Overview
This new course for trust safeguarding leaders explores how to create the conditions, consistency and capacity to achieve safeguarding excellence across a group of schools.
Drawing on the principles set out in
Safeguarding at scale, it offers fresh practical insights in three key areas: creating clear and effective oversight of safeguarding at all levels of governance, developing consistency and embedding best practice across schools, and building, supporting and retaining a strong and skilled safeguarding workforce.
Who is it for?
This course is for trust safeguarding leads.
Participants on this course are also welcome to invite their trust governance professionals to attend the first session with them as their guests to support ongoing conversations in their trust about the improvement of safeguarding governance.
How you will benefit
You will
gain:
- An understanding of how safeguarding works at
scale in school trusts and the policies, procedures and systems that enable it.
- Insight into the information and assurance
that provides effective delivery and governance of safeguarding practice within
your trust.
- A fresh perspective on how to use
safeguarding data proactively to reduce risk.
- Ideas for how to look at safeguarding risk
more widely in the communities that your trust serves.
- Guidance on how to approach complex issues,
such as child deaths and allegations against staff.
Seminar leader
Dai Durbridge, safeguarding expert and Partner at Browne Jacobson
Previous participants said
‘Hugely informative, helpful and very well presented series. Would recommend!'
‘Really useful and practical guidance, delivered with
great knowledge and style.’
‘Thank you, this was a thought provoking and useful series of classes. I increased my understanding of my role and enjoyed the opportunities to share ideas with other participants and hear about the work done and challenges face in their trusts.'
‘Very thought provoking and an excellent starting point
for those at the beginning of the journey.’
You may also be interested in Joining our Professional Community for Trust Safeguarding Leads (an inclusive benefit of CST Membership)
Summer 2025 - online
- Thursday 5 June 2025 -10:00-11:30
- Wednesday 11 June 2025 -14:00-15:30
- Thursday 19 June 2025 -10:00-11:30
Book now summer 2025
Session 1: Safeguarding governance: clear structures to drive strong safeguarding
- Getting your safeguarding governance structure right
- Working with Trust board
- Support, challenge and working with your Lead Trustee
- Rethinking the safeguarding role of local governance
Session 2: Growing a one team mindset: ensuring trust-wide consistency and embedding best practice
- Safeguarding due diligence – getting consistency across all schools
- Cultural add – sharing expertise from different schools as part of your trust-wide approach
- Onboarding the safeguarding function
Session 3: Developing your safeguarding workforce: the right people focused on the right things
- Team structure and working as a single cohesive team
- Recruitment, diversity, pipeline and understanding community need
- DSL development and professional growth
- Future proofing and succession planning
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