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SUMMARY:SACPA - Managing volunteers: supporting their understanding of safeguarding requirements and safer recruitment
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 17\, 2024\nTime: 09:30 – 10:30\nCost: Sacpa Member – £65\, Additional Sacpa Member – £30\, Non-member – £130\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.\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Webinar\n\n\nContent Overview: \nThis 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. \nTraining topics will include: \nThis webinar is delivered by an expert in safeguarding and protecting charities and topics include; \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\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\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: Cath Edginton\, Charity Commission\, Technical Adviser and Senior Safeguarding Lead \nCath joined the Charity Commission in January 2019 from the Metropolitan Police after 31 years of service. Throughout her police service Cath has been involved in the policing areas of safeguarding and public protection working across a wide range of diverse and vulnerable groups to challenge crime and promote safeguarding.  Her current role is to drive the external and internal implementation of the Commission’s safeguarding strategy and to develop the Commission’s operational safeguarding capabilities through the provision of guidance and advice on policy and operational casework. She intends to develop new and existing relationships with external partners in order to raise awareness of the role of the Commission and to have an impact on how safeguarding issues across the charity sector are approached and managed.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/sacpa-managing-volunteers-supporting-their-understanding-of-safeguarding-requirements-and-safer-recruitment/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association (Sacpa)":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Supporting senior boarders
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 17\, 2024\nTime: 10:30 – 15:30\nCost: BSA Full Member – £155\, BSA Affiliate Member – £230\, Non-member – £310\nAudience: Boarding staff\, Head of Boarding\, Deputy Head\, mental health leads working with senior boarders (16+)\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Day Seminar\n\n\nCourse outline \nThis day seminar will highlight the common issues that older teenagers face and look at how to support them as they progress towards leaving school. Managing the increase in choices that boarders will have to make as they approach the significant transition towards life after school\, they may find themselves under increasing pressure and in need of support from those around them. This course is designed to help boarding staff to grow in confidence in their role and promote the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of senior boarders. \nOlder teenagers face an increasingly diverse set of pressures and many of them need additional support in coping with them. Certainly\, they need to feel that they are in a safe environment where they can discuss the concerns that they have and build their resilience and independence. Boarding staff have a role in helping young people to make good choices around the risks they face and\, therefore\, they need to have an understanding of the issues that teenagers may encounter. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nCommon issues for the older teen – academic/professional (parental and peer pressure\, success\, managing transition to adulthood\, preparing for life after school)\nCommon issues for the older teen – personal/social (relationships\, social media and online safety\, drugs/alcohol\, risk taking and dangerous behaviours)\nSupporting teenagers – promoting resilience\, self-worth and making good choices\nCase studies and group discussion.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nImproved understanding of the common issues for older teens\nIncreased confidence in supporting older teens.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:  \nTom Hadcroft\, Headteacher\, Berkhamsted Boys School \nTom Hadcroft joined Berkhamsted Boys School in January 2022 as Headteacher from DLD College London\, where he was Senior Deputy Head\, overseeing on the Pastoral and Boarding sides of the school for five years. During this time DLD College London were recognised with six national awards\, including Boarding School of the Year and innovation awards in Mental Health\, Wellbeing and Student voice. Previously\, he had school leadership roles at Collège Alpin Beau Soleil in Switzerland and St John’s School Leatherhead. Before his teaching career he worked in the finance sector and has recently completed a Masters in Educational Leadership\, with a focus on coaching in education. \nTom is a Council of International School Accreditation Team member and has a keen interest in international education and international boarding. He has recruited in China\, Croatia\, Thailand and Kazakhstan and has been a BSA Tutor on the Advanced Certificate course since 2017.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/supporting-senior-boarders/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:BAISIS/BSA - Supporting international boarders in UK boarding schools
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 17\, 2024\nTime: 10:30 – 15:30\nCost: BAISIS/BSA Full Member – £155\, BSA Affiliate Member – £230\, Non-member – £310\nAudience: Boarding staff\, Heads of Boarding\, Deputy Heads (Pastoral)\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Day seminar\n\n\nCourse Outline: \nThis interactive seminar will consider ways of integrating international students into the boarding and academic community at your school and discuss the values and issues of adopting a fully international approach. \nThe course will ask delegates to consider links within the school; roles\, communication\, and external links including relationships with parents and education guardians. \nCurrent issues that relate to all young people\, including mental health and SEND\, will also be considered\, but through the lens of cultural differences and awareness. \nDelegates will be able to better understand the needs of international boarders and help their schools develop their provision and support to best effect. Delegates will leave with a set of tools to help their international boarders. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nSEND\nCulture mapping\nPastoral and boarding considerations\nMental health and global perception\nThe school environment\nApplication of learning to your own setting\nScenario best-practice discussions\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncreased awareness and understanding of what it means to be an international student in the UK and the potential cultural obstacles that may arise through providing support\nBest practice recommendations for academic and pastoral induction\, integration and providing ongoing support\nIncreased confidence in understanding and supporting international students in boarding and addressing their specific needs in your setting\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:  \nGareth Evans\, Assistant Principal (Pastoral and Wellbeing)\, DLD College London \nGareth joined DLD College London in August 2016 as Director of Studies before being promoted to Assistant Principal (Upper School) and latterly Assistant Principal (Pastoral and Boarding ). He joined us from Strode’s College where he was Head of the Creative Arts Faculty since 2009. \nAside from his role as Assistant Principal\, Gareth currently teaches Film. He has also taught Media A Level and Film Studies GCSE. Gareth is an examiner and moderator for EDUQAS. Beyond these academic commitments\, Gareth is involved in several CCA’s at DLD College including Community Projects\, Run Club and the Film Society. \nIn his free time Gareth is an avid ‘very’ amateur surfer and enjoys spending time on the beach. Gareth is a keen member of the community where he lives and was elected as District Councillor for Loxwood Ward (Chichester) in May 2019 and again in May 2023. He is also an award-winning community volunteer and was awarded a Community Builder Award by the Mayor of Newham which recognised his contribution to the local community he once lived in and continues to support. He has been involved in setting up a history society\, running an oral history project in collaboration with ‘Discovering Stratford Village’\, organising inter-generational disco parties\, running children’s events at the local library and has been a co-presenter of East End Mystery Show on East London Radio. \nGareth recently completed his MEd in Senior Leadership and Management at Buckingham University but also holds a PGCE from Oxford Brooks\, a MA in Human Resource Management from London Metropolitan University and a BA Hons (2:1) in Media and Communication Studies. \nLauren Moors\, Assistant Principal (Academic)\, DLD College London \nThroughout her career\, Lauren has held a number of roles ranging from Housemistress\, Director of Sport and Strategy Ambassador\, before switching over to become Assistant Principal (Academic) at DLD College\, London. Here\, she specialises in culturally mapping the environment and student wellbeing to make a cohesive\, impactful education for all the students and wider community. \nAside from her role as Assistant Principal\, Lauren is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and teaches Business and Economics. Away from academic commitments\, Lauren is a keen advocate of DLD’s ‘Crypto-Club’\, using her previous business experience to encourage young entrepreneurs for the future. \nAway from DLD\, Lauren separates her time between writing and health hacking. She currently writes for several local businesses\, producing copy for technology\, candles or reflexology firms. If she isn’t cycling in the Surrey hills\, then she is open water swimming down on Branksome Beach. A self-confessed health addict\, at the weekends Lauren can be found on the golf course\, tennis court\, enjoying cryotherapy\, or scouting the latest health technology gadget. She is also a Governor for Greenfield School\, Woking and has worked with several hockey clubs in the local area to produce some of our current national players.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/baisis-bsa-supporting-international-boarders-in-uk-boarding-schools-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
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