Blog: Our corner of the safeguarding world
In the most challenging of times, there are jewels to be found – Part Two
During the most challenging of times, the emotional intelligence of our workforce has 'held', supported and facilitated parents and young people....
In the Most Challenging of Times, There Are Jewels to Be Found – Part One
The deep angst, fear and terror stirred up by this COVID-19 trauma is real, but the practitioners I've been talking to have the skills and knowledge to deal with it....
Sharpening Our Safeguarding Focus: We’re all in this together?
During the COVID-19 Health Crisis, only 1 in 20 of the vulnerable children who were offered places in school, or, their setting, are actually attending,...
What do meerkats have to do with Safeguarding Training?
We encourage delegates on our safeguarding training to consider themselves as one of the meerkats on sentry duty, protective of their vulnerable......
Looking After Your ‘Whole Self’ As A Designated Safeguarding Lead Person
We are people, we have emotions & sometimes ‘our stuff’ is triggered in some way. Here are 3 suggestions for this potentially 'vulnerable season'......
With witchcraft-related abuse on the rise, confidence in the DSL role is essential
With witchcraft-related abuse on the rise, confidence in the DSL role is essential It’s now more important than ever to spend two days immersed in the training for the Designated Lead Person role.Â...
Who can be a Designated Lead Person for Safeguarding?
The Designated Safeguarding Lead must hold a senior leadership position so they can direct resources & exert their authority when safeguarding issues arise....
Be Alert And Question Behaviours
Does your Practitioner have the knowledge and most importantly do they have the capacity to confidently apply that knowledge to their practice with children and their families?...
SOS Very Current News Item – Safeguarding is URGENT!
Are you really, really confident that everyone in your setting understands their safeguarding role? I mean their individual responsibilities within it. Do they really, at a deep emotional level? As...
How do we discover what children need from adults to feel safe?
In our training exercise we brought staff back to being a child themselves. It was powerful. The energy in the room changed completely....
When you think of PSHE, what comes to mind?
For most, I would wager, that it is that woolly subject that you are not quite sure about. Is it that drop down day once a year? Or those three sex education lessons you do in the summer term. Or...
Do you know how a child who is being sexually abused will ask for help?
We often talk about the word ‘disclosure’ and it would be naïve to inhabit a space where waiting for a disclosure is the norm. Children rarely verbally disclose what is happening to them. Ther...
What to Do if You’re Worried a Child is Being Abused. Reflections on a whole Education Trust specialist course
What are we feeding our minds? Reflections on a whole Education Trust specialist course I AM IN AWE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE and engaged attention given by a complete team; Practitioners who work wit...
How do we identify that a child is being sexually abused?
Picture the scene... it is the second afternoon of our training course for Designated Lead Persons for Safeguarding; a comfortable, central London venue. An experienced Head Teacher for a Primary S...
Growing to Understand Children’s Behaviour
Bad behaviour is never just 'bad behaviour'. Have you ever wondered what your pupils may be trying to share with you by the way that they act and react in class? Does their play 'not sit right?'...
How to handle a frustrating referral conversation?
Do you ever find yourself deeply frustrated by the way your conversation goes when making a referral to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH Team)?...