wellbeing Coach and Mental Health Consultant registered with The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She is also a senior accredited member of The National Counselling Society and The Association for Coaching. After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Counselling & Psychotherapy\, Lisa went on to work with adults to overcome addiction and mental health issues. Having experienced chronic ill health for many years\, Lisa developed a keen interest in brain health and the brain / mind/ body connection. Lisa was fascinated by how our minds can influence our wellbeing and vice versa. After learning to manager her own health issues\, she then specialised in the field of chronic ill health and stress. Lisa went on to certify in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health\, Applied Neuroscience and Coaching and Women’s Health and Neurobiology. She also gained a NLP Practitioner Coaching Diploma and certified as a Life Coaching Practitioner\, Youth Coach\, NLP Master Practitioner\, Hypnotherapy Practitioner\, Mental Health First Aid and completed a BPS approved certificate in clinical supervision. She is also currently studying a MA in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy. The specific focus of Lisa’s work addresses the mind-body connection and the impact our language (self-talk) and belief system has on all aspects of health and wellbeing as well as self-esteem and confidence. The principles of Neuroscience underpin the work Lisa does as she believes it is essential to educate people on how the brain works\, how to influence mindset and to understand neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to form and re-organise neural connections). By doing so\, this enables us to build resilience\, develop essential life skills and learn how to manage stress effectively. Lisa is passionate about promoting an integrative approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education and believes that everyone should be equipped with essential skills to confidently manage the stresses in life\, as well as having the tools and knowledge to support young people and to be able to confidently signpost and safeguard. \n\nSkyler Moulder\, Nurse Advisor \nSkyler did her Adult Nursing BSc at Kings College London in 2011 and went straight into community nursing. After the birth of her first son she stumbled into community school nursing and never looked back. During her time as a community school nurse she covered primary and secondary schools all across Cambridgeshire. She completed training such as the CAMHS foundation module\, Sexual Health and Contraception module and was trained in Safeguarding Children Level 3. She completed her PG Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing in 2016 when she was pregnant with her second son\, which she later topped up to a full MSc in 2023 when she was pregnant with her daughter! This also included qualifying as a Nurse Prescriber. Skyler co-lead the development of a 0-19 Duty Desk and the introduction of the Chathealth text service in Cambridgeshire Community Services. In 2019 she became a Team Manager for the CCS Healthy Child Programme – managing a team of Nursery Nurses\, Health Visitors and School Nurses during the pandemic. In 2020 she was recruited to be the Lead Nurse at The Leys in Cambridge\, to lead a team covering 24 hour care for around 575 pupils (over half of which are boarders). This is where she is now and where her passion for independent school nursing started. \n\nKate Corbin\, Deputy Head\, West Buckland School     \nKate is currently a Deputy Head & DSL at West Buckland School in North Devon.  This is her second Deputy Headship\, having previously worked at Wycliffe College where was also Head of Boarding.  Having originally trained as an Educational Psychologist\, Kate moved into independent education to work as Head of Learning Support at Blundell’s and then moved into being a Houseparent. \n  \n\nAlice Beard\, Lead Nurse\, Sherborne Girls School  \nAlice has been a qualified nurse for coming up to 20 years\, initially specialising in orthopaedics in the local acute trust\, then working as a clinical site manager. As her own family grew\, she moved into practice nursing\, enjoying the 1-2-1 patient care and finding her passion of health promotion. \nShe started working for Sherborne Girls 8 years ago as a member of the nursing team and took over as the nurse manager 2 years ago. She loves school nursing and the age range of the pupils in her care; she has seen many changes in the needs of her pupils and every day presents a different scenario or challenge. \nHer and her team have a passion to ensure\, the pupils leave SG\, with the confidence and knowledge on how best to look after their health and wellbeing. \n\nTracey Coles\, Lead Nurse\, Wellington College \nTracey has been a Paediatric Nurse for 21 years\, completing her training at Southampton University in 2003. She enjoyed 18 years working in the NHS based on Paediatric Wards and gaining experience of different nursing disciplines such as Paediatric Oncology\, HDU\, Orthopaedics\, Surgery\, Medical\, Urology and ENT.  Through her time in the NHS\, Tracey had many opportunities for learning from starting out as a newly qualified nurse and finishing her NHS career as the Ward Sister of a 44 bed Paediatric Unit working with an awesome team of nurses\, doctors and consultants. She was excited to join Wellington College as the Nurse Manager of the Health Centre in 2021 facing new challenges; providing nursing care and health promotion to the 1100+ pupils and working closely with the pastoral team. As well as her clinical and managerial experience\, Tracey is privileged to be a mum to 3 beautiful children 8yrs\, 15yrs and 16 yrs. Being a mother to an 8 year old with autism and 2 teenagers gives her an insight and awareness to some of the challenges that our young people and parents can face on a daily basis and Tracey believes that this helps her to continually grow as a clinician and show up authentically as a leader for the Health Centre team. \n\nSarah Harris\, Senior School Nurse\, Rugby School \nSarah completed her pre-registration training at Canterbury Christ Church University College and qualified as paediatric nurse in 2000. She moved back to her home town & consolidated her learning through the 18 month newly qualified nurse programme at the Children’s Hospital at Leicester Royal Infirmary where she gained experience in medical/neurorehab\, surgical\, children’s intensive care and children’s emergency admissions. She remained on the Children’s Emergency Admissions unit before moving back to the surgical ward as a deputy sister. Sarah left the children’s hospital to undertake her BSc Hons degree in public health nursing with a Specialist Practitioner qualification in School Nursing at the University of Northampton. \nFollowing this she worked as a public health practitioner with a small school nursing caseload for a year before returning to the Children’s Emergency Admissions Unit. After the birth of her son Sarah became a Diana Children’s Community Nurse looking after children with acute\, long term and palliative conditions in their own homes and was also part of the training team delivering training packages for families\, school staff and carers of children with additional health needs. Sarah was always keen to return to school nursing and in 2014 when both her children were at school she started work at Rugby School\, becoming the senior nurse shortly after starting. Sarah leads a team of 5 nurses and 2 administrators providing healthcare support\, advice and training to the pupils and staff at Rugby School. \n\nKarenann Hood\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, Denstone College \nKarenann is currently Deputy Head Pastoral and DSL of a 4-18 day and boarding school in Staffordshire\, where she is also the Head of the Psychology Department. Karenann started her teaching life as a Teacher of Biology and Assistant Housemistress\, before taking on the running of two boarding houses prior to her current role. She have 30 years in Education\, am is an ISI inspector and a chartered Psychologist. Karenann has a deep passion for both psychology and all aspects of Pastoral life. \n  \n\nMichelle Edge\, Lead Nurse\, Denstone College \nMichelle qualified as a paediatric nurse in 1993. She worked at the Royal Stoke hospital for 25 years in acute medicine based on the wards where she gained experience in the care of children with Asthma\, Diabetes\, Epilepsy and acute medical emergencies. Michelle has also worked to support children with ongoing mental health concerns and supported transition from hospital back into the home environment with non invasive ventilation. \nMichelle joined Denstone College in 2018 taking up the role of Lead Nurse in 2023. She believes it is really important that pupils with ongoing medical conditions are fully supported and that they should have access to all aspects of an education regardless of their condition. \nDuring Covid she returned to Royal Stoke to help support the Paediatric Intensive Care team while they cared for adult patients with covid\, the Neonatal Unit and also supported to the local Covid vaccination centres. \n\nEd Poynter\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, Charterhouse School \nEd started teaching in 2010 via the Graduate Teacher Programme (University College London) following a career in the British Army where he served as an infantry officer with the Royal Green Jackets (and latterly the Rifles) in Bosnia\, Kosovo\, Northern Ireland\, Iraq and Afghanistan. \nEd taught English in London state and day schools\, before his first taste of working in a boarding environment at Ardingly College in West Sussex. Ed’s next post was as a Housemaster at Charterhouse for eight years\, before taking on his current role (also at Charterhouse) as Deputy Head (Pastoral). \nHe holds a BA in English and Classics from the University of Exeter and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Buckingham. He is married to a pre-prep teacher and they have three school age children. \n\nLeanne Rowlands\, Assistant Head Pastoral\, Charterhouse School \nLeanne has over 20 years of boarding experience in Independent Schools\, namely St Edwards’ Oxford\, Marlborough College (UK and Malaysia)\, Tudor Hall\, Bradfield College and currently at Charterhouse School where she is Assistant Head Pastoral and a trained DSL with responsibility for Online Safety.  For over 13 years\, Leanne ran both horizontal and vertical boarding houses and then Moved to Malaysia in 2012 to set up girls boarding at Marlborough College.  She also has been a Head of Girls Sport and Head of Department (Academic Physical Education and Psychology). Alongside her role as AHP\, Leanne is also responsible for overseeing the International Pupil’s Co-ordinator\, Lead Nurse and Guardians at Charterhouse.  Leanne has been instrumental in establishing co-education at Charterhouse where she also oversees and audits the implementation of the NMS across the 15 boarding houses.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-hieda-mental-health-safeguarding-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:SACPA/BSA - Annual Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nThis year’s SACPA and BSA Annual Safeguarding Conference promises to bring a day packed with expert speakers from a range of disciplines and perspectives who aim to inform\, challenge\, and invigorate delegates on a range of key and contemporary safeguarding topics and learning. \nAddressing key issues from our members\, sessions will consider the current safeguarding landscape the conference closes with the awards ceremony for SACPA Annual Safeguarding Awards. \nSACPA and BSA will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day and encourage delegates to come prepared with questions for our panels. \nUnable to attend? A post conference recording will be available for purchase. This does not include the student-led session. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKeynote address\nResponding to Child-on-Child Abuse\nWorking with Affluence\nGearing up for the impact of AI and Virtual Reality\nDeveloping safeguarding practice with international families\nPresentation of SACPA Safeguarding Awards 2023-24.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will be updated abut the latest trends and where their focus should be in the immediate future\nDelegates will be updated on what works in responding to child-on-child abuse\nDelegates will consider the impact of power relations on safeguarding practice in fee paying schools and what this means for the lived experience of affluent children living in neglectful circumstances\nDelegates will understand how the Virtual Reality Risks Against Children videos for children and toolkit for safeguarding leads in schools can be incorporated into the preventative education offer and help children navigate virtual worlds more safely.\nDelegates will benefit from the experience of leaders working with international families and how safeguarding practice has developed to improve outcomes for children\nDelegates will have the opportunity to celebrate with runners up and winners of the SACPA Annual Safeguarding Awards\n\nSACPA Members Safeguarding Awards 2024 \nThe conference will conclude with a presentation to announce the winners of the annual SACPA Safeguarding Awards for 2023-24. Please click here to enter the awards. The deadline for entries is September 30\, 2024. Please note\, the awards are open to SACPA members only. \nAudience: All those involved in safeguarding \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BSA Member Rate: £235\nSACPA/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nBSA Affiliate Member Fee: £335\nBSA Additional Affiliate Member Fee: £145\nNon-member Rate: £470*\n\nView the programme here  \nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 10:15 \nKeynote Address \nIn our keynote session SACPA and BSA Safeguarding and Child Protection advisory board chair reviews current trends in safeguarding practise. What are the key themes\, what can we expect in the near future\, and what should we planning to address right now. \n\nChair: David Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB\n\nSpeaker: Karl Hopwood\, E-safety Expert\n\n\n\n10:15 – 11:15 \nResponding to Child-on-Child Abuse – Panel Discussion \nSettings for children have been implementing child-on-child abuse practice for some time. In this session our panel members discuss the challenges\, lessons learned and innovative practice responses to this complex area of safeguarding practice. \n\nChair: David Smellie\, Farrer  \n\nSpeaker: Simon Hill\, Deputy Head\, Christ College Brecon\nClare McDonnell\, Safeguarding Lead\, Fettes College\nDelyth Lynch\, Director of Safeguarding\, Wellington College\nSimon Cane-Hardy\, Head\, Gordonstoun\n\n\n\nBreak  11:15 – 11:45 \n11:45 – 12:45 \nWorking with Affluence \nIn this session our speaker presents findings of what we know about working with affluence. How may power relations impact the delivery of safeguarding practise in fee paying schools and what does this mean for thresholds\, and the lived experience of affluent children living in neglectful circumstances. \n\nChair: Claire Dan\, SACPA and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \n\nSpeaker: Professor Claudia Bernard\, Professor of Social Work\, Goldsmiths University of London\n\n\n\nLunch 12:45 – 13:30 \n13:30 – 14:30 \nChildren Playing in Virtual Reality: reviewing the VIRAAC toolkit and resources \nIn this session our speaker explains the background to the Virtual Reality Risks Against Children Project\, it’s published findings\, the resource and toolkits that result from the project. Our panel of child and adult reviewers will then give their views on using the toolkit and resources. \n\nChair: Claire Dan\, SACPA and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \n\nSpeaker: Chris MacInnis\, Safeguarding and Mental Health Lead\, Ardingly College\nBronwyn Kidd\, Deputy Head\, St Neot’s Preparatory School\nGeorgina Sayers\, Assistant Head Pastoral and Wellbeing\, Ardingly College\nElena Matellozzo\, Professor in Criminology\, Associate Director\, Centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS)\, Middlesex University\nPaula Bradbury\, Criminology and Policing Practice Lecturer\, University of Middlesex\nBoglarka Meggyesfalvi\, Researcher\, Centre For Abuse & Trauma Studies\, Middlesex University\n\n\n\nBreak 14:30 – 14:45 \n14:45 – 15:30 \nDeveloping Safeguarding Practice with International Families \nWorking with international families\, their understanding of safeguarding in the UK and the backdrop of practitioners cultural competence\, and family cultural expectations creates a complex safeguarding context in which the child can very easily be lost. Our speakers summarise the key issues for safeguarding practitioners\, and describe how thier safeguarding practice with international families has developed and improved outcomes of children. \n\nChair: Bethan Hudson\, Executive Director Specialist Services and Director\, BAISIS\, BSA Group\n\nSpeaker: Mario Di Clemente\, Education Consultant\nSuchita Prakash\, DSL and Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Mill Hill International \n\n\n\n15:30 – 16:00 \nConference close and presentation of SACPA Safeguarding Awards 2023-24 \nJoin SACPA to celebrate the success and achievement for children and adults. We announce the organisations and safeguarding professionals who have been recognised for achieving excellence in safeguarding tis year and are winnders and runners up of the SACPA Annual Safeguarding Award. \n\nChair: Claire Dan\, SACPA and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\n\n16:00 \nConference close \n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group and Director\, SACPA \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\, BSA Group \nDale 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. \nFor 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. \n\nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA Group\, TIOB \nDavid is the Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB  and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\n \nBethan Hudson\, Executive Director Specialist Services and Director\, BAISIS\, BSA Group \nBethan Waddington joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland\, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland\, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. \nIn her role\, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars\, Conferences\, INSET and Consultancy\, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide. \n\nKarl Hopwood\, E-safety Expert \nis an independent online safety expert. He is a member of UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety) and sits on the UKCIS evidence group\, education working group and the early warning group as well as on the advisory board for the UK Safer Internet Centre. He also sits on the Roblox trust and safety board where he represents the Insafe network. He was recently part of an expert steering group with TikTok looking at harmful and dangerous online challenges. \nKarl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)\, BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency)\, the European Commission\, the UN and several Local Authorities within the UK and in Europe. \nAs an ex primary headteacher\, he continues to work closely in schools across Europe with children\, young people\, parents\, teachers and governors to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl has been employed for the last 16 years as an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU Better Internet for Kids programme where he is responsible for the coordination of safer internet helplines across Europe. Karl was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Marie Collins Foundation for 7 years\, a charity which supports young people who have been sexually abused and exploited online and is Chair of the board of trustees of Childnet international and Chair of the executive committee of SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association). Karl has recently worked with a team developing a national online safety strategy in Rwanda and chaired the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) working group to re-write their Child Online Protection Guidance. \n\nDavid Smellie\, Head of Safeguarding Unit\, Farrer & Co \nDavid Smellie for many years headed the firm’s employment team and schools group\, and today\, whilst remaining a key member of both\, he separately leads the firm’s market leading safeguarding unit. \nIn advising schools David focuses on issues relating to staff\, pupils and parents – from sensitive dismissals to pupil exclusions and parental complaints.  David’s leadership of the safeguarding unit stems from many years of advising schools on safeguarding and child protection.  He founded the firm’s safeguarding unit in 2015 which advises organisations either working or coming into contact with children.  These include schools\, universities\, charities\, churches and religious organisations\, visitor attractions\, sports clubs and the medical sector.  David advises on the full range of safeguarding issues\, from creating safer systems to handling live cases and carrying out retrospective reviews.  He is particularly well known for his role in advising on the Southbank International Vahey case where he led the Farrer & Co team in conducting the Independent Review of Hugh Davies QC and in advising Chelsea FC on its independent reviews of non-recent child sexual abuse\, current safeguarding systems\, and non-recent racial abuse. \n\nDelyth Lynch\, Director of Safeguarding\, Wellington College \nDelyth has been on the Senior Leadership Team at Wellington College for 10 years\, having previously been Deputy Head (Pastoral). This followed a long career in boarding as a Director of Extra-Curricular activities and Housemistress at two schools. \nIn 2018 she was awarded the BSA Research Fellowship; Delyth conducted her research on ‘Abuse in Boarding Schools\, probing into an area where there was little research or literature available. Her paper won the National Research Award (2019). Her innovative work in the pastoral education of parents saw her winning the TES ‘Boarding Initiative of the Year’ award (2016) and in 2020 the inaugural Wellington College ‘Community Mental Health Day’ was recognised with them winning the BSA ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health Initiative of the Year’. Wellington College currently holds the Gold Status in School Mental Health through the Carnegie Centre of Excellence. \nDelyth is the Safeguarding Governor and Vice Chair of Governors at a local school and leads the Local Independent Schools DSL cluster group. She has also been a BSA course tutor on the Certificate and Diploma Courses and her work in the area of abuse in boarding schools was cited by IICSA in their recent inquiry into abuse in residential settings. \nIn her spare time\, Delyth enjoys running around with her 4 year old daughter and triathlon. \n\nSimon Hill\, Deputy Head\, Christ College Brecon \nSimon grew up in Eastbourne\, East Sussex and was educated at Eastbourne College. He gained a BA (Hons) Geography at Kings College London University and a PGCE at the Institute of Education\, London. He started his career as a teacher of geography at King Edward’s School\, Surrey\, before moving to Glenalmond College\, Perth where he was Senior Housemaster. In 2010\, Simon was appointed as Director of Boarding at Brisbane Grammar School\, Queensland\, before moving back to the UK to join Christ College as Deputy Head (Pastoral) in 2016.  His focus is on pupil wellbeing\, the second curriculum and sport of all types.  He also runs the school’s annual pupil exchange programme to Japan. \n\nClare McDonnell\, Safeguarding Lead\, Fettes College \nClare studied Classics at the University of St Andrews and then went straight to the University of Cambridge to do her PGCE in Classics teaching. She started her teaching career at Oundle School\, where she was also the Assistant Houseparent in a girls’ boarding house\, and the Deputy Child Protection Officer. After four years Clare moved to Fettes College as a Classics teacher and was delighted to be back in Scotland. She was the Assistant Houseparent in a girls’ boarding house for five years\, and has been the Child Protection Co-ordinator since 2018. She joined the Senior Management Team in 2023 as the Safeguarding Lead. \n\nProfessor Claudia Bernard\, Professor of Social Work\, Goldsmiths University of London \nClaudia Bernard is Professor of Social Work at Goldsmiths\, University of London. She has a background in social work and her research interests lie in the areas of safeguarding\, child abuse and neglect\, and the impact of systemic equalities on child and family welfare. She has written widely on these topics\, including a book entitled Constructing Lived Experiences: Representations of Black Mothers in Child Sexual Abuse Discourses (2nd Edition\, Routledge\, 2017)\, and an edited collection entitled Safeguarding Black Children: Good Practice in Child Protection (Jessica Kingsley Publishers\, 2016). Her latest book Intersectionality for Social Workers: A Practical Introduction to Theory and Practice (2022) is published by Routledge. Professor Bernard has pioneered research on child neglect in affluent families. \n\nSimon Cane-Hardy\, Head\, Gordonstoun  \nSimon studied History at Cardiff University and worked in London before undertaking teacher training. He then taught History\, became a Head of Department\, Boarding Housemaster and Head of Boarding. He coached Rugby and Cricket and plays sport to an average level! In 2016 Simon moved to Prior Park College in Bath as Deputy Head. He moved to Gordonstoun as Head in 2023 where he lives on campus with his wife Helen and their three children\, who attend the Gordonstoun Prep School. \n  \n\nMario Di Clemente\, Education Consultant \nMario is a modern languages graduate and qualified teacher who started out as Head of Spanish at Woldingham School before taking up a Director of Studies post at MPW London where he eventually became Vice Principal in 2001. He has occupied senior leadership and management positions ever since including as Principal of three colleges with international students: Cambridge Tutors College in Surrey\, CATS College in London and Bishopstrow College in Wiltshire. He has also served as Chief Operations Officer of an Academy Trust in London and as a secondary school governor. Mario’s experience extends to both the independent and state sectors and in both day and boarding schools. He has led schools through highly successful inspections and has served as an ISI school inspector. He has also been a trustee on the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) and served as Chair of the Council for Independent Further Education (CIFE). Mario has been involved with BAISIS for over a decade and shares the priority of its members to provide a soft landing\, nurturing environment and a memorable British educational experience for its diverse international student community. \n\nBronwyn Kidd\, Deputy Head\, St Neot’s Preparatory School \nBronwyn Kidd serves as the Deputy Head of St Neot’s Preparatory School\, with 14 years of senior leadership experience in education. Educated in South Africa with a foundation in primary education\, Bronwyn’s own school experiences have shaped her vision and commitment to the pastoral care of young people\, particularly in guiding children through the key transition to adolescence and senior school. \nIn addition to her role at St Neot’s\, Bronwyn serves as a local state school governor\, further contributing to the educational community and sharing her expertise in child wellbeing. Bronwyn is also a proud parent to two children who are thriving in the prep school environment\, which fuels her personal passion for fostering nurturing and supportive school settings. Over the past four years\, Bronwyn has been focused on safeguarding and pastoral care across the school\, ensuring that as a community\, they are dedicated to proactive mental health care. The culture and pastoral care\, resulting in high standards of behaviour\, were recognised as a significant strength by ISI in 2024. This focus ensures that every pupil feels valued\, resilient\, and ready to flourish both academically and personally. \n\nChris MacInnis\, Designated Safeguarding and Mental Health Lead\, Ardingly College \nChris has been working in education since 2008\, where a medical condition forced a change of career. In all his time in education he has been a non-teaching member of staff. Working through a number of support and pastoral roles\, before becoming DSL of a state secondary school in 2018. he stepped away from schools for a year to sit in the West Sussex Mash Team as an Education advisor\, supporting DSL’s from around the county with concerns\, being part of auditing teams\, supporting with the restructure of MASH referrals and representing education settings in a number of external meetings. Being part of the MASH team was a valuable experience\, but he recognised his passion laid with supporting young people directly\, and he was fortunate enough to be offered the DSL and Mental Health Lead here at Ardingly College. \nIn 2018\, Chris completed his degree at University Of Brighton in Working with Children and Young people\, along with his Senior Mental Health Leader certificate and SACPA Advanced Certificate in Child Safeguarding Practice in 2023. \nHe is keen to enhance his learning regularly and often transfer his learning to staff training\, weekly Safeguarding Snippets for staff or presenting to students in house to help keep them safe. His ethos to working is providing students with clear factual information which allows them to make informed decisions\, this can lead to some very interesting conversations\, led by the student’s desire to learn at an age-appropriate level. Student’s will go off to take risk’s and make mistakes\, his unconditional positive regard approach helps turn these incidents into learning opportunities. \n\nSuchita Prakash\, DSL and Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Mill Hill International  \nSuchita effectively combines her diverse track results in leading education with computer engineering education. Initially trained as a computer engineer\, Suchita commenced her career as a software development consultant before transitioning to teaching. Her multi-decade teaching leadership spans GCSE and A-Level Computer Science and Mathematics in both state and independent schools across several cultures. In these leadership roles\, Suchita has collaborated closely with various safeguarding agencies to prioritise the welfare of students. \nHer work at Mill Hill International is deeply rooted in her academic pursuits and her unwavering commitment to supporting the well-being of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Suchita is also pursuing research at Oxford University focused on the pastoral challenges faced by international families.  \n\nGeorgina Sayers\, Assistant Head Pastoral and Wellbeing\, Ardingly College \n  \n  \n  \n\nProfessor Elena Martellozzo\, Professor in Criminology\, Associate Director\, Centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS)\, Middlesex University \nDr Elena Martellozzo is an Associate Professor in Criminology and Associate Director at the Centre for Child Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) at Middlesex University. Elena has been working in the area of cyber violence for 15 years and is now recognised as a world leading expert in the area\, focusing primarily on online harms\, online safety and is involved in policy debates at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. One of Elena’s key focuses is to develop innovative research and sharing her findings in international fora. She continually attracts research funding in highly sensitive areas with government departments including the police\, the Internet Watch Foundation\, the NSPCC\, the Children Commissioner for England\, the Home Office. She has acted as an advisor on child online protection and online violence against women and girls to governments and practitioners in Italy (since 2004) and Bahrain (2016) to support the development of national child internet safety policy frameworks. Elena is a lead researcher in the area and has led a number of high impact project\, nationally and internationally. As a published peer-reviewed author\, and well-established national and international Criminologist\, she is regularly invited as a speaker by the BBC\, New York Post\, Sunday Times\, The Guardian\, Channel 4\, Radio 4\, ITV\, The Times Radio. \n\nPaula Bradbury\, Criminology and Policing Practice Lecturer\, University of Middlesex\n \nPaula Bradbury is a lecturer in Criminology and Policing Practice at the University of Middlesex.  She is also the Senior Researcher at the Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies engaging in multiple research projects and bid writing opportunities\, the results have led to several successful grants awarded. She is a doctoral researcher studying for a PhD in Criminology\, exploring the appropriateness of policy and policing practice in response to adolescents sharing nudes. \nPaula is a published\, peer reviewed author\, specialising in the field of online harms\, child sexual abuse and exploitation\, stalking\, sexual violence\, offender pathways and adolescent digital behaviours. She has a keen interest in understanding sexual behaviours in cyberspace and how our safeguarding policies and policing practices need to evolve to meet the challenges of the Metaverse. She provides private online harms consultation to public\, private\, and civil service organisations\, both in the UK and abroad. \nPaula has also presented to the international Ministry of Justices’ on Online Harms and the risks of Violence Against Women and Girls in a digital age\, conducted media panel discussions on the topic of risks through sexual image sharing platforms\, and gives talks on sexual image sharing\, legislation\, policy and practice. Paula began her career working in Policing Intelligence as a Sexual Offences Analyst\, and was the National Child Sexual Abuse Lead at Victim Support. \n\nBoglarka Meggyesfalvi\, Researcher in Child Protection and Online Safety\, Middlesex University \nBoglárka Meggyesfalvi is a researcher and doctoral candidate\, focusing on child protection and online harms. She is engaged in ongoing research projects that aim to influence policy and practice in the field of child online safety. Boglárka is a published author\, having written peer-reviewed articles and practical guides that examine youth participation\, policing social media\, and critical issues such as child sexual exploitation and first-person generated intimate imagery. \nWith extensive experience in international project management and evaluation in the EU and Latin-America\, Boglárka has successfully coordinated initiatives across multiple countries aimed at improving youth participation and child protection systems\, as well as working in the areas of advocacy and legislative compliance. \nShe previously served as a Child Rights Representative senior officer for the Hungarian Home Office\, where she engaged with high-ranking government officials to audit alternative care providers\, and promote child rights initiatives. She contributed to the development of policies aimed at preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation online. Additionally\, her work includes delivering training for police forces\, professionals in educational settings\, and organise expert seminars on safeguarding children online and offline.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-annual-safeguarding-conference-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Digital Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nCourse outline: \nSafeguarding in the online space continues to evolve along with technology and how individuals use technology for good or harm. \nThis year’s SACPA digital safeguarding conference promises to bring you the latest developments in policy\, research and practice from subject matter specialists in the field.  This year there is a particular focus on AI and deep fakes\, working with parents\, the mobile phone debate and evidence-based recovery programmes for children affected by technology assisted child sexual abuse. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nFrom the Online Safety Act to the Safer Phones Bill\nThe New Face of Digital Abuse\nSafeguarding Leadership in a Digital World: keeping up with developments\nWorking with Parents to promote Online Safety\nRecovering from the Impact of Technology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA)\nA Smartphone Free Childhood: why comms matter\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will be up to date with policy direction and have an opportunity to plan for its impact on safeguarding practice\nDelegates will explore the lived experience of children and have an opportunity to consider how they should respond and support children in a fast-evolving digital world.\nDelegates will hear how safeguarding leaders respond to the challenges of a fast changing area of safeguarding work and enable children affected by technology use receive equal protection.\nDelegates will consider what works in parent education and how to keep levels of parental awareness high in such a fluid online context.\nDelegates will consider how agencies respond to the discovery of TACSA and how their setting may work with structured and evidence-based recovery resources to support affected children and their families.\nDelegates will increase knowledge and be better prepared for implementing policy change on the use of smartphones in their settings\n\nAudience:  \nAll practitioners working with children\, young people or vulnerable individuals\, DSL/DSO\, DDSL\, Safeguarding Manager/Lead\, Safeguarding Governors\, Safeguarding Trustees. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCost: \n**Open to all association members for SACPA member rate** \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £235\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nSACPA Full Member Whole School Fee: £490\nNon-member Rate: £470*\n\nBOOK NOW \nClick here to view the programme \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 10:15 \nFrom the Online Safety Act to the Safer Phones Bill \nOur keynote speaker reviews the ongoing implementation of the online safety act and why the proposed safer phones bill will contribute to children’s wellbeing and safety.  Delegates will be up to date with policy direction and have an opportunity to plan for its impact on safeguarding practice. \nChair: Dale Wilkins\, Executive Director Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Claire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA \nBreak  10:15 – 10:30 \n10:30 – 11:30\nThe New Face of Digital Abuse\nOur speaker describes their work on children’s experiences of nude deep fakes.  What did children tell us and how can we best support them.  Delegates will explore the lived experience of children and have an opportunity to consider how they should respond and support children in a fast-evolving digital world. \nChair: Dale Wilkins\, Executive Director Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Katie Freeman-Tayler\, Head of Research and Policy\, Internet Matters  \nBreak 11:30 – 11:45 \n11:45 – 12:30\nSafeguarding Leadership in a Digital World: keeping up with developments                                                                                  Digital safeguarding is moving at such a pace\, keeping up with knowledge\, understanding and confidence is an ongoing challenge for safeguarding leaders.  Our panel of safeguarding leaders discuss the challenges\, solutions and best practice initiatives.\nDelegates will hear how safeguarding leaders respond to the challenges of a fast changing area of safeguarding work and enable children affected by technology use receive equal protection. \nChair: Claire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA \nSpeakers: Allison Onions\, Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health\, St George’s School Windsor Castle \nRoger Wood\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Papplewick School \nJames Brown\, Designated Safeguarding Lead\, St Louis School of Milan \nKamelia Johnson\, Independent Safeguarding Consultant \nLunch 12:30 – 13:30 \n13:30 – 14:30\nWorking with Parents to promote Online Safety\nOur speaker explores the importance of connecting with parents to improve online safety.  Delegates will consider what works in parent education and how to keep levels of parental awareness high in such a fluid online context.\n \nChair: Claire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA \nSpeaker: Karl Hopwood\, E-safety Expert \nBreak 14:30 – 14:45 \n14:45 – 15:30\nRecovering from the Impact of Technology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA)\nOur speaker describes their work with child victims of TACSA and how research\, trauma informed approaches\, and the work of lived experience groups have underpinned evidence-based first response protocols and intervention programmes.  Delegates will consider how agencies respond to the discovery of TACSA and how their setting may work with structured and evidence-based recovery resources to support affected children and their families. \nChair: Bethan Hudson\, Executive Director Specialist Services and Director\, BAISIS \nSpeaker: Lawrence Jordan\, Deputy CEO\, Marie Collins Foundation \nBreak 15:30 – 15:45 \n15:45– 16:30\nA smart phone free childhood: why comms matter                                                                                                                                  Whatever your views about the merits and drawbacks of moving toward a smartphone free childhood\, the way that settings communicate their changes in policy matters.  Our speaker offers their insights on the journey toward smartphone free childhoods and their professional perspectives on why careful communication of policy change is so important to successful implementation. Delegates will increase knowledge and be better prepared for implementing policy change on the use of smartphones in their settings \nChair: Claire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA \nSpeaker: Charlotte Ashton\, Freelance Journalist and Communications Consultant \n16:30\nConference close \n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\nKarl Hopwood : E-Safety Expert \nKarl Hopwood is an esafety expert. He is a member of UKCCIS (UK Council for Child Internet Safety) and sits on the advisory board for the new UK Safer Internet Centre. Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)\, BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency)\, the European Commission and several Local Authorities within the UK. As an ex headteacher\, he continues to work closely with children\, young people\, parents and teachers to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl works closely with the Boarding Schools’ Association and supports many of their schools. He is also an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU safer internet programme. \n\nKatie Freeman-Tayler\, Head of Research and Policy\, Internet Matters\n \nKatie Freeman-Tayler is the Head of Research and Policy at Internet Matters\, a UK non-profit dedicated to supporting families in navigating the digital world safely and confidently. With over a decade of experience in research and policy roles across the third and public sectors\, Katie leads research initiatives that ensure the voices of parents\, children and young people are heard by all those with influence over children’s digital lives. Passionate about reducing inequality and fostering safer online environments\, Katie regularly collaborates with industry\, government and academic partners to influence forward-thinking digital policy. \n\nAllison Onions\, Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health\, St George’s School Windsor Castle \nAlly Onions is currently the Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health at St George’s School Windsor Castle. With her husband Jonny\, they run the boarding house\, which includes looking after the choristers who sing in St George’s Chapel. Ally has worked in boarding education for over 20 years. She recently completed an MA in Boarding Education\, looking at resilience and prep boarders. Ally is a trained Mental Health First Aider and Instructor Member\, and is currently rolling out training to staff and parents. \n\nCharlotte Ashton\, Freelance Communications Consultant \nCharlotte Ashton spent ten years at BBC News reporting stories from around the world for television and radio. Since 2013 she has worked freelance as a documentary maker for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service and a communications consultant for a range of private and public sector clients. Since September 2024 she has supported Smartphone Free Childhood in a communications role and as a regional leader in Warwickshire. \n\nLawrence Jordan\, Deputy CEO\, Marie Collins Foundation \nLawrence Jordan is the Director of services at Marie Collins Foundation (MCF) and has worked within the Children Social Care since 2003. He is a qualified social worker and has worked in a range of statutory teams including\, MASH\, Family support team\, and emergency social team. Lawrence developed a local response to Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) which resulted in him becoming the local authorities CSE Coordinator before becoming the Professional Lead for Children Missing\, Exploited and Trafficked. He oversaw the multi-agency hub that responded to all forms of child exploitation\, child trafficking as well as the child missing service. During this time Lawrence has received 2 awards for his work with children and families. Lawrence sits on a number of national boards including being a member of the UK Council for internet safety (Early warning group)\, the CSA Prepare protect and prevent board\, and the CPS Stakeholder Forum. \n\nJames Brown\, Designated Safeguarding Lead\, St Louis School of Milan \nJames is an experienced educator based in Milan\, currently working as the DSL at St. Louis School Milan. He has worked in both the state and independent sectors and began his international career with the British Council\, where he led on equality\, diversity\, and inclusion in the East Asia region. With experience supporting students with SEND\, EAL\, and other learning needs\, James is committed to fostering safe\, inclusive\, and supportive learning environments. Passionate about digital safeguarding\, affluent neglect and good home-school partnerships\, he looks forward to contributing his insights from a school perspective to the panel. \n\nKamelia Johnson\, Independent Safeguarding Consultant\, Director of Safeguarding\, Mental Health and Wellbeing\, Bedford Girls’ School \nKamelia Johnson is a Director of Safeguarding\, Mental Health\, and Wellbeing at Bedford Girls’ School\, where she provides strategic and operational leadership in safeguarding and child protection\, overseeing policies and initiatives that create a secure and nurturing environment for BGS students. \nBeyond her role at BGS\, Kamelia is an Independent Safeguarding Consultant supporting DSLs\, DDSLs\, and pastoral staff reflect\, grow\, and enhance their safeguarding practices\, through supervision\, mentoring\, and training\, \n\nRoger Wood\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Papplewick School \nRoger Wood is the Deputy Head (Pastoral) at Papplewick School in Ascot and the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead. He joined Papplewick in 2012 and has been part of the senior management team since 2017\, initially acting as the Head of Co-Curricular. Over the years\, Roger has occupied various roles at Papplewick\, including Housemaster and Head of Rugby. He is also a member of the Oxford group of schools’ DSL network as well as the local cluster of schools in Berkshire.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/digital-safeguarding-conference-2/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:SACPA/BAISIS - Safeguarding international students conference
DESCRIPTION:Audience: SMT/SLT\, DSL/CPO\, Pastoral staff\, all practitioners supporting international students\, Educational Agents and Guardians \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference \nCourse outline: International students\, by default of living and studying away from their home and network\, are vulnerable. Safeguarding international students therefore warrants additional focus and dedication. This conference brings together expert speakers with specialist knowledge and experience who work with international students to inform and support colleagues managing safeguarding and welfare in international educational contexts and communities. The programme will offer focus areas relevant to practitioners in this area including mental health\, cultural variations\, navigating technology and online communication\, compliance\, multi-agency collaboration and leadership. Questions from members will be facilitated throughout the conference and delegates are encouraged to come prepared with questions for our experts. \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BAISIS Member Rate: £235\nBSA Member Discounted Fee – £235 £470\nSACPA/BAISIS Additional Full Member Fee: £110\nSACPA / BAISIS Member Whole School Fee: £490\nNon-member Rate: £470*\n\nVIEW THE PROGRAMME HERE \nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for SACPA CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 10:15 \nCultural Variations \nThis day-to-day subject can have significant safeguarding implications when poorly managed and considered. Our panel of speakers will consider how best to recognise and accommodate reasonable cultural variations in a diverse community\, mediate between significant cultural differences and prepare young people for their next transition and organisational culture shift. \n\nChair:\n\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nMelanie Bloor-Black\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Yehudi Menuhin School\nJeremy Kerslake\, Vice-Principal (Pastoral) and Designated Safeguarding Lead\, Concord College\nDonny McCormick\, Director & Principal Consultant\, Safeguarding HE\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:30 \nBreak \n10:30 – 11:30 \nWorking with guardians\, host families and home stay providers – what happens when there’s an issue \nThis session will consider the responsibility of schools and schools with sponsor licences regarding oversight of educational guardian arrangements and practice. Considering information-sharing\, allegations management and due diligence\, we will discuss how schools can be prepared for when things might go wrong. \n\nSpeaker:\n\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA\n\n\n\n11:30 – 11:45 \nBreak \n11:45 – 12:30 \nCompliance / Leadership – Visa and immigration concerns \nV&I update\, links to welfare\, best practice recommendations around guardianship and increased scrutiny in this important area. \n\nChair:\n\nBeth Hudson\, Executive Director\, Consultancy and Director\, BAISIS/HIEDA\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nKate Hollyer\, Executive Director\, Legal\, BSA Group\n\n\n\n12:30 – 13:30 \nLunch \n13:30 – 14:30 \nOnline Safety: Everyone’s Responsibility \nThis session challenges the current narrative of our responses to online safety. Drawing on the empirical international evidence-base and over 20 years of speaking directly to children as part of empirical research. Professor Andy Phippen identifies holistic approaches from around the world. \n\nChair:\n\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, SACPA\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nAndy Phippen\, Professor of IT\, Ethics and Digital Rights\, Bournemouth University\n\n\n\n14:30 – 14:45 \nBreak \n14:45 – 16:15 \nWorkshop and facilitated discussion (LIVE ONLY session – no recordings) \nThis final portion of the conference will give delegates the opportunity to join interactive discussion workshops\, delivered by current practitioners\, to consider specific safeguarding cases involving international students. The workshop facilitators work in an independent boarding school\, so will be framing activity in that context but factoring in multi-agency approaches. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage live in both workshop options. \n\nChair:\n\nBeth Hudson\, Executive Director\, Consultancy and Director\, BAISIS/HIEDA\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nEd Poynter\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, Charterhouse School\nLeanne Rowlands\, Assistant Head\, Pastoral & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead\, Charterhouse School\nM Jolly\, Director of Wellbeing and Inclusion\, Charterhouse School\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16:15 \nConference close \n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire 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 safeguarding 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. \n\nBeth Hudson\, Executive Director\, Consultancy and Director\, BAISIS/HIEDA \n Bethan joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland\, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland\, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. In her role\, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars\, Conferences\, INSET and Consultancy\, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide. \n\nKate Hollyer\, Executive Director\, Legal\, BSA Legal Services Ltd \nKate is Legal and Public Affairs Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Group Legal Services Ltd\, BSA Group’s SRA-regulated law firm. As a qualified solicitor of England and Wales with more than 12 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration and nationality law\, Kate supports members with all UK immigration matters including UKVI sponsor licence compliance. Kate is a member of the Home Office Education Advisory Group and is the boarding sector representative for this group. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state\, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband\, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life. \n\nEd Poynter\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, Charterhouse School \nEd started teaching in 2010 via the Graduate Teacher Programme (University College London) following a career in the British Army where he served as an infantry officer with the Royal Green Jackets (and latterly the Rifles) in Bosnia\, Kosovo\, Northern Ireland\, Iraq and Afghanistan. Ed taught English in London state and day schools\, before his first taste of working in a boarding environment at Ardingly College in West Sussex. Ed’s next post was as a Housemaster at Charterhouse for eight years\, before taking on his current role (also at Charterhouse) as Deputy Head (Pastoral). He holds a BA in English and Classics from the University of Exeter and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Buckingham. He is married to a pre-prep teacher and they have three school age children. \n\nLeanne Rowlands\, Assistant Head\, Pastoral & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead\, Charterhouse \nLeanne has over 20 years of boarding experience in Independent Schools\, namely St Edwards’ Oxford\, Marlborough College (UK and Malaysia)\, Tudor Hall\, Bradfield College and currently at Charterhouse School where she is Assistant Head Pastoral and a trained DSL with responsibility for Online Safety.  For over 13 years\, Leanne ran both horizontal and vertical boarding houses and then Moved to Malaysia in 2012 to set up girls boarding at Marlborough College.  She also has been a Head of Girls Sport and Head of Department (Academic Physical Education and Psychology). Alongside her role as AHP\, Leanne is also responsible for overseeing the International Pupil’s Co-ordinator\, Lead Nurse and Guardians at Charterhouse.  Leanne has been instrumental in establishing co-education at Charterhouse where she also oversees and audits the implementation of the NMS across the 15 boarding houses. \n\nM Jolly\, Director of Wellbeing and Inclusion\, Charterhouse School \nM Jolly is the director of wellbeing and inclusion and senior leader at Charter House school. She is also a qualified therapist and clinical Supervisor. She has worked in schools with young people for over ten years and is creating real change within her school. M Jolly\, harnesses student voice to bring awareness to the school community and beyond about important issues. The EDI vision between 2021-2023 has placed emphasis on allyship and anti-discrimination\, culminating in pupil-led Charters for Anti-Racism\, Anti-Sexism\, LGBTQ+ and Anti-Bullying. Her school were recently awarded The Rainbow Flag Award\, in recognition of their pro-active and whole School approach to the positive inclusion and visibility of LGBT+ people. \n\nMelanie Bloor-Black\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Yehudi Menuhin School \nMelanie is a British trained and qualified Drama teacher with over 20 years’ experience in the UK and Switzerland which includes Head of Faculty\, Director of Drama\, Housemistress\, Head of Year\, Co-Curricular Coordinator\, PSHE Coordinator. Previous work in boarding includes Roedean School for Girls\, Royal Hospital School\, Christ’s Hospital School and Aiglon College in Switzerland. She greatly enjoys developing an extensive\, exciting and balanced programme of pastoral care\, and creating academic and experiential learning opportunities within a whole school community. Melanie is also the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead. \n\nJeremy Kerslake\, Vice-Principal (Pastoral) and Designated Safeguarding Lead\, Concord College \nMr Jeremy Kerslake read Theology at Trinity College\, Oxford. He joined Concord in 1995. He is responsible for all aspects of wellbeing at the College\, including safeguarding and boarding. Jeremy is the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and also the mental health lead at Concord. \n  \n\nDonny McCormick\, Director & Principal Consultant\, Safeguarding HE \nDonny McCormick is a dedicated Higher Education and Safeguarding Professional with a strong commitment to ensuring student safety and wellbeing. With extensive experience in senior roles across universities and the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector\, Donny specialises in creating responsive services and implementing safeguarding frameworks aligned with legislation and government guidance. His career includes impactful work at Robert Gordon University\, King’s College London\, and Unite Students alongside establishing a UK charity as an international NGO in Zambia. Donny is also a certified trainer for Mental Health First Aid England\, Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid and an accredited Sexual Violence Liaison Officer. Additionally\, he is qualified to deliver safeguarding training for children and adults at risk. Academically\, Donny holds a BA (Hons) in Scots Law and an LLB from the University of Stirling\, as well as an MA in Safeguarding and Security from London Metropolitan University. Recently\, he was appointed Trustee (Welfare) at The Printing Charity\, further demonstrating his commitment to welfare and safeguarding excellence. \n\nAndy Phippen\, Professor of IT\, Ethics and Digital Rights\, Bournemouth University \nAndy Phippen is a professor of digital rights at Bournemouth University and a visiting professor at the University of Suffolk. He has worked with the IT sector for over 15 years in a consultative capacity on issues of ethical and social responsibility\, with companies such as British Telecom\, Google and Facebook. He has presented written and oral evidence to parliamentary enquiries related to the public use of ICT and is widely published in the area. In recent years he has specialised in the use of ICTs by children and young people\, carrying out a large amount of grass roots research on issues such as their attitudes toward privacy and data protection\, file sharing and internet safety. He is a research partner with the UK Safer Internet Centre and is a frequent media commentator on children and the Internet.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-baisis-safeguarding-international-students-conference-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Annual Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \n🏷️ £250-500\, with additional tickets from £120\n🎧 All those involved in safeguarding\n📍 In person – Broadway House\, Tothill St\, London SW1H 9NQ \n\nJoin us at our Annual Safeguarding Conference\, taking place in person. \nThe Annual Safeguarding Conference\, sponsored by Seqrd Technology\, is a one-day professional development event bringing together safeguarding leaders\, practitioners\, and partners from across education\, care\, and related sectors. The programme provides a comprehensive update on emerging safeguarding risks\, lessons from key national inquiries\, and practical strategies for strengthening safeguarding practice. Through expert-led sessions\, case studies\, and interactive discussions\, delegates will explore resilience\, compliance\, youth engagement\, and the challenges of digital safeguarding. The day concludes with the Annual Safeguarding Awards\, recognising excellence and innovation in safeguarding practice. \nTraining Topics \n\nResilience in Safeguarding Practice\nEmerging Risks in Safeguarding\nLessons from IICSA\nPartnerships and Professional Collaboration\nYouth Voice in Safeguarding\nDigital Safeguarding\nLearning Outcomes\n\nBy the end of the conference\, participants will be able to: \n\nApply resilience-building strategies to maintain personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness in safeguarding roles.\nRecognise and respond to emerging risks such as radicalisation\, misogyny\, and online harms\, while fulfilling Prevent responsibilities.\nInterpret the lessons of IICSA and integrate key recommendations into safeguarding frameworks and practice.\nStrengthen collaborative practice with LADOs and other safeguarding partners to ensure robust case management.\nEmbed youth voice into safeguarding strategies\, ensuring young people are heard\, respected\, and protected.\nIdentify and mitigate current digital safeguarding threats\, applying proactive approaches to protect children and young people across online platforms.\n\nGot a question or topic you’d like our speakers to cover? Send your questions to info@sacpa.org.uk ahead of the conference. \nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n\n09:30 – 10:00 Registration and refreshments \n\n10:00 – 10:15 MOT for safeguarding professionals: Resilience Building in Safeguarding \nThis session focuses on supporting safeguarding professionals by exploring resilience-building strategies to sustain wellbeing and effectiveness in demanding roles. \n\nSpeaker: Dr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA\n\n\n10:15 – 11:00 Emerging Risks Safeguarding: Radicalisation\, Misogyny and Prevent responsibilities for schools \nThis session examines the growing safeguarding risks linked to radicalisation and misogyny\, outlining schools’ Prevent duties and practical responses. \n\nSpeaker: Dr Craig McCann\n\n\n11:00 – 11:15 Refreshments and networking \n\n11:15 – 12:00 Lessons from IICSA \nThis session reflects on the findings of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)\, highlighting key lessons for safeguarding practice across education settings. \n\nSpeaker: Fiona Scolding KC\n\n\n12:00 – 12:15 Communication in Isolation \nToby shares his lived experience of his inner struggles that he shared with the school counsellor. He reflects as a young adult the importance of communication between the key professionals in the school and his parents that would have been key to his recovery from addiction. He advocates for effective communication and working together in safeguarding. \n\nSpeaker: Toby Watson\n\n\n12:15 – 13:00 Networking lunch \n\n13:00 – 13:45 Working effectively with LADOs    \nThis session explores how to collaborate productively with Local Authority Designated Officers (LADOs) to ensure robust safeguarding case management. \n\nPanel: Alice Vicary-Stott\, Director of Safeguarding\, DSL\, Senior Mental Health Lead\, Eton College\nLiz Sale\, Head of Safeguarding (DSL)\, Rugby School\nRachel Whitton\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, DSL\, St Teresa’s School\nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director Accreditation/Compliance\, BSA Group\n\n\n13:45 – 14:30 Youth Voice in Safeguarding \nThis session emphasizes the importance of embedding children and young people’s voices in safeguarding\, ensuring that practice reflects lived experiences. \n\nPanel: Christine Kane\, Deputy Head (Safeguarding)\, Marlborough College and Council Member\, The Football Association\nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director Accreditation/Compliance\, BSA Group\nHoong Kwan\, Chief Executive Office\, SeQrd Technology\nPupils from Marlborough College\n\n\n14:30 – 15:00 Refreshments and networking \n\n15:00 – 15:30 Safeguarding Across Boarders\, Hidden Risks: Fraud\, Scams\, and Cultural Barriers Facing International Students \nThis session highlights the challenges and considerations of safeguarding in international or cross-border contexts\, with a focus on collaboration and information-sharing. \n\nSpeaker: Damian Cranny\, Fraud Protection Officer\, Dorset Police\n\n\n15:30 – 16:15 Digital dangers and trends \nThis session addresses emerging digital risks facing children and young people\, offering insights into trends and strategies for safer online environments. \n\nSpeaker: Karl Hopwood\, SACPA Chair\n\n\n16:15 – 16:30 Annual Safeguarding Awards \nThis session celebrates excellence in safeguarding practice through the presentation of the Annual Safeguarding Awards. \n\n16:30 Conference close \n\n\nSpeakers: \nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya Ali is Director of SACPA and an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert. With over two decades’ multidisciplinary experience in legal\, academic\, advisory\, and leadership roles\, she is strongly committed to advancing child rights and welfare. Formerly Deputy Minister in the Maldives\, she led national reforms in child protection policy and legislation. Internationally\, she has worked with UNICEF\, Save the Children\, and Lumos Foundation on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and systems reform across South Asia and beyond. An academic and practitioner\, Mariya has published widely and specialises in trauma-informed\, survivor-centred\, and systems-based safeguarding approaches. \n\nDr Craig McCann \nCraig is a specialist adviser and researcher on the Counter Terrorism Prevent Strategy and associated Channel programme. As a former senior CT police officer having served within the Metropolitan Police Service and the National CT Headquarters\, he has extensive experience of the delivery of Prevent across the UK. He has also led the international delivery of research\, project delivery and capacity building across a range of operational contexts including the Western Balkans\, East Africa and Asia. He is a published author and has a PhD in comparative politics exploring how the Prevent Strategy is applied to right-wing extremism. He currently works as the Investigator within the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner.  \n\nFiona Scolding KC \nFiona has practised in the field of public law with an emphasis upon work concerning children and vulnerable adults for 28 years.  She is ranked as a leading education and court of protection barrister in the legal directories.  She has been involved in many cases concerning safeguarding in settings involving children and adults and has led investigations into abuses of power in educational\,  health and charitable settings. \n\nDamian Cranny\, Fraud Protection Officer\, Dorset Police \nDamian is a Fraud Protection Officer with Dorset Police’s Economic Crime Unit and certified NLP Practitioner. He combines traditional policing with psychological insights to combat fraud through innovative education. His 24-lesson secondary school program explores fraud psychology\, while his romance fraud awareness campaign achieved a 323% increase in victim reporting within two weeks. Damian develops presentations that merge real-world police experience with NLP techniques\, helping educators understand criminal manipulation tactics. At conferences\, he focuses on protecting students from fraud targeting and building resilience against social engineering attacks through comprehensive safeguarding approaches. \n\nKarl Hopwood\, SACPA Chair \nKarl Hopwood is an independent online safety expert and member of the UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS)\, where he sits on several working groups. He serves on the advisory board of the UK Safer Internet Centre and the Roblox Trust and Safety board\, and has advised TikTok on harmful challenges. Karl works closely with Internet Matters\, Ofcom\, and schools across Europe to promote digital literacy and safer online behaviours. A former headteacher\, he has consulted for INSAFE for 19 years\, coordinating helplines and awareness centres. He currently chairs Childnet International and SACPA\, and previously chaired the Marie Collins Foundation. \n\n \nChristine Kane\, Deputy Head (Safeguarding)\, Marlborough College and Council Member\, The Football Association \nChristine serves as Senior Non-Executive Director at the Oxfordshire FA and sits on the boards of Nottingham Forest Community Trust and Everyone’s Invited.  With previous roles at SSAFA\, the UK Ministry of Defence\, and Aston Villa Football Club. \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \nDale joined the BSA in 2017 to lead safeguarding\, inspection\, and compliance across the UK\, building on his experience as a course tutor since 1998. He works closely with ISI\, Ofsted\, and DfE\, and oversees the Group’s work in Scotland and Wales. A trainer and consultant for BSA and SACPA\, Dale is Vice Chair of SAFCAB. Previously\, he was a boarding practitioner for 31 years\, including Housemaster and Deputy Head at Old Swinford Hospital. He also trains for the Methodist Church\, is a trustee of the National Youth String Orchestra\, chairs a performing arts charity\, and volunteers in sport and Scouting. \n\nLiz Sale\, Head of Safeguarding\, Rugby School \nLiz has 25 years of teaching experience\, where she has worked in a range of settings in the UK and in Australia.  Liz has twice been a Head of Science\, but for most of her career has been heavily involved in pastoral care.  Liz has worked for the past 13 years at Rugby School\, where she was a boarding Housemistress for ten years and now serves on the senior management team as the Head of Safeguarding.  Liz is currently studying for an MSc in Advanced Child Protection at the University of Birmingham. \n\nRachel Whitton\, Deputy Head Pastoral\, DSL\, St Teresa’s School \nA Fellow of the Institute of Boarding\, Rachel Whitton has over twenty years’ experience working in boarding schools. She has served as Deputy Head (Pastoral) in two schools and as Designated Safeguarding Lead in three\, working across a range of boroughs. Rachel is proud to be the Vice Chair of the GSA Pastoral and Safeguarding Committee and a Safeguarding Governor at a primary school\, reflecting a long-standing commitment to the wellbeing and safety of young people. \n\nAlice Vicary-Stott\, Director of Safeguarding\, DSL\, Senior Mental Health Lead\, Eton College \nAlice leads all safeguarding and child protection matters at the school\, working closely with three Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads including the Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, the Deputy Head (Boarding)\, and the Safeguarding Co-ordinator\, Alice also manages the school’s mental health provision.  Alice holds a degree in Social Work and has extensive experience within Children’s Social Care. Before joining Eton\, she served as the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) for Kingston\, Richmond\, Windsor and Maidenhead\, where she oversaw child protection services and collaborated with schools\, police\, health\, and other partner agencies. She also chaired the National LADO Network\, promoting best practice in safeguarding nationwide. \n\nToby Watson \nToby specialises in addiction recovery and recovery coaching. His own lived experience provides him with insight into the struggles of the young people he works with\, and he believes that he can learn something from each client. \nIn 2021\, he co-founded Hatch Wellness at the age of 18\, an organisation that helps schools improve the education and support available for students around addiction and recovery. The goal is to create easily-accessible pathways to recovery by having young people share their own stories. \nWhen he’s not working\, Toby writes and performs music – a creative outlet that has been invaluable to him during his own recovery journey. He hopes that the people he works with will be able to rediscover themselves and their passions in the same way that he has.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/annual-safeguarding-conference-2/
LOCATION:Broadway House\, London\, London\, SW1H 9NQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,In-person
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Digital Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235 – discounted rate for additional members\n🎧 All those working with children\, young people or vulnerable individuals\, including DSLs\, DSOs and DDSLs\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nIn an age where digital technology is included in every part of life; from education and work to social life\, the practice of safeguarding has fundamentally changed. Especially in the digital landscape.  Protecting young people and vulnerable individuals today means engaging with complex online environments and emerging digital risks\, not just traditional face-to-face contexts.  The Digital Safeguarding Conference is a practical\, forward-looking event for professionals dedicated to evolving safeguarding practice to keep pace with digital transformation. You’ll gain fresh insights from expert voices\, explore real-world challenges from AI to online harms\, and be equipped with strategies you can apply immediately in your organisation or as a parent.  \nBOOK NOW \n\nEVENT PROGRAMME\n09:00 – 09:05 Welcome from Director of SACPA  \n\n09:05 – 09:15 Introduction to the Current and Emerging Risks \nIn the age of hyperconnectivity\, safeguarding both children and adults can be a challenge. Our speaker will set the scene for emerging issues internationally as well at the UK.  \nSpeaker: Bharti Patel\, Human Rights Advocate and Former CEO ECPAT UK  \n\n09:15 – 09:45 Policy into Practice  \nSpeakers will focus on developing robust digital safeguarding policies and embedding digital literacy and resilience in training in schools. They will shar their experiences of some practical templates for schools\, charities\, and local authorities.  \nSpeakers: Hoong Kwan CEO\, SEQRD & Arabella Northey\, Head of Partnerships and Communications\, SEQRD \n\n09:45 – 10:00 Break  \n\n10:00 – 10:45 Understanding Digital Risk and Radicalisation \nOur expert speaker will highlight the pathways to radicalisation including trauma\, the intersection of gaming\, gender\, and online violence and challenging toxic narratives while promoting positive masculinity\, and finally early identification within schools and educational institutions.   \nSpeaker: Dr Juncal Fernandez Garayzabal \n\n10:45 – 11:00 Break  \n\n11:00 – 12:00 Practical Tools for Managing Digital Risk  \nOur speakers explore the important role of parents and of setting healthy digital habits at a young age that includes setting limits and boundaries\, while acknowledging the benefits of the virtual world virtual world provides fun\, creative learning and a space for relaxation.   \n11:00 – 11:30 Balancing Parenting and Children’s Leisure in Boarding in the age of Digital Connectivity \nThis session explores the importance of setting healthy digital habits at a young age that includes setting limits and boundaries\, while acknowledging the benefits of the virtual world virtual world provides fun\, creative learning and a space for relaxation.   \nSpeaker: Tom Hollyer\, Housemaster\, Uppingham School \n\n11:30 – 12:00 Digital Parenting  \nSpeaker: Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov\, Founder\, Digital Parenting Coach.com \n\n12:00 – 13:00 Lunch\n  \n\n13:00 – 14:00 Keynote: The Future of Digital Safeguarding  \nThis session will focus on emerging online harms especially related to AI\, deepfakes\, and what is new in Online Safety in 2026\, and what we should be planning for.   \nSpeaker: Karl Hopwood\, Independent E-Safety Consultant and SACPA Chair \n\n14:00 – 14:15 Break  \n\n14:15 – 14:45 Digital Resilience at Highfield and Brookham \nOur speaker will share their innovative initiative to ensure Digital Safeguarding partnership which is parent led and also working in partnership with the school.   \nSpeakers: Mikayla van den Berg\, Director of Boarding and Designated Safeguarding Lead \n\n14:45 – 15:00 Break  \n\n15:00 – 15:45 Balancing Privacy and Safety in AI and Facial Recognition Software in Safeguarding\n \nThe speaker will inform us about Artificial Intelligence and facial recognition software\,  helping us strengthen our understanding around balancing Privacy and Safety\, particularly for schools\, charities and organisations that work with children.  \nSpeaker: Professor Ugail\, Bradford University   \n\n15:45 – 16:00 Break  \n\n16:00 – 16:15 Safeguarding Neurodivergent Learners in a Digital World \nOur speaker will share findings from their qualitative research with children who are neurodivergent and young people with mental health challenges  \nSpeaker: Paula Bradbury\, Trust & Safety Principal SME & Criminologist\, Resolver \n\n16:15 Conference close \n\nSpeakers: \nDr Juncal Fernandez-Garayzabal\, PhD \nJuncal is Development & Program Manager at the Counter Extremism Project and a fellow at the European Foundation for South Asian Studies. A linguist by training\, her PhD examined parallels between human trafficking and extremist recruitment. She has led nine international rehabilitation and reintegration projects for individuals involved in extremism\, engaging directly with offenders and at-risk individuals worldwide. With experience across Latin America\, Africa\, and global institutions including Georgetown University and UNICEF\, she combines research and field practice to advance prevention\, deradicalization\, and peacebuilding efforts. Her work is widely published and frequently presented at multilateral forums. \n\nTom Hollyer\, Housemaster\, Uppingham School\n \nTom Hollyer is an experienced Housemaster\, Geography teacher\, and senior pastoral leader with a strong track record across leading UK boarding schools. Currently Housemaster of Fircroft at Uppingham School\, he oversees the pastoral and academic welfare of 56 boys aged 13–18 and contributes to whole-school wellbeing\, outreach\, and recruitment. A Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Boarding\, Tom is also a qualified mindfulness teacher and Youth Mental Health First Aider. His career spans roles at Caldicott and RGS High Wycombe\, where he led boarding teams\, strengthened safeguarding practice\, and shaped thriving pastoral cultures. \n\nKarl Hopwood\, Independent E-Safety Consultant and SACPA Chair \nKarl Hopwood is an independent online safety expert and member of the UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS)\, where he sits on several working groups. He serves on the advisory board of the UK Safer Internet Centre and the Roblox Trust and Safety board\, and has advised TikTok on harmful challenges. Karl works closely with Internet Matters\, Ofcom\, and schools across Europe to promote digital literacy and safer online behaviours. A former headteacher\, he has consulted for INSAFE for 19 years\, coordinating helplines and awareness centres. He currently chairs Childnet International and SACPA\, and previously chaired the Marie Collins Foundation. \n  \n\nDr. Elizabeth Milovidov\, Founder\, Digital Parenting Coach.com \nDr. Elizabeth Milovidov is a lawyer\, law professor\, a leading expert in child online protection and the founder of DigitalParentingCoach.com.  She currently serves as the Global Head of Parental Advocacy at Roblox\, where she empowers families to navigate the digital world safely. \nShe is an Assistant Professor at the American Graduate School in Paris and holds trustee or advisory roles with the NSPCC\, Common Sense Media UK\, and the Children’s Media Foundation. Her expertise is frequently featured by France 24\, the BBC\, and the WSJ. Dr. Milovidov holds degrees from UCLA\, UC Davis\, and the European University. \n\nPaula Bradbury\, Trust & Safety Principal SME & Criminologist\, Resolver \nPaula Bradbury is a lecturer in Criminology and Policing Practice at the University of Middlesex.  She is also the Senior Researcher at the Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies engaging in multiple research projects and bid writing opportunities\, the results have led to several successful grants awarded. She is a doctoral researcher studying for a PhD in Criminology\, exploring the appropriateness of policy and policing practice in response to adolescents sharing nudes. \n  \n\n \nProfessor Ugail\, Bradford University\n \nProfessor Hassan Ugail is Director of the Centre for Visual Computing and Intelligent Systems at the University of Bradford\, UK. He is a leading computer scientist specialising in visual computing and artificial intelligence. His research focuses on applying AI to real world challenges\, including digital health\, innovative engineering\, and sustainable societies. He is particularly known for work in human biometrics\, developing advanced AI methods for face recognition and analysis. This expertise contributed to identifying the Russian spies involved in the Salisbury Novichok poisoning case. In 2023\, he presented his work on AI driven face recognition at the 199th Royal Institution Christmas Lecture series. \n  \n\nArabella Northey\, Head of Partnerships and Communications\, Seqrd Technology \nFollowing eighteen years of dedicated experience in education across diverse school environments\, Arabella has cultivated a deep understanding of pedagogy and the evolving landscape of learning and the digital world. She has taught in both the state and private school sector. As a co-founder of The Fulham Boys School\, she developed a curriculum to equip and challenge boys of all abilities and foster a love of learning. Having completed her NPQH\, she worked with schools and senior leaders to embed thinking skills\, metacognition and self-regulation strategies within their curriculum. \nHer role as Head of Partnerships and Communications at Seqrd Technology has enabled her to combine her expertise in metacognition\, technology and safeguarding. This position has given her the opportunity to help schools and parents support their pupils to thrive online and navigate digital spaces safely. \n\n \nBharti Patel\, Human Rights Advocate and Former CEO ECPAT UK \nBharti Patel is an accomplished international advocate for children’s rights and social justice\, with over 20 years’ experience influencing policy\, practice\, and public discourse to protect children and marginalised communities. Her work spans child protection\, digital safeguarding\, anti-trafficking\, labour rights\, and social and economic justice in the UK and India. \nBharti has held senior leadership roles at organisations including ECPAT UK\, SVARAJ India\, and the Low Pay Unit\, campaigning for every child’s right to be free from exploitation and abuse—online and offline—as well as for access to food\, water\, livelihood security\, and decent work. She brings a deep understanding of how structural inequality\, poverty\, and policy failure intersect with digital environments\, heightening risks of child sexual exploitation and abuse. \nShe has a strong track record of influencing national and international law and policy\, grounded in evidence\, lived experience\, and frontline insight. Bharti served as an expert witness to the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)\, contributing to recommendations to strengthen safeguarding systems and prevent child sexual exploitation\, including transnational and technology-facilitated abuse. \nShe is a sought-after speaker\, media commentator\, and safeguarding trainer for frontline practitioners\, NGOs\, and policymakers\, with a focus on digital risks and systemic prevention. She is a Trustee of the Right to Education Initiative. She divides her time between the UK and India. \n\nHoong Kwan\, CEO and CCO\, SEQRD \nHoong Kwan\, CEO and co-founder of SEQRD\, whose interest in digital safeguarding was piqued as he watched his sons and their interaction with technology. Hoong’s approach to digital safeguarding is shaped by more than 25 years’ experience as a strategist in telecoms\, IT and cybersecurity. He has led the company from concept to commercialisation as they launched their platform\, SchoolsMobile. In just 3 years from concept\, SchoolsMobile now protects thousands of children across schools in the UK. \n  \n\nMikayla van den Berg\, Director of Boarding and Designated Safeguarding Lead \nMikayla van den Berg is an experienced educational leader and Designated Safeguarding Lead with over 13 years’ experience across UK and international schools. She is a member of the Senior Management Team at Highfield and Brookham School\, with responsibility for whole-school safeguarding and boarding. Mikayla is a SACPA Safeguarding Awards 2025 finalist for Innovation\, recognised for developing a research-informed digital safeguarding programme rooted in education\, parental confidence\, and pupil voice. Her work focuses on online harms\, contextual safeguarding\, staff training\, and building effective partnerships between schools and families to support children’s wellbeing in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/digital-safeguarding-conference-3/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding International Students Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 DSLs/CPOs\, International Student Leads\, Pastoral & Boarding Staff\, International Child Protection Leads\, Lawyers\, Law Enforcement Officers\, Senior Leaders\, Guardianship & Homestay Providers\n📍 Online (conference)\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nSponsored by:  \n \n\nCourse Outline: \nThis one-day conference provides safeguarding professionals with a global lens on protecting international students in an increasingly complex and polarised world. Participants will explore how geopolitical instability\, cultural identity\, transnational extremism\, digital risk and cross-border care arrangements impact safeguarding responsibilities in education settings. Through expert-led sessions and case clinics\, delegates will strengthen their understanding of culturally responsive practice\, online harm\, guardianship accountability and proportionate responses to emerging risks. The programme combines strategic insight with practical tools to support ethical\, legally sound and trauma-informed safeguarding across international contexts. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nGeopolitical instability and its impact on international student vulnerability\nCulturally responsive safeguarding and building trust across identities\nTransnational extremism\, radicalisation risks and proportionate safeguarding responses\nGuardianship\, homestays and cross-border accountability\nOnline harm\, digital risk and global safeguarding challenges\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand how global conflict\, migration and polarisation shape safeguarding risk\nApply culturally informed approaches to disclosures and student engagement\nRecognise indicators of transnational extremism and respond appropriately\nNavigate safeguarding responsibilities across borders and shared care arrangements\nIdentify and respond to online harm affecting international students\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 09:45  Welcome & Opening Remarks \n\n09:45 – 10:15 Keynote Address: Safeguarding Without Borders: International Students in an Age of Geopolitical Uncertainty \nThis keynote examines how global conflict\, migration pressures\, political polarisation and international mobility are reshaping risk\, vulnerability and safeguarding responsibilities in education settings worldwide. \nSpeaker: Dr Munir Safieldin\, Insightful Impact Consultants\, Director \n\n10:15 – 10:35 Safer Recruitment through thorough Background Checks  \nSpeaker: Kannan Chettiar\, CEO\, Avvanz \n\n10:35 – 10:50 Break \n\n10:50 – 11:30 Cultural Identity\, Belonging and Safeguarding Practice \nExploring how cultural norms\, identity\, faith\, family expectations and geopolitical background influence safeguarding disclosures\, engagement and trust. \nSpeaker: Ann Marie Christian\, International Safeguarding Consultant\, Trainer and Author and experienced social worker \n\n11:30 – 11:45 Break \n\n11:45 – 12:30 Transnational Extremism and Student Safeguarding \nRecognising and Responding to Far-Right Radicalisation in Education Settings \nA safeguarding-focused session addressing the rise of far-right and extremist ideologies across the UK\, USA\, Canada and Australia\, and their impact on international students. \nSpeaker: Dr Craig McCann\, Specialist Adviser\, Counter Terrorism Prevent Strategy \n\n12:30 – 13:30 Lunch \n\n13:30 – 14:30 Guardianship\, Homestays and Shared Responsibility Across Borders \nExamining safeguarding accountability when care is shared between schools\, guardians\, homestay providers and overseas families. \nSpeakers:  \n\nSteph Gilbert\, UK Director & DSL\, Oxbridge Guardian\nRob Wilson-Clarke\, Curriculum Exploration Officer and Safeguarding Lead\, Flooglebinder\n\n\n14:30 – 14:45 Break \n\n14:45 – 15:30 Digital Lives\, Online Harm and Global Safeguarding Risk \nInternational students’ digital lives often span multiple countries\, platforms and legal protections. \nSpeaker: Dr Vaughan Connolly\, Director\, The Glenlead Centre \n\n15:30 – 14:45 Break \n\n15:45 – 16:30  Case Clinics \nManaging Safeguarding Concerns Triggered by Global Events\nSpeaker: Dr Carolyn Dunn\, Vice Principal Pastoral – Designated Safeguarding Lead and SENDCo \nMental Health\, Trauma and International Students \nThresholds\, Escalation and Multi-Agency Working Across Borders\nSpeaker: Damian Cranny\, Fraud Protect Officer\, Dorset Police \n\n16:30 Closing Reflections & Next Steps \n\nSpeakers: \nDr Munir Safieldin\, Insightful Impact Consultants\, Director \nMunir is a public policy analyst\, economist\, and strategist with over 40 years of experience in the United Nations and with NGOs. He has served as UNICEF Representative to Uganda\, to the Maldives\, to the Islamic Republic of Iran\, and as UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria. \n  \n  \n\n \nKannan Chettiar\, CEO\, Avvanz \nKannan is an award-winning Global Leader with 27 years of experience in the Technology and Human Capital sectors spanning Asia\, EMEA & Americas. Kannan’s Technopreneurship has earned him the “Executive of the Year – Human Resources Technology” award\, which is an extremely prestigious Management Excellence award from Singapore Business Review. Kannan has held management and leadership positions in First Advantage\, Dell Computers\, Future Electronics\, Arrow Electronics (NY-listed)\, Farnell Group (London-listed)\, e2open (IBM-backed)\, and i-Sprint Innovations (Acer-backed). Kannan is also a Certified International Trainer with very high ratings from Fortune 500 Clients and an accredited StrengthsScope Practitioner. Kannan regularly delivers Thought Leadership talks and Masterclasses in the region and constantly offers insights and perspectives in mainstream newspapers and trade publications. Kannan is proficient in several languages – he speaks fluent English\, Tamil\, elementary Mandarin\, Malay\, and Thai. An engineer by training\, he holds an Honours degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and an MBA from the University of Birmingham in the UK. Kannan holds an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment as well. \n\nDr Craig McCann\, Specialist Adviser\, Counter Terrorism Prevent Strategy \nCraig is a specialist adviser and researcher on the Counter Terrorism Prevent Strategy and associated Channel programme. As a former senior CT police officer having served within the Metropolitan Police Service and the National CT Headquarters\, he has extensive experience of the delivery of Prevent across the UK. He has also led the international delivery of research\, project delivery and capacity building across a range of operational contexts including the Western Balkans\, East Africa and Asia. He is a published author and has a PhD in comparative politics exploring how the Prevent Strategy is applied to right-wing extremism. He currently works as the Investigator within the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner.  \n\nAnn Marie Christian\, International Safeguarding Consultant\, Trainer and Author and experienced social worker \nAnn Marie has over 30 years’ experience as a qualified social worker. Since 1996\, she has worked across local authorities in frontline services\, management\, and as a Safeguarding Advisor\, LADO\, and Designated Safeguarding Lead Trainer. Ann Marie became an independent consultant in 2010\, providing safeguarding advice\, training\, and consultancy services to schools\, charities\, local authorities\, and global organisations\, including the NSPCC\, COIS\, BSME\, ISI Consultancy\, BSA\, IAPS\, the Premier League\, and many more. She regularly writes for Head Teachers Update\, SEN Magazine\, and Nursery World\, and develops safeguarding courses for Optimus\, The Key for Leaders and Educare. Ann Marie has delivered keynotes and workshops internationally in regions such as the UK\, Dubai\, Singapore\, Texas\, Monaco\, Jamaica and more. Recognised for her impact\, she was Highly Commended at the 2019 WinTrade Awards for ‘Woman in the Public Sector’ and previously nominated as NSPCC Child Protection Trainer of the Year. \n\nSteph Gilbert\, UK Director & DSL\, Oxbridge Guardian (Oxbridge Guardians and Aspired Education) \nSteph has been working in international education for 18 years\, with 8 years as DSL and in Guardianship. As the UK Director for Oxbridge Group Ltd\, she supports and leads the team with specialities in safeguarding\, compliance\, operations and host family management. Steph has spoken at events previously regarding the NMS\, UKVI requirements\, student mental health and how to better work together to prioritise the child. Steph is the Vice Chair of Governors for a local state school and has a wealth of experience in the education field\, both independent and state sector. She works as a consultant for several youth companies and schools to support with safeguarding best practice. \n\nRob Wilson-Clarke is Curriculum Exploration Officer and Safeguarding Lead at Flooglebinder \nRob Wilson-Clarke is Curriculum Exploration Officer and Safeguarding Lead at Flooglebinder\, where he develops national and international study programmes centred on conservation\, student wellbeing\, responsible travel and personal growth. In his safeguarding leadership role\, he oversees student welfare\, risk management and safeguarding practice across programmes\, ensuring robust systems that support young people in UK and overseas settings. Previously\, as Deputy Head of Student Support and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead at the University of York\, he led safeguarding initiatives\, trained safeguarding officers and established a faculty-wide network to strengthen institutional practice. His expertise spans lecturing in ecology\, mental health\, behaviour\, resilience\, pastoral care and prevention-focused safeguarding. \n\nDamian Cranny\, Fraud Protect Officer\, Dorset Police \nDamian is a Fraud Protection Officer with Dorset Police’s Economic Crime Unit and certified NLP Practitioner. He combines traditional policing with psychological insights to combat fraud through innovative education. His 24-lesson secondary school program explores fraud psychology\, while his romance fraud awareness campaign achieved a 323% increase in victim reporting within two weeks. Damian develops presentations that merge real-world police experience with NLP techniques\, helping educators understand criminal manipulation tactics. At conferences\, he focuses on protecting students from fraud targeting and building resilience against social engineering attacks through comprehensive safeguarding approaches. \n\nDr Vaughan Connolly\, Director\, The Glenlead Centre \nDr Vaughan Connolly is Director of Education at the Glenlead Centre and a leading voice on digital safety and safeguarding in secondary education. Working in leading independent schools as a teacher of Computing and IT for over 20 years\, he has held senior leadership roles including Vice Principal and Director of IT and eLearning. A published author\, Dr Connolly combines technical expertise with practical school leadership experience. His work focuses on translating complex digital risks into clear\, proportionate safeguarding practice\, supporting educators to protect and empower young people online with confidence and clarity. \n\nDr Carolyn Dunn\, Vice Principal Pastoral – Designated Safeguarding Lead and SENDCo \nI have over 20 years of experience in senior leadership and am a chemistry teacher by training. I currently serve as Vice Principal Pastoral\, DSL\, and SENDCo at a 13–19 Independent Day and Boarding School. I am passionate about inspiring girls in STEM while supporting their personal\, social\, and academic growth. Safeguarding international students is central to my work\, particularly in today’s global and political climate\, ensuring every student feels safe\, included\, and valued. By embedding Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion into pastoral care\, I help students thrive\, gain confidence\, and flourish within our boarding school community.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-international-students-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Compliance 2026: Legal Duties\, Policy Change and Practice Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 DSLs\, safeguarding leads\, senior leaders\, pastoral leads\n📍 Online \n\nCourse overview: \nThe compliance landscape in education is evolving quickly. This one day conference will bring together the latest regulatory updates\, practical guidance\, and forward-looking insights to help delegates navigate this changing environment with confidence. The focus is on compliance\, accountability and implementation.  \nJoin us as we unpack latest changes to legal duties\, policy and practice and what these mean for your day-to-day responsibilities and wider organisational culture. From essential KCSiE updates and employment requirements to a clear breakdown of statutory safeguarding guidance implementations\, each expert-led session will guide delegates in translating policy into practice. \nWhether you’re responsible for safeguarding\, boarding provision\, inclusion strategy\, or health and wellbeing\, this conference offers a valuable opportunity to deepen your knowledge\, benchmark your practice\, and ensure you and your team are fully equipped for 2026 and beyond. \nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 10:30 \nSession 1: Preventative safeguarding and culture  \nThis session explores how to embed a proactive safeguarding culture\, with a focus on prevention strategies. It will cover upcoming RSE guidance from September 2026 and the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy\, supporting delegates to strengthen safeguarding across their setting. \nSpeaker:\nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA \n\n10:30 – 10:45 \nBreak \n\n10:45 – 11:45 \nSession 2: Statutory safeguarding guidance – what you must implement \nThis session provides clarity on key statutory safeguarding requirements\, focusing on updates to policies\, procedures\, and training. It will cover proposed changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026\, helping delegates ensure their settings remain compliant and up to date.  \nSpeakers:\nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA\nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \n\n11:45 – 12:00 \nBreak \n\n12:00 – 13:00 \nSession 3: Equality\, inclusion and emerging compliance duties  \nThis session explores key developments in equality\, inclusion\, and safeguarding compliance. It will cover emerging guidance and reforms\, including gender-questioning guidance\, SEND changes\, pay gap reporting\, and Scotland’s RHSP update\, helping delegates navigate complex decisions with confidence.  \nSpeaker:\nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA\n \n\n13:00 – 14:00 \nLunch \n\n14:00 – 15:00 \nSession 4: Safety\, health and Duty of Care in practice \nThis session focuses on safety\, health\, and duty of care in practice\, supporting confident and defensible decision-making in high-risk situations. It will cover key guidance on restraint\, allergy management\, and the practical application of Martyn’s Law in operational settings.  \nSpeakers:\nMark Thomson\, Managing Director\, Watchword\nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA\nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\n \n\n15:00 – 15:15 \nBreak \n\n15:15 – 16:30 \nSession 5: Updates on: KCSIE and employment \nThis session will provide key updates on Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and employment-related safeguarding responsibilities. Delivered by expert speakers from Moore Barlow\, it will explore recent and upcoming changes\, the intersection between statutory guidance and employment law\, and what this means in practice for schools. Delegates will gain a clearer understanding of their legal obligations\, particularly in areas such as staff conduct\, safer recruitment\, and handling safeguarding concerns within an employment context.  \nSpeakers:\nCerys Cousins\, Solicitor\, Moore Barlow\nOlivia Stanton\, Senior Associate\, Moore Barlow \n\nCONFERENCE CLOSE: 16:30 \n\nSpeakers: \n \nCerys Cousins\, Solicitor\, Moore Barlow \nCerys joined Moore Barlow as a trainee solicitor in September 2022 and qualified as a solicitor in the Schools & Charities team in 2024. During her training contract\, Cerys also gained experience in the Court of Protection\, Personal Injury and Commercial teams. She graduated with a first-class LLB Law degree from the University of Essex in 2021\, before completing the LPC LLM in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Law in 2022. Outside of work\, Cerys enjoys sports including football (supporting Arsenal) and Formula 1\, as well as reading\, spending time with friends and walking my dogs\, Hector and Pepe. \n\n \nOlivia Stanton\, Senior Associate\, Moore Barlow \nOlivia is a Senior Associate in the independent schools and charities team\, specialising in employment and education law. She advises on safeguarding\, abuse allegations\, data protection\, subject access requests\, parent contracts\, and both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Olivia drafts employment contracts\, policies and procedures\, and advises on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Her approach is to provide clear\, practical advice to help schools achieve their objectives. She joined Moore Barlow as a trainee solicitor\, having previously spent over five years working in the House of Commons. Outside work\, she enjoys travelling and exploring new places worldwide in my spare time. \n\nMark Thomson\, Managing Director\, Watchword \nMark Thomson is a former Army officer and Managing Director of Watchword Limited\, a specialist campus security company supporting education settings across the UK. Since founding Watchword in 2018\, Mark has helped education leaders strengthen security as an organisational responsibility\, integrating safeguarding\, governance\, risk management and daily operations. His work includes campus security risk assessments\, security strategy\, incident management planning and regulatory preparedness. Having spent seven years in the Army and a further ten years working in and supporting the education sector\, Mark provides practical\, sector-specific insight into how campuses can become safer\, better prepared and more resilient. His work has included supporting several of the largest college groups in the country and a world-renowned Russell Group university. \n\nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya Ali is Director of SACPA and an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert. With over two decades’ multidisciplinary experience in legal\, academic\, advisory\, and leadership roles\, she is strongly committed to advancing child rights and welfare. Formerly Deputy Minister in the Maldives\, she led national reforms in child protection policy and legislation. Internationally\, she has worked with UNICEF\, Save the Children\, and Lumos Foundation on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and systems reform across South Asia and beyond. An academic and practitioner\, Mariya has published widely and specialises in trauma-informed\, survivor-centred\, and systems-based safeguarding approaches. \n\n \nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA \nGaelle is Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA and joined the BSA in January 2023. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked in a range of state and independent schools. She is a qualified SENCO and holds and Masters in Inclusive Education. Prior to joining the BSA\, Gaelle was Deputy Head Pastoral\, DSL and Head of Boarding at an all-girls independent school in the South-East. She is a trustee at a leading independent boarding school. \n  \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \nDale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards\, having previously been a course tutor since 1998.  Dale leads on all safeguarding\, inspection and compliance matters for BSA Group\, including liaising with ISI\, Ofsted and DfE in England\, and leading on the group’s work in Scotland and Wales. He trains and delivers consultancy extensively for BSA and SACPA and is Vice Chair of the Group’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Advisory Board (SAFCAB). \nFor 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\, is a safeguarding trainer for the Methodist Church\, is a trustee of the National Youth String Orchestra and chair of a small performing arts charity. He also holds volunteer roles in sport and in the Scout Association.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/compliance-2026-legal-duties-policy-change-and-practice-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="BSA":MAILTO:hello@bsa.org
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T163000
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SUMMARY:Safer Organisations Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 DSLs\, Safeguarding leads\, Pastoral staff\, HR teams\, Governors\n📍 Online \nThis conference aims to support safeguarding leaders and practitioners to understand emerging digital harms\, review regulatory and technological responses\, and translate learning into safer organisational policies and practice. \nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 09:45 Digital safeguarding at a critical juncture \nThis session will discuss big picture trends from AI harm generation to regulatory shifts and child and youth mental health impacts. \nSpeaker: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \n09:45 – 10:30 Digital harms deep dive: tech-facilitated abuse and AI risks \nThis session will focus on how emerging technologies are changing the nature\, scale\, and concealment of abuse and what this means for organisational safeguarding responsibilities. \nChair: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Professor John Flood\, Professor of Law and Society\, Griffith University \n10:30 – 10:45 BREAK \n10:45 – 11:30 DBS checks and SCR \nThis session will focus DBS eligibility and how the  Single Central Record (SCR) functions as a critical safeguarding mechanism and how poor understanding\, weak ownership\, or over-reliance on compliance can leave organisations unsafe. \nChair: Kate Hollyer\, Executive Director (Legal)\, BSA Group & Director (Solicitor)\, BSA Legal\n \nSpeaker: Jordan Hayden\, Regional Safeguarding Outreach Officer\, DBS \n11:30 – 11:45 BREAK \n11:45 – 12:30 Practice\, culture and organisational safeguarding: youth voice \nThe focus of this session is on embedding safeguarding into the culture and everyday practices of organisations\, particularly around digital safety\, while actively involving young people in shaping these safe spaces. \nChair: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Jessica Bondy\, Founder of Words Matter \n12:30 – 13:15 LUNCH \n13:15 – 14:00 Why policies fail without reflective practice \nThe focus of this session is on embedding safeguarding into everyday workforce practice through supervision\, reflective thinking\, and relational approaches\, rather than relying solely on written policies or procedural checklists. \nChair: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Dr Sylvia B Smith FHEA \n14:00 – 14:15 BREAK \n14:15 – 15:00 Cultural competence and trauma-informed practice \nThis session will focus on why cultural humility and trauma-informed practice are critical to creating safe\, inclusive organisations where individuals feel understood\, respected\, and protected. It will explore how these approaches strengthen safeguarding by recognising lived experiences\, addressing systemic barriers\, and reducing harm. \nChair: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nSpeaker: Kellie Strachan\, The Athena Programme.\n \n15:00 – 15:15 Break \n15:15 – 16:30 Why people don’t disclose and why organisations miss it: what modern neuroscience adds to organisational safety \nWe discuss attachment\, trauma and organisational safety\, with focus on modern neuroscience. \nChair: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\, and Director of Safeguarding\, BSA Group \nSpeakers: Dr John Gibson\, DDP Practitioner\, Angus Burnett\, Senior leader in children’s services and education\, Nick Pidgeon\, Social worker and educational consultant \n16:30 Conference close \n\nSpeakers: \nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya Ali is Director of SACPA and an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert. With over two decades’ multidisciplinary experience in legal\, academic\, advisory\, and leadership roles\, she is strongly committed to advancing child rights and welfare. Formerly Deputy Minister in the Maldives\, she led national reforms in child protection policy and legislation. Internationally\, she has worked with UNICEF\, Save the Children\, and Lumos Foundation on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and systems reform across South Asia and beyond. An academic and practitioner\, Mariya has published widely and specialises in trauma-informed\, survivor-centred\, and systems-based safeguarding approaches. \n\nJordan Hayden\, Regional Safeguarding Outreach Officer\, DBS \n\nProfessor John Flood\, Professor of Law and Society\, Griffith University \nProfessor John Flood specialises in technology and society\, the sociology of the legal profession\, globalisation of law\, and the impact of AI and blockchain on legal systems and regulation. His work spans legal ethics\, large law firms\, legal technology\, and cross-border law making\, and he has published five books and more than 175 articles\, chapters\, and reports. He has held academic chairs in four countries and received major international fellowships\, including the Exxon Fellowship in Ethics at Indiana University Bloomington\, the Jean Monnet Fellowship at European University Institute\, and a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in the UK. He is currently a Research Associate at UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and Adjunct Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology. In 2025\, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. \nAlongside his academic work\, Professor Flood advises law firms\, regulators\, and legal technology start ups internationally\, most recently serving as advisor on law\, society\, and technology to Larrg\, an Australian legal tech start up focused on access to justice. His research and commentary have been featured in outlets including the Financial Times and Australian Financial Review\, and he serves on multiple UK research peer review colleges and editorial boards\, including as General Editor of the journal Legal Ethics. \n\nAngus Burnett\,  Senior leader in children’s services and education \nAngus is a senior leader with extensive experience supporting children\, families and organisations\, and is committed to understanding how people learn\, grow and function in complex environments. His career spans residential care\, education\, CAMHS\, social work and the charity sector. Across these settings he’s led teams\, shaped safeguarding systems\, delivered service improvements and supported organisational development.  His approach blends clarity\, empathy and strategic thinking\, with a focus on helping individuals and teams work with more insight and confidence. Angus currently works at The Mulberry Bush Organisation. \n\n \nNick Pidgeon\, Social worker and educational consultant \nNick has worked in residential childcare\, and as a social worker\, a social work manager\, and a social work inspector. He became the second consultant this side of the Atlantic to the Residential Child Care Project at Cornell University\, New York. For over 30 years he worked with the project contributing to writing and reviewing training programmes and delivering these programmes for the university. He has been an independent consultant for over 20 years and has delivered training and consultancy throughout Britain and in five other countries on three continents – America\, Canada\, Australia\, Ireland\, and Russia. \n\nDr Sylvia B Smith (FHEA\, SWE Registered\, MBASW)  \nSylvia is Founder and Director of Incline Training Consultants Ltd\, specialising in social work education\, leadership development\, and anti-racist practice. Her doctoral research examined how psychoanalytical approaches can strengthen social work leadership. She offers reflective practice\, coaching\, and supervision to individuals\, groups\, and teams across the sector\, and is co-convenor of The Reflective Practice Research Network. Sylvia’s work includes commissioned evaluation of anti-racist practice strategy and supporting doctoral students in their research development. She hosts the Social Workers Matter podcast and serves as Vice Chair of a Fostering and Adoption Panel. \n\nDr John Gibson\, DDP Practitioner \nDr Gibson is a social worker by primary qualification and holds a Doctorate in Professional Studies from Middlesex University.  He is Certified Practitioner in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.  He worked in residential childcare as a home manager for twenty years Barnardos and Belfast Central Mission.  He was consultant to the Residential Child Care Project at Corell University NY.  He lives in County Donegal\, Ireland where he a private practice in supporting foster cares and children.  He is also Reflective Practitioner Group Facilitator for two residential services providers in Ireland.  \n\nJessica Bondy\, Founder of Words Matter \nJessica Bondy is the Founder of Words Matter\, the charity on a mission to end verbal abuse of children by adults. She spent over 20 years in communications supporting some of the world’s leading organisations and brands and coaching and mentoring young people to help them realise their potential.Jessica founded Words Matter as a result of her own personal experience and that of the people she coached who had been so impacted by the words they had heard when growing up. \nWords Matter (www.wordsmatter.org) was launched in September 2023 and focuses on three things: research\, raising awareness and collaboration. \n\nKellie Strachan\, The Athena Programme \nKellie is an experienced social work professional with over 24 years of frontline practice across criminal justice\, child protection\, fostering\, and therapeutic support services. Qualified in England with a BSc (Hons) and Diploma in Social Work from the University of Huddersfield\, she has spent most of her career in Scotland. Her work has included offender rehabilitation\, complex child protection\, foster care support\, and trauma-informed practice. Kellie is passionate about understanding the long-term impact of trauma and early adversity\, and now delivers engaging\, research-informed training to social workers\, teachers\, foster carers\, and multi-agency professionals across the UK. \n\nKate Hollyer\, Partner and Director\, BSA Group Legal Services Ltd \nKate Hollyer is Executive Director (Legal) of BSA Group and Director of BSA Legal Services Ltd. A qualified solicitor with over 14 years’ experience in UK immigration law\, she advises and supports members on a full range of immigration matters. Before joining BSA in 2022\, Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading UK law firm\, where she built extensive expertise in complex immigration cases. Since 2014\, Kate has lived in boarding houses alongside her Housemaster husband\, giving her a unique\, first-hand perspective on the challenges and opportunities of boarding life.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safer-organisations-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
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SUMMARY:Annual safeguarding conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £250 (Non member Delegate Fee includes 1 year SACPA membership)\n🎧 All those involved in safeguarding\n📍 Broadway House\, Tothill Street\, London SW1H 9NQ\n🏆 Winners announced for the Annual Safeguarding Awards (enter before October 1\, 2026) \n\nWith significant changes to safeguarding guidance now in effect\, this conference provides an essential update for safeguarding professionals across health\, social care\, sports\, and the voluntary sector. Focusing on Working Together 2026\, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 and contemporary safeguarding practice\, delegates will gain practical insights into creating resilient organisations\, strengthening safeguarding culture and improving outcomes for children and young people. \nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n\n09:30 – 10:00  Registration & refreshments \n\n10:00 – 10:15  Welcome: The safeguarding journey from regulation to reflection \nAn introduction to the conference theme\, exploring how regulation\, relationships\, reasoning and reflection contribute to effective safeguarding and resilient organisations. \n\nSpeaker: Mariya Ali\, Director of SACPA\n\n\n10:15 – 10:45  Regulate before we educate \nAn immersive movement-based opening experience demonstrating how regulation through movement and sensory experiences supports learning\, well-being and effective safeguarding practice. This session will also focus building on our cultural humility. \n\nSpeaker: Julene Robinson\, Movement Specialist\n\n\n10:45 – 11:00  Break \n\n11:00 – 11:45  Beyond compliance: reflective practice as a safeguarding intervention \nDiscover how reflective practice strengthens professional judgement\, support staff wellbeing and helps build a positive safeguarding culture. \n\nSpeaker: Dr Sylvia B Smith (FHEA\, SWE Registered\, MBASW)\n\n\n11:15 – 12:00  The child’s voice in action: Recruitment\, culture and accountability \nLearn how involving children in recruitment and organisational decision making can strengthen safeguarding culture and accountability. \n\nSpeaker: Tricia Young\, BBC\, Children in Need\n\n\n12:00 – 12:15  How critical are young people’s voice in the discussion of the manosphere?    \n\nSpeaker: Jemima Corcoran\, Student\, UCL\n\n\n12:15 – 12:45  Panel Discussion Trauma-informed workplaces  \nExplore how psychologically safe workplaces\, informed by care experience\, can improve wellbeing\, retention and safeguarding practice.  \n\nSpeakers: Mariya Ali\, Louis Donald\,\nChair: Dale Wilkins\n\n\n12:45 – 13:30 Lunch \n\n13:30 – 14:15  Teenage relationship abuse: recognising coercion\, control and harm \nGain practical insights into recognising and responding to abuse in adolescent relationships\, including coercive control and technology- facilitated harm. \n\nSpeaker: Maddi Brunker\, Head of Adult Services at Tender Education and Arts\n\n\n14:15 – 15:00  Safeguarding in 2026: Working Together\, KCSIE and what inspectors expect \nA practical update on the latest safeguarding\, legislation and inspection expectations for education and safeguarding professionals. \n\nSpeaker: Kevin Hartley\, Senior Consultant for the NSPCC\n\n\n15:00 – 15:15 Refreshments \n\n15:15 – 15:45  Artificial intelligence\, sport and safeguarding \nExplore the safeguarding implications of AI\, deepfakes\, digital identity and emerging online risks for children and young people. \n\nSpeaker: Rosalind Harrison\, Social Media and Content Marketer\n\n\n15:45 – 16:30  Closing keynote: why regulation\, relationships and resilience in key for effective safeguarding \nBringing together the day’s key themes\, this keynote explores how organisations can embed resilient\, relationship-based safeguarding cultures. \n\nSpeaker: Dr Jessica Taylor\, CEO – VictimFocus\, PhD\, AFBPsS\, CPsychol\, FRSA\, PGDip\n\n\n16:30 – 16:45  Annual safeguarding awards and close \nThe SACPA Awards are held annually each autumn to celebrate and recognise outstanding contributions to safeguarding and child protection. Interested in entering? Find out more here. Please note\, entries will close on October 1\, 2026. \n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n\nDr Jessica Taylor\, CEO – VictimFocus\, PhD\, AFBPsS\, CPsychol\, FRSA\, PGDip \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Jessica Taylor is a Chartered Psychologist\, multi-Sunday Times bestselling author\, and internationally recognised expert in victimology\, trauma\, and forensic psychology. As CEO of VictimFocus\, she leads the organisation’s strategic direction\, national influence\, and international partnerships. Her work spans the development of evidence-based psychological theory\, high-impact resources\, service frameworks\, and consultancy models used across health\, justice\, education\, and social care.\nWith a wealth of frontline experience working directly with victims and survivors\, Jessica brings a grounded\, practice-informed perspective to her research and leadership. A leading voice in the development of trauma-informed\, anti-oppressive frameworks for systems and services\, she has advised on national policing strategies\, government policy\, and institutional reform in the UK and internationally. Her expertise helps organisations stay ahead of the curve\, align with national guidance and inspection standards\, and implement meaningful\, systemic change. Through her research\, writing\, and public engagement\, she has played a key role in transforming understanding of victim blaming\, trauma-informed practice\, and institutional responses to abuse. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatricia (Tricia) Young\, Interim Director Impact and Influence BBC Children in Need \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nKevin Hartley\, Senior Consultant for the NSPCC \n \nKevin Hartley is a Senior Consultant for the NSPCC. Kevin has worked in secondary education for almost 30 years\, initially as an English teacher\, but later as a Pastoral Lead and then as a member of senior leadership.\nFor most of his career he has been involved in safeguarding and spent 12 years as a DSL in a busy\, diverse 11-18 Academy. He has contributed to the development of policies and procedures at both school and Trust level. \nKevin now works in the NSPCC consultancy service which supports schools and other organisations in developing their safeguarding practices. \n\nJulene Robinson\, Movement Specialist \n \nJulene is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist\, scientist\, and wellbeing practitioner. A Master’s graduate of Rose Bruford College who also holds a BSc in Environmental Chemistry she combines artistic practice with scientific inquiry to explore leadership\, resilience\, and human flourishing. A trained yoga and meditation instructor\, Julene integrates a mind-body-spirit approach into her creative practice\, championing wellbeing\, healing\, and sustainable creativity. Recognised by Arts Council England as a global leader in theatre and performance\, Julene’s work centres on the power of storytelling to inspire personal and social transformation. Through performance\, facilitation\, and research\, she empowers artists\, leaders\, and communities to cultivate resilience\, lead with authenticity\, and build cultures of care. \n\nDr Sylvia B Smith (FHEA\, SWE Registered\, MBASW) \n \nSylvia is Founder and Director of Incline Training Consultants Ltd\, specialising in social work education\, leadership development\, and anti-racist practice. Her doctoral research examined how psychoanalytical approaches can strengthen social work leadership. She offers reflective practice\, coaching\, and supervision to individuals\, groups\, and teams across the sector\, and is co-convenor of The Reflective Practice Research Network. Sylvia’s work includes commissioned evaluation of anti-racist practice strategy and supporting doctoral students in their research development. She hosts the Social Workers Matter podcast\, serves as Vice Chair of a Fostering and Adoption Panel and is currently one of the guest editors for a special issue of the British Journal of Social Work due for publication in the autumn. \n\nRosalind Harrison\, Social Media and Content Marketer \n \nRos Harrison is a social media and video content specialist who supports schools and child-focused organisations in using online communications safely. Ros has 20 years of experience working with children and young people in both the public and third sectors\, including facilitating safeguarding and CEOP training for local authority youth workers and developing domestic abuse awareness programmes for staff and pupils in primary settings. With 15 years of experience as a digital marketer\, specialising in GDPR and compliance\, across professional services and local authorities\, she now helps schools develop effective management systems and robust safeguarding practices when representing themselves on social media through her business\, Harrison Media Solutions. \n\nJemima Corcoran\, Student\, UCL \n \nJemima Corcoran is a final-year undergraduate at UCL\, studying English Literature and Language. She has spent the last year as Editor at EdFringe Review and has recently entered the role Editor-in-Chief at UCL’s media outlet\, Pi Online for 2026-7\, having previously worked as their Lifestyle & Culture section editor. Originally from Brighton\, she has a strong interest in animal welfare\, environmental issues\, and women’s rights. A regular contributor to Pi Online\, her work ranges from theatre reviews and investigative lifestyle features to political commentary\, earning her Top Ten shortlist recognition at the SPA National Awards for both Best Lifestyle Piece and Best Culture Writer. Jemima has also worked as an on-screen presenter for PiTV at UCL\, where she conducted interviews on student culture\, politics\, and current issues. She has had her articles shared by Zack Polanski\, Deborah Frances White\, and Tom Read Wilson. She aims to pursue a career in journalism and media after graduating. \n\nMaddi Brunker\, Head of Adult Services at Tender Education and Arts\, \nMaddi brings over 13 years of experience working within the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector. Her career spans frontline service delivery\, management of an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) service\, and leadership in preventative education and intervention programmes. Maddi has delivered specialist training on domestic abuse and sexual violence for adult safeguarding boards\, local authorities\, universities\, and educational settings. She has also contributed to research led by Durham University in partnership with Galop\, and to parliamentary reports produced by SafeLives\, helping to inform policy and practice across the sector. \n\nLouis Donald FRSA\, Founder & Principal Safeguarding Partner of EduShield and a former Executive Education (Safeguarding) Director at a nationwide multi-academy trust. \nLouis is recognised nationally for expertise in safeguarding\, inspection readiness\, crisis management\, and school improvement across multi-academy trusts. Louis has advised the Department for Education on safeguarding policy\, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic\, and is the first education professional to qualify as a Gold Multi-Agency Strategic Commander. He chairs the Queen Street Group Safeguarding Directors Forum\, sits on the NASSA board\, and serves on the British Army’s Independent Advisory Group. Trusted for his calm\, strategic leadership\, Louis supports leaders navigating complex Safeguarding challenges. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya is an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert with over 20 years’ multidisciplinary experience. She has held senior advisory\, academic\, legal\, and leadership roles\, including serving as Maldives Minister of Gender\, Family\, and Human Rights\, leading reforms in child protection law and policy. Internationally\, she has advised UNICEF\, UNDP\, and ECPAT on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and protection systems. Holding qualifications in law and child psychology\, she has published widely on child rights\, online safety\, and trauma-informed practice. Mariya’s strategic vision\, policy expertise\, and frontline insight equip her to bring both global perspective and local understanding to SACPA’s mission. \n\nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \nDale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards. 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\, the annual Safeguarding Conference\, the Safeguarding Forum. He has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our overseas members.\nFor 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 and has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding since 2002. Dale had previously been a BSA course tutor since 1998 and developed the BSA Self-Assessment Toolkit.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/annual-safeguarding-conference-3/
LOCATION:Broadway House\, London\, London\, SW1H 9NQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,In-person
ORGANIZER;CN="BSA":MAILTO:hello@bsa.org
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SUMMARY:Digital Safeguarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n🏷️ From £235\n🎧 All those working with children\, young people or vulnerable individuals\, including DSLs\, DSOs and DDSLs\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nIn an age where digital technology is included in every part of life; from education and work to social life\, the practice of safeguarding has fundamentally changed. Especially in the digital landscape.  Protecting young people and vulnerable individuals today means engaging with complex online environments and emerging digital risks\, not just traditional face-to-face contexts.  The Digital Safeguarding Conference is a practical\, forward-looking event for professionals dedicated to evolving safeguarding practice to keep pace with digital transformation. You’ll gain fresh insights from expert voices\, explore real-world challenges from AI to online harms\, and be equipped with strategies you can apply immediately in your organisation or as a parent.  \nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme:\n\n09:00 – 09:15 \nWelcome and Introduction \nSetting the scene for the day by exploring how technology is reshaping childhood and the opportunities and challenges this presents for safeguarding professionals. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n09:15 – 09:30 – BREAK \n\n09:30 – 10:15 \nChildhood Reimagined: Development\, Identity and Wellbeing in a Connected World \nExplore how digital environments are influencing children’s development\, identity\, resilience and wellbeing\, and what this means for safeguarding practice. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n10:15 – 10:30 – BREAK \n\n10:30 – 11:15 \nIf Attachment Is the Vaccine\, Are We Investing Enough in Relationships? \nSpeaker: Sharon Kuhn\, \nExamine the protective role of trusted relationships and belonging in helping children navigate an increasingly digital world. \n\n11:15 – 11:30 – BREAK \n\n11:30 – 12:15 \nTrauma Has Gone Digital \nUnderstand how online experiences can impact children’s emotional wellbeing and explore trauma-informed approaches to responding to digital harm.   \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n12:15 – 13:00 Lunch \n\n13:00 – 13:45  \nThe Search for Belonging: Radicalisation\, Racism and Digital Childhoods: A flagship conference session \nExplore how children’s need and identity and belonging can make them vulnerable to online radicalisation\, hate\, misinformation and harmful online communities. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n13:45 – 14:00 – BREAK \n\n14:00 – 14:30 \nThe Parents We Need\, The Parents We Have \nDiscover how professionals can support parents to build children’s digital resilience\, strengthen relationships and navigate the challenges of raising children in an AI- enabled world. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n14:30 – 15:00 \nWhat Can the World Teach Us About Childhood?  \nAn international perspective on children’s rights\, digital wellbeing and innovative approaches to safeguarding children in an increasingly connected world. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n15:00 – 15:15 – BREAK \n\n15:15 – 15:45 \nWhat Must Safeguarding Become? Future Skills for the Safeguarding Workforce \nExplore the knowledge\, leadership and organisational capabilities needed to prepare the safeguarding workforce for emerging challenges. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n15:45 – 16:15 \nChildren’s Voices: Growing Up in a Connected World \nHear directly from young people as they share their experiences of growing up online and what they believe adults need to understand about safety\, relationships and belonging. \nSpeaker: TBC  \n\n16:15 – 16:30 \nClosing Reflections: From Protection to Flourishing \nA closing reflection on how safeguarding can move beyond preventing harm to creating conditions that enable every child to flourish in a digital world. \n\n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/digital-safeguarding-conference-4/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTAMP:20260805T145325Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T145325Z
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding International Students Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 DSLs/CPOs\, International Student Leads\, Pastoral & Boarding Staff\, International Child Protection Leads\, Lawyers\, Law Enforcement Officers\, Senior Leaders\, Guardianship & Homestay Providers\n📍 Online (conference)\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse Outline: \nThis one-day conference provides safeguarding professionals with a global lens on protecting international students in an increasingly complex and polarised world. Participants will explore how geopolitical instability\, cultural identity\, transnational extremism\, digital risk and cross-border care arrangements impact safeguarding responsibilities in education settings. Through expert-led sessions and case clinics\, delegates will strengthen their understanding of culturally responsive practice\, online harm\, guardianship accountability and proportionate responses to emerging risks. The programme combines strategic insight with practical tools to support ethical\, legally sound and trauma-informed safeguarding across international contexts. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nGeopolitical instability and its impact on international student vulnerability\nCulturally responsive safeguarding and building trust across identities\nTransnational extremism\, radicalisation risks and proportionate safeguarding responses\nGuardianship\, homestays and cross-border accountability\nOnline harm\, digital risk and global safeguarding challenges\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand how global conflict\, migration and polarisation shape safeguarding risk\nApply culturally informed approaches to disclosures and student engagement\nRecognise indicators of transnational extremism and respond appropriately\nNavigate safeguarding responsibilities across borders and shared care arrangements\nIdentify and respond to online harm affecting international students\n\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-international-students-conference-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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