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SUMMARY:SACPA/BSA - Managing the Single Central Record (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nIs your Single Central Record compliant?  \nSchools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However\, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding leadership.  \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is developed to support colleagues who have operational and oversight responsibility for the Single Central Record. It covers;  \n\nSupporting guidance \nInformation required for SCR \nRetention of evidence \nProcedure for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat happens on the SCR if staff or volunteers are found to be unsuitable \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of underpinning legislation and guidance \nHow to develop a checklist of SCR requirements for compliance audit \nHow to implement recommended procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat to consider in reviewing the SCR if there is a change in suitability. \n\nAudience: Safeguarding leads and deputies\, Counsellors\, Preventative education workers\, EDI leads \nDSL\, DDSL\, Senior Leaders\, Governors\, Trustees\, HR\, Compliance Officers  \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BSA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nBSA Affiliate Member Rate: £120\nBSA Additional Affiliate Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-managing-the-single-central-register-scr-3/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T140000
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding in online contexts
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nOnline contexts are now a key feature of all safeguarding topics.  This webinar explores the online contexts linked to three key safeguarding topics.  What should we be looking out for\, what responses should we be preparing\, and how can we minimise harm whilst supporting children and young people to get the best out of the online world. \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe scope of online contexts in safeguarding practice\nMental health and the online context\nThe staff code of conduct and the online context\nChild’s voice\, children’s rights and the online context\nIdentification\, response and recovery.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nRefreshed appreciation of the scope of online contexts in safeguarding practice\nGain greater confidence of the role of online contexts in supporting mental health\nIncrease understanding of how online contexts and the online conduct of workers and volunteers in positions of trust impact safer organisations practice and child welfare\nImprove understanding of how to evaluate the tension between protection from online harms\, child’s voice and child rights\nEnhanced knowledge and understanding of identification\, response and recovery programmes for professionals and children who need support and understanding.\n\nAudience: All practitioners and leaders with a safeguarding responsibility\, pastoral support\, preventative education providers\, online safety leads\, volunteers who come into contact with children. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-in-online-contexts/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T113000
DTSTAMP:20250307T141311Z
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SUMMARY:Working with Governors\, Board members and Trustees to improve safeguarding compliance
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nGuidance for safeguarding continues to strengthen expectations that governors\, trustees and board members have enough knowledge and understanding of safeguarding to provide effective oversight and scrutiny.  Safeguarding leaders provide technical expertise to support scrutineers of their work.  This webinar explores some key issues in this working relationship and uses a framework for oversight case study to illustrate how productive\, effective challenge and support relationships may be developed. \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat are the current expectations?\nWhat are the benefits and challenges for safeguarding leads and leaders of governance?\nCase study: developing a framework for safeguarding oversight\nWhat does this mean for regulatory compliance impact?\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nRefresh knowledge and understanding of safeguarding oversight expectations\nReflect on the challenges and benefits of working with governors\, trustees and board members to improve safeguarding compliance\nConsider a model for a framework for safeguarding oversight and its applicability to your organisation\nIdentify the regulatory compliance impact and identify areas of development in your organisation.\n\nAudience: Suitable for safeguarding leads\, designated safeguarding leads and deputies who work with or aspire to work with governors\, trustees and board members with oversight and scrutiny responsibilities for safeguarding. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Discounted Rate: now £45 £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Discounted Fee: £22.50\nBSA Member Rate: £90\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/working-with-governors-board-members-and-trustees-to-improve-safeguarding-compliance-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250320T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250320T170000
DTSTAMP:20240712T135657Z
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SUMMARY:SACPA/HIEDA - Safeguarding and Mental Health Risk Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nMental health continues to be a top safeguarding concern for practitioners\, children\, young people and their families alike.  This webinar aims to look at key areas of managing mental health in house with a particular focus on mental health risk assessment and review.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nCurrent challenges in managing mental health \nWhen does mental health become a safeguarding issue \nMental health risk assessment \nThresholds for mental health support and access to specialist services \nWhen to escalate or conduct an incident review. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nEnsure they are up to date with the latest challenges in managing mental health \nFeel more confident about when mental health becomes a safeguarding issue \nIncrease knowledge and understanding of conducting a mental health risk assessment \nIdentify when escalation and incident review should take place. \n\nAudience: Mental health leads\, counsellors\, CBT practitioners\, Safeguarding Leads\, Deputy Safeguarding Leads\, Health workers\, chaplaincy staff\, Governors\, trustees\, Senior Leaders \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA/HIEDA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA/HIEDA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \nPhill Beisty \nPhill is a child psychotherapist in private practise as well as being a magistrate sitting in the child and family court with previous experience of being a safeguarding lead for a corporate mental health company\, currently working in a range of settings. \nPhill ‘s background as a therapist includes working with vulnerable children within maintained and independent special schools and specialist units schools.  Managing and delivering therapy services to a wide range of students with needs ranging from complex trauma and neurodiverse conditions involving leadership in safeguarding in the context of complex safeguarding and multi-agency arrangements. \nPhill has a passion and strong belief that all children and young people should have the best start in life\, and that they can access the appropriate therapy and safeguarding services to ensure this can happen. 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-hieda-safeguarding-and-mental-health-risk-assessment/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250415T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250415T113000
DTSTAMP:20240809T120741Z
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UID:14703-1744713000-1744716600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:SACPA/BSA - Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nIs your Single Central Register compliant?  \nSchools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However\, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding leadership.  \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is developed to support colleagues who have operational and oversight responsibility for the Single Central Record. It covers;  \n\nSupporting guidance \nInformation required for SCR \nRetention of evidence \nProcedure for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat happens on the SCR if staff or volunteers are found to be unsuitable \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of underpinning legislation and guidance \nHow to develop a checklist of SCR requirements for compliance audit \nHow to implement recommended procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat to consider in reviewing the SCR if there is a change in suitability. \n\nAudience: Safeguarding leads and deputies\, Counsellors\, Preventative education workers\, EDI leads \nDSL\, DDSL\, Senior Leaders\, Governors\, Trustees\, HR\, Compliance Officers  \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BSA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nBSA Affiliate Member Rate: £120\nBSA Additional Affiliate Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/14703/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250422T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250422T110000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nSafeguarding practice with adults and children involves exceptional communication\, no more so than working with conflict and harm.  This webinar introduces some key elements of restorative approaches\, restorative practice\, mediation and restorative justice.  A great introduction to get you thinking about how restorative approaches may support those difficult conversations with and between children\, young people\, colleagues\, parents\, carers and partners. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat is Restorative Justice\nWhat is Restorative Practice\nKey Elements of Restorative Practice\nCaveats and Questions\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nHave an overview of Restorative Justice\nAppreciate how restorative practice and processes can benefit School communities\nIdentify some restorative enquiry tools and principles that support restorative practice in schools\n\nAudience: \nSenior leaders\, safeguarding leads and teams\, SENDCOs\, Pastoral Support colleagues and all colleagues who may be involved in managing difficult conversations \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nA half day version of this programme is also available face-to-face on a consultancy basis for large staff groups.  SACPA also facilitate co-production safer working practice workshops on a consultancy basis.  \nFor more information or to enquire about SACPA consultancy including face-to-face tailored training packages\, review\, audit\, health check projects contact info@sacpa.org.uk to request a short scoping meeting about your needs.  \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/introduction-to-restorative-justice-and-restorative-practice-3/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250424T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250424T110000
DTSTAMP:20240712T151153Z
CREATED:20240712T150804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240712T151153Z
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SUMMARY:Simplifying Online Safety
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nOnline safety is an ever-evolving subject\, and one that safeguarding practitioners and leaders in governance most commonly say they feel they need to increase knowledge\, skills and competence. \nThis webinar aims to ensure that safeguarding practitioners and leaders in governance have the most up to date briefing enabling them to develop their knowledge\, skills and confidence in this area of safeguarding and ensuring that children affected by online safety concerns receive the same quality of safeguarding response as those impacted by more traditional safeguarding concerns. \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe current scope of online safety\nProhibition and children’s rights\nWhat’s new in online safety\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nFeel more confident and competent in online safety practice and its implications for safeguarding\nConsider the implications of prohibition initiatives in the context of preventative education\, children’s voice and children’s rights\nUnderstand how current debates and future developments in online safety will inform safeguarding practice\n\nAudience: All staff involved in promoting online safety\, safeguarding professionals and leaders\, staff and volunteers with oversight and scrutiny responsibility for safeguarding and online safety. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \nKarl Hopwood 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/simplifying-online-safety/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T113000
DTSTAMP:20250404T160852Z
CREATED:20240710T120735Z
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding Children with additional needs: the legalities of reasonable adjustment
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nDoes your organisation understand the legalities of making reasonable adjustment when safeguarding children and young people? \nThe emphasis on the need for awareness of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in safeguarding guidance continues to grow. It is critical to avoid unlawful discrimination and to discharge the duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 as well as understand evolving Government guidance on best practice in supporting children with SEND.\nThis webinar highlights the legal landscape relating to disability discrimination and in particular your duty to make reasonable adjustments in safeguarding. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nReview key equality legislation and safeguarding guidance\nWhat is disability?\nCase study application of adjustments in safeguarding: are they reasonable?\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncrease knowledge and awareness of key equality duties in safeguarding\nReview key legislation and guidance for SEND\nConsider the application of `reasonable adjustment’ decisions using case study scenarios and what it means for their practice and decision-making.\n\nAudience: Suitable for safeguarding\, behaviour\, pastoral support and SEND professionals\, leaders\, trustees\, governors and board members with oversight of safeguarding\, SEND and inclusion. \nThis programme is also available face-to-face or online with tailoring specific to your organisational context on a consultancy basis for large staff groups.  \nFor more information or to enquire about SACPA consultancy including face-to-face tailored training packages\, review\, audit\, health check projects contact info@sacpa.org.uk to request a short scoping meeting about your needs.  \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \nBen Collingwood \nBen specialises in advising independent schools and other charities on wide ranging areas of education law\, with particular focus on reputation issues\, pastoral\, safeguarding\, historic abuse allegations\, SEN\, exclusions\, parent/pupil complaints\, data protection\, parent contracts\, admissions and staff matters of all types. \nHe has written and spoken widely on issues facing the independent schools sector\, providing comment in The Times\, The Guardian\, The Lawyer and Law Society’s Gazette and at the national conferences and training programmes for the various associations that support independent schools including BSA\, ISBA\, HMC\, IAPS and AGBIS. \nHe lives with his wife and three children in West Sussex. He has been a devoted surfer since his childhood and he loves to spend as much of his free time as possible in the sea and walking their pointers with his family.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-children-with-additional-needs-the-legalities-of-reasonable-adjustment-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T103000
DTSTAMP:20240724T143653Z
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UID:10158-1748943000-1748946600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:From self-harm to suicide
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nMore than 200 teenagers a year are lost to suicide.  As self-harming behaviours reach epidemic proportions the safeguarding community needs to be knowledgeable\, confident and agile in the prevention and response activity.  The very real question of how we can support people who are harming themselves\, or may be at risk of suicide\, has never been more critical. \nThis webinar explores self-harm and suicide and aims to inform and support colleagues working with people affected by self-harm and suicidal thoughts and plans. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe prevalence of self-harm and the prevalence of suicide: what are the drivers?\nWhat are the links and myths about self-harm and suicide?\nImportant signs and indicators to look out for when assessing suicide risk\nKey points for safety planning and working with people at risk.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncreased knowledge and understanding of the scale and key drivers of self-harming behaviour and suicide risk\nMore confidence in differentiating between genuine links\, and myths\, between self-harming behaviour and suicide risk\nBe more confident in assessing signs that indicate suicide risk\nThe ability to develop and implement effective and robust safety planning when working with those who are at risk.\n\nAudience: Welfare and wellbeing workers\, counsellors\, pastoral support staff\, designated safeguarding leads and colleagues with responsibility for oversight and scrutiny of safeguarding and emotional wellbeing. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/from-self-harm-to-suicide/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250606T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250606T100000
DTSTAMP:20250527T144853Z
CREATED:20240723T150920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T144853Z
UID:14804-1749200400-1749204000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:SACPA/IELA - Neurodiversity and Safeguarding
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nOur understanding of neurodiversity is developing\, and in acceptance has been most recently driven by the self-disclosure of many high-profile persons who share their narratives of vulnerability and resilience in relation to their neurodiverse traits. \nThis webinar explores what neurodiversity is\, debates the deficit vs. superpower discourse\, and explicitly explores safeguarding and vulnerability with a focus on key areas of safeguarding practice. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat is neurodiversity and what does the broad definition of neurodiversity include?\nDeficit model or super-power: do they both spell vulnerability?\nHow diverse thinking and cognitive processing traits impact the planning and delivery of safeguarding practice with a specific focus on:\n\nChild-on-child abuse\nAdverse childhood experiences (in both children and adults) and trauma informed practice\nThe impact of masking on mental health outcomes\nradicalisation\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncrease knowledge and awareness of a range of neurodiversity\nImprove understanding of possible vulnerabilities for neurodiverse people\nExplore key areas of adult and child safeguarding practice through the lens of neurodiverse informed perspectives\n\nAudience: \nAdult and child safeguarding practitioners\, SENCOs\, designated safeguarding leads\, employee support / HR advisors and managers\, charity colleagues with responsibility for beneficiary and employee welfare \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA/IELA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA/IELA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \n\n\n\n\nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA\n\n\n\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 a 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 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-iela-neurodiversity-and-safeguarding/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T110000
DTSTAMP:20250403T162535Z
CREATED:20240724T144844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T162535Z
UID:14822-1749463200-1749466800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Updating your safeguarding policy and Staff Code of Conduct
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nThis webinar considers some key principles and practices around updating safeguarding and code of conduct policies. How to use a range of data to inform the update process and articulate the rationale for specific update with regard to governance\, regulatory inspection.  It will consider how to work with colleagues using policy and procedure in their practice. \nDelegates will have the opportunity to consider and share a range of approaches to this task and positively impact the ongoing development of safer organisations practice. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nApproaches to the update process\nRegulatory requirements and using data to inform your safeguarding policy update\nThe role and voice of the child and service user\nLinks between significant policies\nGovernance and dissemination plans.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nConsider different approaches to the update process\nBe clear about their rationale for the data they draw on to conduct updates\nConsider links to a range of other significant policies\nConsider their plans for governance involvement and dissemination needs of staff.\n\nAudience: Safeguarding leads\, governors\, trustees\, proprietors and board members responsible for review and refresh of safeguarding policy and code of conduct. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/updating-your-safeguarding-policy-and-staff-code-of-conduct/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T100000
DTSTAMP:20250619T081308Z
CREATED:20250613T111058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T081308Z
UID:15678-1750410000-1750413600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nIs your Single Central Register compliant?  \nSchools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However\, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding leadership.  \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is developed to support colleagues who have operational and oversight responsibility for the Single Central Record. It covers;  \n\nSupporting guidance \nInformation required for SCR \nRetention of evidence \nProcedure for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat happens on the SCR if staff or volunteers are found to be unsuitable \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of underpinning legislation and guidance \nHow to develop a checklist of SCR requirements for compliance audit \nHow to implement recommended procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat to consider in reviewing the SCR if there is a change in suitability. \n\nAudience: Safeguarding leads and deputies\, Counsellors\, Preventative education workers\, EDI leads \nDSL\, DDSL\, Senior Leaders\, Governors\, Trustees\, HR\, Compliance Officers  \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BSA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/15678/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250627T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250627T140000
DTSTAMP:20250620T095623Z
CREATED:20250620T095623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T095623Z
UID:15739-1751029200-1751032800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Introduction to Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice
DESCRIPTION:Course outline: \nSafeguarding practice with adults and children involves exceptional communication\, no more so than working with conflict and harm.  This webinar introduces some key elements of restorative approaches\, restorative practice\, mediation and restorative justice.  A great introduction to get you thinking about how restorative approaches may support those difficult conversations with and between children\, young people\, colleagues\, parents\, carers and partners. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat is Restorative Justice\nWhat is Restorative Practice\nKey Elements of Restorative Practice\nCaveats and Questions\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nHave an overview of Restorative Justice\nAppreciate how restorative practice and processes can benefit School communities\nIdentify some restorative enquiry tools and principles that support restorative practice in schools\n\nAudience: \nSenior leaders\, safeguarding leads and teams\, SENDCOs\, Pastoral Support colleagues and all colleagues who may be involved in managing difficult conversations \nUnable to attend? A post webinar recording will be available for purchase.  \nA half day version of this programme is also available face-to-face on a consultancy basis for large staff groups.  SACPA also facilitate co-production safer working practice workshops on a consultancy basis.  \nFor more information or to enquire about SACPA consultancy including face-to-face tailored training packages\, review\, audit\, health check projects contact info@sacpa.org.uk to request a short scoping meeting about your needs.  \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA/BSA/HIEDA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/introduction-to-restorative-justice-and-restorative-practice-4/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T110000
DTSTAMP:20250618T105415Z
CREATED:20240726T093329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T105415Z
UID:14847-1751277600-1751281200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Supporting survivors of harm
DESCRIPTION:Course outline:  \nDoes your organisation have clear processes in place detailing how victims\, those affected\, and potential victims of child-on-child abuse are supported? \nHow do you know that all victims feel reassured that they are being taken seriously\, and will be supported and kept safe? \nThis webinar looks at best practice in delivering safety planning\, and support for children and young people who are victims of abuse or crime\, may have been harmed due to abuse within the family\, community or within the organisational context including child-on-child abuse and abuse by those in positions of trust. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nVictims\, survivors and the harmed: how do we describe\, define and understand the scope\nBest practice in working with young victims of abuse and crime: what works\nWhat does safety planning look like: is yours defensible?\nTailoring processes for those harmed in different contexts: what can we adapt and improve\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will have the opportunity to consider the definition\, and scope of children and young people who can be described as victims or survivors including potential victims\nDelegates will increase their knowledge and understanding of best practice in working with young victims of abuse and crime\nDelegates will have an opportunity to review what robust safety planning looks like\n\nAudience: This webinar is for all pastoral support workers\, SENCOs\, safeguarding practitioners and leaders working with children and young people who are victims of harm from outside the family\, within the family and from peer groups (child on child abuse) \nVenue: Zoom (online) – Webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Member Rate (Additional Attendee): £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\nSpeaker: \n \n Claire 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 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/supporting-survivors-of-harm-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250704T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250704T110000
DTSTAMP:20250618T105956Z
CREATED:20240726T102025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T105956Z
UID:14859-1751623200-1751626800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing Volunteers: supporting their understanding of safeguarding requirements
DESCRIPTION:Course outline:  \nDoes your organisation include volunteers? \nDo they work with children\, young people or adults with care and support needs? \nThere are many aspects to recruiting and managing a volunteer workforce and supporting their understanding of safeguarding requirements and safer recruitment is a key compliance requirement. \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is delivered by an expert in safeguarding and protecting charities and topics include; \n\n\n\nThe charity commission and its regulatory role in safeguarding\nTrustee safeguarding duties including safer recruitment\nSafeguarding expectations\, policies and procedures\nCreating a safer culture and proactive monitoring\nGetting serious incident reporting right\nOvercoming resistance to safer recruitment checks and safeguarding training\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview and refresh the role of the Charity Commission and its regulation of safeguarding\nUpdate knowledge and understanding of trustee safeguarding duties\nUnderstanding expectations and reflecting these in policy and procedure\nMaintaining the right safeguarding culture and responding in the right way to incidents\nSupporting volunteers through the safer recruitment checks and training – working with resistance\n\nAudience: This webinar is for all staff working in organisations who recruit and retain volunteers including trustees and safeguarding leaders in third sector organisations and those with charitable status. \nVenue: Zoom (online) – Webinar \nCost: \n\nSACPA Member Rate: £90\nSACPA Member Rate (Additional Attendee): £45\nNon-member Rate: £180*\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\n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/managing-volunteers-supporting-their-understanding-of-safeguarding-requirements/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250813T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250813T110000
DTSTAMP:20250724T113445Z
CREATED:20240726T103322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T113445Z
UID:14864-1755079200-1755082800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 Update + Box Set
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Online safety leads\, DSL\, DDSL\, Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees \n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar will look at the changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2025 and will highlight the management and compliance implications.  \nKCSIE is for all practitioners in schools as well as governing bodies\, proprietors\, and management committees.  \nThe KCSIE25 box set includes;  \n\nA 1-hour webinar \nA 20-minute update video to use in annual safeguarding updates and staff safeguarding induction packages \nA quiz to use in annual safeguarding updates and staff safeguarding induction packages. \n\nTraining topics will include:  \n\nChanges to KCSIE \nImpact on policies and procedures \nImpact on professional practice. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nAwareness of changes to the guidance \nHow to update school policies and procedures to reflect the new guidance \nUnderstanding issues relating to implementation and dissemination to school staff. \n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nSpeakers: \n \nDirector 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. \nDavid Walker\, Director\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB  \nDavid is the BSA Director 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/keeping-children-safe-in-education-2025-update-box-set-3/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250815T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250815T110000
DTSTAMP:20250815T095321Z
CREATED:20250815T095321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T095321Z
UID:16086-1755252000-1755255600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Updating your safeguarding policy and Staff Code of Conduct
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Safeguarding leads\, governors\, trustees\, proprietors and board members responsible for review and refresh of safeguarding policy and code of conduct.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar considers some key principles and practices around updating safeguarding and code of conduct policies. How to use a range of data to inform the update process and articulate the rationale for specific update with regard to governance\, regulatory inspection.  It will consider how to work with colleagues using policy and procedure in their practice. \nDelegates will have the opportunity to consider and share a range of approaches to this task and positively impact the ongoing development of safer organisations practice. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nApproaches to the update process\nRegulatory requirements and using data to inform your safeguarding policy update\nThe role and voice of the child and service user\nLinks between significant policies\nGovernance and dissemination plans.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nConsider different approaches to the update process\nBe clear about their rationale for the data they draw on to conduct updates\nConsider links to a range of other significant policies\nConsider their plans for governance involvement and dissemination needs of staff.\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/updating-your-safeguarding-policy-and-staff-code-of-conduct-3/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250827T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250827T110000
DTSTAMP:20250724T113438Z
CREATED:20250703T140827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T113438Z
UID:15793-1756288800-1756292400@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Compliance update (Keeping Children Safe in Education)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Online safety leads\, DSL\, DDSL\, Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees \n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar will look at the changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2025 and will highlight the management and compliance implications.  \nKCSIE is for all practitioners in schools as well as governing bodies\, proprietors\, and management committees.  \nThe KCSIE25 box set includes; \n\nA 1-hour webinar \nA 20-minute update video to use in annual safeguarding updates and staff safeguarding induction packages \nA quiz to use in annual safeguarding updates and staff safeguarding induction packages. \n\nTraining topics will include: \n\nChanges to KCSIE \nImpact on policies and procedures \nImpact on professional practice. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nAwareness of changes to the guidance \nHow to update school policies and procedures to reflect the new guidance \nUnderstanding issues relating to implementation and dissemination to school staff. \n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nSpeakers: \nDavid Walker\, Director\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB \nDavid is the BSA Director 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\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. 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/compliance-update-keeping-children-safe-in-education/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T110000
DTSTAMP:20250815T142630Z
CREATED:20250425T161849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T142630Z
UID:15465-1757066400-1757070000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 Update + Box Set
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Online safety leads\, DSL\, DDSL\, Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar will provide a clear and practical overview of the 2025 updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)\, focusing on key changes and their implications for school leadership\, safeguarding teams\, and all staff. \nKCSIE 2025 applies to all practitioners in schools\, including governing bodies\, proprietors\, and management committees. Understanding these updates is essential to ensure compliance and to maintain best practice in safeguarding. \nThis session forms part of the KCSIE25 Box Set\, which includes: \n\nA 1-hour live or recorded webinar\nA 20-minute update video suitable for use in annual safeguarding refreshers and new staff induction\nA ready-to-use quiz for inclusion in staff safeguarding training and updates\n\nTraining topics will include: \n\nOverview of key changes in KCSIE 2025\nImplications for safeguarding policies and procedures\nPractical impact on professional practice and staff responsibilities\n\nLearning outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify and understand the key updates in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025\nUpdate school policies and procedures to reflect the latest guidance\nRecognise potential challenges in implementation and ensure effective dissemination to all staff\nConfidently incorporate the updates into training and induction processes\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\nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n\nSpeakers: \nDavid Walker FTIOB\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director\, BSA/TIOB \nDavid joined 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 \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. \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 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-keeping-children-safe-in-education-2024-update-box-set/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T130000
DTSTAMP:20250828T121814Z
CREATED:20250619T190439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T121814Z
UID:15476-1757073600-1757077200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 All who have responsibility and oversight responsibility of safer recruitment and regulatory compliance including safeguarding professionals and leaders\, trustees\, board members and governors\, bursars\, HR professionals\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Register compliant?  \nSchools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However\, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding leadership.  \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is developed to support colleagues who have operational and oversight responsibility for the Single Central Record. It covers;  \n\nSupporting guidance \nInformation required for SCR \nRetention of evidence \nProcedure for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat happens on the SCR if staff or volunteers are found to be unsuitable \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of underpinning legislation and guidance \nHow to develop a checklist of SCR requirements for compliance audit \nHow to implement recommended procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR \nWhat to consider in reviewing the SCR if there is a change in suitability. \n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \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 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 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-managing-the-single-central-register-scr-4/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T150000
DTSTAMP:20250820T095334Z
CREATED:20250808T094953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T095334Z
UID:16013-1757080800-1757084400@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:DBS Barring and Referral: Your Responsibilities
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets available from £45 and discounted rate for BSA members\n🎧 Individuals who are involved in HR\, management of those regulated activity\, those who have safeguarding responsibilities and those who would be involved in making referrals to the DBS.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nOrganisations who employ individuals or have volunteers who carry out regulated activity with children or adults have a legal duty to refer to DBS if certain conditions are met. This webinar is designed to support organisations to understand when the legal duty to refer to DBS is met and when a barring referral should be made. \nLearning Outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the three different referral routes\n\n\nUnderstand when a DBS Barring referral should be made\, including when the legal duty is met\nUnderstand what Regulated Activity is\nHave a clear understanding of the consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals and the consequences of being included in one or both Barred Lists\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\nSpeaker: Jo Wheatley\, Regional Outreach Manager\, Disclosure and Barring Service \nJo has worked for DBS since October 2022\, beginning her journey as the Regional Outreach Adviser for the West Midlands. In June 2024\, she progressed to the role of Regional Outreach Manager for the Midlands and the South. \nIn her current position\, Jo not only line manages several Regional Outreach Advisers but also supports the Partnerships team in engaging with a wide range of organisations across England\, Wales\, and Northern Ireland. She is deeply passionate about safeguarding and takes pride in the positive impact DBS has in promoting safer recruitment practices. \nOutside of work\, Jo serves as a child welfare officer for her local football club\, a role that perfectly combines her safeguarding expertise with her love of football.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/dbs-legal-duty-to-refer/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T110000
DTSTAMP:20250724T093847Z
CREATED:20250619T191507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T093847Z
UID:15457-1757412000-1757415600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:E-safety compliance: keeping up with developments
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 All practitioners and leaders with a safeguarding responsibility\, pastoral support\, preventative education providers\, online safety leads\, volunteers who come into contact with children.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis session will look at the latest guidance\, trends and headlines in online safety. It will highlight the benefits that are to be gained from the online world and also look at the challenges and risks in a balanced way. The latest research will be shared along with some strategies for colleagues working with children and young people and children and young people themselves.  \n This webinar will support knowledge and confidence of practitioners and leaders responsible for oversight of safeguarding and online safety\, including those involved in risk assessment\, delivering online safety interventions and curriculum. The event is suitable for colleagues working in education\, health\, youth services\, early help\, private\, charity and third sector organisations.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nProvide an overview of the latest guidance\, trends and headlines in online safety \nSignpost useful sites and resources to inform and educate about online safety \nReview strategies for meaningful engagement with children and young people as they navigate the online world \nSignpost links to support risk assessment\, intervention and education sessions with young people who are particularly vulnerable online. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will review how `Education for a Connected World’ framework can support their digital safeguarding activity \nDelegates will have a greater understanding of key guidance\, legislation and trends \nDelegates will be signposted to the latest useful sites and resources to inform and educate about online safety and managing online life. \n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nSpeaker: Karl Hopwood \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 part of an expert steering group with TikTok looking at harmful and dangerous online challenges and regularly contributes to content for Internet Matters\, recently delivering their online safety training for those working with children in care commissioned by Ofcom. \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 19 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 and awareness centres 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 now Chair of the board of trustees of Childnet international and Chair of the executive committee of SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association). Karl has also worked with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and chaired the working group to re-write their Child Online Protection Guidance.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-e-safety-compliance-keeping-up-with-developments/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T123000
DTSTAMP:20250828T155549Z
CREATED:20250619T193118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T155549Z
UID:15472-1757590200-1757593800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Organisational risk assessments
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar explores essential principles for developing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures within organisations. It will highlight how to align your safeguarding approach with current legislation and best practice guidance. The session will also cover how to carry out and document a safeguarding risk assessment tailored to the specific needs of your setting. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nEvaluating safeguarding policies and procedures.\nAssessing safeguarding risk and producing relevant risk assessments.\nRelating documentation to relevant legislation and guidance.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncrease understanding of relevant safeguarding audit procedures.\nDevelop knowledge of risk assessment procedures.\nUnderstand how to record\, report and evaluate key findings\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\nSpeaker: \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/scrutinising-policies-and-procedures-conducting-an-organisational-risk-assessment-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T103000
DTSTAMP:20250724T094109Z
CREATED:20250630T161957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T094109Z
UID:15452-1757669400-1757673000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Radicalisation and early identification
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Children and adult safeguarding practitioners and leads in all organisations and sectors\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar provides an awareness overview of the Prevent Duty. Delegates will review the legal context\, signs and indicators\, response and referral to the challenge of radicalisation.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat is radicalisation and the Prevent duty \nRecognising individuals who are vulnerable to radicalisation \nManaging disclosure and relevant referral to Channel for Prevent\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nGet a clearer understanding of their role & responsibilities towards your Prevent duty \nRecognise and identify the vulnerabilities to being drawn into radicalisation and extremism \nLearn what to do if there are concerns that an individual is at risk of radicalisation \nBe able to handle a disclosure effectively and raise these concerns appropriately \nUnderstand the referral process for Prevent and the Channel Panel process\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nSpeaker: \nTom Robinson \nThomas Robinson is an experienced safeguarding expert\, with a specialism in radicalisation. He holds extensive experience tackling a wide range of complex radicalisation cases in various roles\, including as a Social Worker within Children’s Services\, as Channel Coordinator within Prevent and as the Prevent Practitioner/Deputy Named Safeguarding Professional within an NHS mental health Trust. Furthermore\, Thomas is a PhD candidate in Social Work and Social Care investigating the radicalisation of young men and the role of masculinity in violent extremism. \nThomas is a qualified Social Worker with a background in Children’s services and holds years of experience in multi-agency safeguarding work. His work spans across safeguarding children and adults from a range of harms\, including domestic abuse\, sexual exploitation\, criminal exploitation\, county lines\, modern slavery and radicalisation. Thomas is passionate about supporting professionals to respond to safeguarding concerns\, and is using his PhD research to build a practical tool to support social workers to assess and safeguard males whom are vulnerable to radicalisation. \nIn his current role as Prevent Practitioner/Deputy Named Safeguarding Professional within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT)\, Thomas provides regular trainings to staff and teams across the Trust\, including Prevent Awareness\, Workshop to Raise Awareness on Prevent (WRAP)\, and Safeguarding Adults. Thomas also offers regular expert consultations to support staff to respond to complex radicalisation concerns across the Trust\, and is the SPFT representative in the Prevent’s Channel Panels across Sussex that provide a multi-agency approach to safeguarding those assessed as vulnerable to radicalisation. Moreover\, Thomas contributes to the development and updating of Policy within SPFT to structurally respond to emerging safeguarding concerns regarding radicalisation. \nOver the years\, Thomas has gathered substantial knowledge and practical expertise on the multi-faceted dynamics of safeguarding and radicalisation. His unique position of both working in and researching on this issue provides unique insights into this complex area of safeguarding. Thomas is available to deliver Prevent training to a range of organisations\, which will cover the key features of Prevent Awareness and Prevent WRAP\, including CONTEST\, the statutory duty under Counter Terrorism Security Act 2015 known as the ‘Prevent Duty’\, Vulnerabilities to Radicalisation\, Extremist Ideology and groups\, Current Threat Level\, and the Channel Panel process. Thomas will provide an opportunity to have a nuanced and critical discussion about this important and complex area of safeguarding. \n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-radicalisation-and-early-identification/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T110000
DTSTAMP:20250724T101800Z
CREATED:20250623T130700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T101800Z
UID:15494-1760349600-1760353200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 All who have responsibility and oversight responsibility of safer recruitment and regulatory compliance including safeguarding professionals and leaders\, trustees\, board members and governors\, bursars\, HR professionals\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Record (SCR) fully compliant? \nAll schools and colleges are required to maintain a SCR in accordance with statutory guidance and relevant legislation. However\, common issues such as inaccuracies and missing information continue to pose compliance risks\, often leading to poor inspection outcomes and negative safeguarding judgements. \nThis webinar is designed to support staff with operational or oversight responsibility for the SCR. It will provide practical advice and clarity on how to meet latest compliance requirements and maintain a robust and accurate record. \nTraining topics will include how long to retain relevant evidence\, procedures for maintenance and auditing\, and actions to take when a staff member or volunteer is found unsuitable. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nGain an understanding of key legislation and statutory guidance related to the SCR\nLearn how to develop a comprehensive checklist for compliance audits\nUnderstand best-practice procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR\nKnow what to review and record when a staff member’s or volunteer’s suitability changes\n\nBOOK NOW \nUnable to attend live? A post-webinar recording will be available. Email bsa@boarding.org.uk to purchase. \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nThis event will be held jointly with:
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-managing-the-single-central-register-scr-5/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T110000
DTSTAMP:20251013T194625Z
CREATED:20250626T155240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T194625Z
UID:15496-1760436000-1760439600@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Safeguarding children with gender dysphoria
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis seminar explores how educational professionals can support children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria or questioning their gender identity. Grounded in current research and practice\, the session provides introductory age-appropriate guidance within the context of education. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand and respond appropriately to those presenting with gender dysphoria and those who are gender-questioning\nBe aware of language around the topic as well as the legal requirements for schools (with particular reference to the Equality Act)\nReview the most recent thinking and research around the best way to support and safeguard those with gender dysphoria.\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\nSpeaker:  \nNicola O’Brien FRSA\, Director of Safeguarding and DSL\, Felsted School \nNicola O’Brien is the Director of Safeguarding and DSL at Felsted School in Essex. She has worked in education for nearly 30 years\, mostly within boarding leadership and safeguarding. Formerly Chair of a Special Interest Group on Gender Dysphoria for the AoCPP\, she is now co-Chair of the Safeguarding in Education group for the same organisation\, a Safeguarding Adviser for the Diocese of Westminster and runs a cluster group to support DSLs in independent schools in Essex. In addition\, she has NSPCC accreditation as a safeguarding trainer\, is an accredited Safer Recruitment Trainer and is a trained supervisor.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-children-with-gender-dysphoria/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T140000
DTSTAMP:20251127T125553Z
CREATED:20250811T134504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T125553Z
UID:15520-1764939600-1764943200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Responding and analysing child-on-child incidents
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45 – Discounted rate for BSA members\n🎧 Designated safeguarding leads\, mental health leads\, counsellors and pastoral support workers\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nChild-on-child abuse remains a serious safeguarding concern\, with many sectors requiring a zero-tolerance approach to its investigation. This webinar explores the critical role of thorough analysis\, accurate recording\, and robust investigation in addressing these incidents. \nJoin us as we delve into best practices for investigating child-on-child abuse. We’ll cover how to analyse incidents effectively\, record them accurately\, and prepare for possible complaints or legal scrutiny. \nCan’t attend live? A recording of the webinar will be available afterwards. Email info@sacpa.org.uk to purchase. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nUnderstanding child-on-child abuse and the implications of a zero-tolerance approach\nEffective recording of individual incidents\nAnalysing patterns\, contexts\, and disseminating findings for learning and improvement\nInvestigating incidents thoroughly and professionally\nResponding to challenges: what does strong evidence and defensible decision-making look like?\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nClarify what constitutes child-on-child abuse and what a zero-tolerance policy entails\nExplore how effective recording and analysis support safeguarding outcomes\nIdentify the essential components of a robust and defensible investigation\nGain confidence in handling complaints and legal challenges related to safeguarding decisions.\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\nSpeaker:  \nMaria Strauss\, Partner\, 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.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/analysing-child-on-child-incidents-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260116T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260116T103000
DTSTAMP:20251208T080456Z
CREATED:20250716T151923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T080456Z
UID:15823-1768555800-1768559400@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 All who have responsibility and oversight responsibility of safer recruitment and regulatory compliance including safeguarding professionals and leaders\, trustees\, board members and governors\, bursars\, HR professionals\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Record (SCR) fully compliant? \nAll schools and colleges are required to maintain a SCR in accordance with statutory guidance and relevant legislation. However\, common issues such as inaccuracies and missing information continue to pose compliance risks\, often leading to poor inspection outcomes and negative safeguarding judgements. \nThis webinar is designed to support staff with operational or oversight responsibility for the SCR. It will provide practical advice and clarity on how to meet latest compliance requirements and maintain a robust and accurate record. \nTraining topics will include how long to retain relevant evidence\, procedures for maintenance and auditing\, and actions to take when a staff member or volunteer is found unsuitable. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nGain an understanding of key legislation and statutory guidance related to the SCR\nLearn how to develop a comprehensive checklist for compliance audits\nUnderstand best-practice procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR\nKnow what to review and record when a staff member’s or volunteer’s suitability changes\n\nUnable to attend live? A post-webinar recording will be available. Email info@sacpa.org.uk to purchase. \nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \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\nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-managing-the-single-central-register-scr-6/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="BSA":MAILTO:hello@bsa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260107T140012Z
CREATED:20251121T171309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T140012Z
UID:16515-1768820400-1768824000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Youth Voice in Child Safeguarding: From Tokenism to True Influence
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45 – Discounted rate for BSA members\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nHow do we genuinely embed children’s voices into safeguarding practice\, not as a compliance task\, but as a foundation for protection\, trust and safer cultures? \nJoin DSL Christine Kane and Digital Safeguarding Lead Amy Adderley in a practical webinar exploring how to centre youth voice safely\, ethically and meaningfully. They will share their amazing youth well-being ambassador programme that will unpack what children and young people are telling us\, how to create psychologically safe spaces for disclosure\, and how organisations can shift from tokenistic engagement to approaches that genuinely influence decisions\, policies and safeguarding culture. \nThis session is ideal for:\nSafeguarding leads\, DSLs/DDSLs\, education professionals\, youth workers\, social care staff\, charity/NGO leaders\, and anyone responsible for child protection. \nWhat you’ll learn: \n\nHow to create safe spaces for children to express concerns\nPractical ways to engage children and young people safely\nHow Heads of Schools can encourage authentic participation of children\nTools for embedding youth participation at organisational and frontline levels\nHow authentic youth voice strengthens safeguarding outcomes for individuals\, organisations and communities\n\nEmpower the young people you serve. Strengthen your safeguarding approach. Build safer cultures where children are heard\, believed and protected. \nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nSpeakers: \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\nAmy Adderley\, Head of Digital Wellbeing\, Marlborough College \nAmy Adderley is Director of Digital Wellbeing\, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)\, and an Economics teacher at Marlborough College. She previously served as a Housemistress for five years and Assistant Housemistress for four years. Amy holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Child Protection Studies from the University of Birmingham\, with a particular interest in affluent neglect and is also a governor at a local primary school. Since joining Marlborough in 2015\, she has brought a wealth of experience from teaching in Cardiff\, Australia\, and Cornwall.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/youth-voice-in-child-safeguarding-from-tokenism-to-true-influence/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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UID:15735-1769160600-1769164200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Contextual approaches to vaping behaviour
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Safeguarding practitioners\, pastoral support workers\, Safeguarding leads and deputies\, Preventative education workers\, Health education workers\, Youth workers\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nChildren’s vaping behaviour is a key safeguarding and health concern which lends itself to contextual safeguarding as well as health education approaches.  \nThis webinar explores how contextual safeguarding approaches may support work to reduce and avoid the harm caused to children in contexts where vaping is commonplace\, encouraged\, or promoted and culturally embedded.  \nHow can contextual safeguarding approaches contribute to turning the tide of harm?  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nVaping and harm \nWhat we know about children’s vaping behaviour \nContextual safeguarding approaches \nThe contexts of children’s vaping behaviour \nFinding a way forward \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDeepen your understanding of vaping harms and harms specific to children’s vaping behaviour \nRefresh understanding of contextual safeguarding approaches and how such approaches can support health education programmes \nSupport application of contextual safeguarding approaches to the challenge of harmful vaping behaviour in children \n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nDave Parvin \nA former Drug Squad Officer- Dave has seen the damage and destruction first hand that  ‘drugs’ can bring to those who choose to have a life that involves the use of these substances and as such is passionate about raising the awareness of the ‘potential risks and dangers’ associated with this life style. Since leaving the police Dave over the last 17 years has delivered hundreds of Drug Awareness Sessions to Schools and Colleges all over the country engaging with all parties (Students/Staff and Parental Sessions) to ensure his key message about raising the awareness of the real risks and dangers associated with many substances young people in particular are likely to come into contact with. He does not preach and delivers his presentations in a ‘non judgemental manner’ in his own ‘unique style’\, ensuring that his audiences engage with him from the very minute he starts to speak. He also has strong links with NAMSS (National Association for Managers of Student Services)\, the BSA (Boarding School Association) and Hieda (Health in Education) delivering bespoke Drug Awareness Training events for their staff (including work overseas with international schools). \n\nThis event will be held jointly with:
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-hieda-contextual-approaches-to-vaping-behaviour/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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