Sacpa seminar: Safeguarding in out of school settings

• Date: June 30, 2022
• Time: 13:30 – 16:30
• Venue: Zoom (online)

Audience:

Sole traders, Proprietors, Staff, Volunteers, Safeguarding Leads, Trustees, Directors and Board Members of Out of School Settings and Services for Children including;

• Holiday clubs (not registered with Ofsted)
• Supplementary tuition and learning centres supporting mainstream or home education
• Extra-curricular clubs or settings including dance, drama, sport and music
• Uniformed youth organisations
• Open-access youth providers including detached youth work, mentoring services, youth centres and projects including voluntary and community work
• Supplementary or complimentary schools (after school hours) including evening and weekend schools supporting diverse culture and language experiences
• Private language schools including for those coming from abroad
• Faith settings offering education in own faith, preparation for rites of passage

Course outline

The inspection of out of school settings has recently been an area of debate.  Whilst currently out of school services for children and young people over 8yrs are not subject to regulatory inspection, the government has issued best practice guidance, and this is also supplemented by a number of other sector specific best practice and quality assurance schemes for providers of out of school services to communities and families.

This programme offers a broad overview of key safeguarding, management and governance elements pertaining to safeguarding in out of school settings.  Group discussion is a particularly important aspect of this half day seminar, enabling delegates to work together to develop and apply their knowledge beyond basic safeguarding training and policy.

Providers of out of school services may enhance their reputation and provide added assurance to parents and carers that their setting has attended contextually specific training above and beyond basic levels of safeguarding training.  Therefore, Sacpa will be providing Certificates of Attendance on receipt and review of a learning log from delegates.

It is not essential, but is ideal, if delegates have already completed a basic safeguarding children training course ahead of attending this seminar.  A certificate of attendance may also provide a refresher update for basic safeguarding training, but does not replace initial basic safeguarding training where this has not been completed.

Training topics will include:

• Review of the regulatory landscape, best practice guidance and quality assurance schemes for a diversity of out of school settings
• Recap of basic and specific safeguarding children knowledge and skills
• Working with parents and carers; some challenging dilemmas
• Creating and maintaining a culture of vigilance: what does effective leadership look like
• Working with trustees to develop safeguarding audit and support oversight of safeguarding

Learning outcomes:

• Delegates will enhance their knowledge of charity regulatory requirements, government and sector specific best practice guidance, outcomes from research and literature pertaining to safeguarding children in out of school settings
• Delegates will refresh their knowledge and skills in basic and more specific safeguarding subjects, including their role in early help, individuals with care and support needs and signposting to support services
• Delegates will explore working with parents and carers in out of school contexts and unpick some challenging dilemmas through case study group work activity
• Delegates will enhance their knowledge and understanding of the elements of a culture of vigilance and how this interlocks with effective leadership of safeguarding in the context of out of school settings
• Delegates will work together to draft an audit protocol for safeguarding using an organisational case study and apply results of a safeguarding audit example to a practice presentation to board of trustees

Cost:

• Sacpa Members: £100
• Non-Members: £200

Speaker: Claire Dan. Head of Safeguarding, Sacpa and BSA Group

Claire is Head of Safeguarding for the Sacpa and BSA Group, leading 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. Since 2006, Claire has been involved with Luton Safeguarding Children Board as a lead multi-agency safeguarding trainer, developing and delivering single and multi-agency safeguarding training, pieces of bespoke consultancy work, and providing a range of safeguarding consultancy on a freelance basis. Having trained as a child and young adult in dance, taught dance to adults and children, been involved in volunteering in youth organisations, Chinese Saturday Schools and accessed a broad range of out of school services as a parent herself Claire has a particular interest in safeguarding in out of school contexts.

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