Sacpa webinar – Scrutinising your safeguarding policies, procedures – conducting an organisational safeguarding risk assessment

• Date: March 15, 2022
• Time: 13:30 – 14:30
• Cost: Sacpa Member – £60, Additional Sacpa Member £15, Non-member – £120
• Audience: All practitioners working with children, young people or vulnerable individuals, DSL/DSO, DDSL, Safeguarding Manager/Lead, Governors, Trustees.
• Platform: Zoom (online)

This webinar will consider some of the key principles around developing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures in organisations, and how to relate these to relevant guidance and legislation. There will also be consideration of how to conduct and record a safeguarding risk assessment appropriate to the circumstances within the setting.

Training topics will include:

• Evaluating safeguarding policies and procedures
• Assessing safeguarding risk and producing relevant risk assessments
• Relating documentation to relevant legislation and guidance.

Learning outcomes:

• Increase understanding of relevant safeguarding audit procedures
• Develop knowledge of risk assessment procedures
• Understand how to record, report and evaluate key findings.

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Speaker: Dale Wilkins, Director of Safeguarding, Professional Development and Accreditation

Dale joined BSA Group during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s accredited training programme. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for Sacpa and BSA Group, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter, and the Annual Safeguarding conference. He has completed “Training for Trainers” with NSPCC and was for 10 years a multi-agency safeguarding trainer for Dudley Safeguarding Children Board.

For 31 years Dale was practitioner in boarding schools, and a BSA course tutor since 1998. He was also for 10 years a school Designated Safeguarding Lead. Dale is currently developing new safeguarding products for Sacpa.