SPECIFIC SAFEGUARDING ISSUE BASED TRAINING

NEW FOR NOVEMBER 2024

Featured Webinars

INCEL CULTURE
Duration: 6 Mins

Jo Perrin looks at the rise of Incel Culture, identifying what it actually is and what we can do in our settings to notice and support young people from being drawn into these beliefs. Again you might wish to use it to introduce the issue to all staff.

AFFLUENT NEGLECT
Duration: 7 Mins

Jo Perrin discusses the topic of Affluent Neglect, where although some of the practical needs of children are met, such as food, shelter and clothing, those higher layers of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are missing, including emotional care and being held in mind.

Issue Based Webinars

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2024

VAPING
Duration: 14 Mins

Emma Mudge has created a webinar discussing vaping. The media regularly discusses the prevalence of this safeguarding and health concern amongst children and this webinar is suitable to share with all staff for them to get the real facts, referencing national reports, in order for staff to be informed and be able to implement strategies to support and educate young people about the harms of this habit.

UPDATED JUNE 2024

MONEY LAUNDERING
Duration: 22 Mins

Jo Perrin discusses how this subset of financial exploitation is putting our children at risk. She explains what it is, why children might be attracted to getting involved and what signs and language all professionals should be on the look out for. Jo also recognises that some children might be more at risk than others due to other vulnerabilities or susceptibilities in their life and links it all to what we can do in our settings to support children and create culture and a curriculum to support children fully.

UPDATED MAY 2024

MISOGYNY AND TOXIC MASCULINITY
Duration: 18 Mins

Lucie Welch discusses misogyny and toxic masculinity, delving into what it means, the damage it can cause, and how it can be addressed in your setting. This webinar offers advice on what you can do to tackle and address both misogyny and toxic masculinity if and when it arises in school settings.

EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Duration: 25 Mins

In this webinar Jo Perrin discusses the breadth of disordered eating and diagnosable physical and mental health conditions and how we in our settings can use good practice in pedagogy to promote positive body image in our curriculum. She talks of the crucial tipping point between healthy eating and disordered eating and what professionals should be looking out for in order to safeguard students effectively. This is a common issue in settings, so it’s really worth training all your staff in this area.

UPDATED MAY 2024

EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Duration: 22 Mins

Lucie Welch talks about Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Primary Schools, looking at what emotional health is and why it’s so important for a child’s development. She gives clear tips on how to recognise concerns and support children’s mental health through our work in our settings. There is information given on how to be emotionally available adults to children and Lucie explains some common concerns that present in primary schools.

UPDATED JUNE 2024

GAMBLING AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Duration: 17 Mins

In this webinar, SFE Adviser Jo Perrin looks at gambling and how young people interract with this activity and any possible safeguarding implications. What are their experiences? What protections are in place and what risk factors are there, including predicting future behaviours?

UPDATED JUNE 2024

IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG CARERS
Duration: 20 Mins

In this webinar Jo Perrin looks how we can support children in our settings who act as young carers, whether or not they self identify as such.  She identifies signs for our staff to look out for and gives some advice on how we can support this group of children who do have a vulnerability due to their lived experience.

UPDATED JUNE 2024

CHILD ABUSE LINKED TO FAITH AND BELIEF
Duration: 18 Mins

In this short webinar for all staff working in your setting, Jo Perrin looks at what we mean by this thankfully quite rare, but deeply concerning, safeguarding issue. She discusses factors that increase a child’s vulnerability to this type of abuse and what we should be aware of and noticing in our setting.

CHILD ON CHILD ABUSE
Duration: 12 Mins

Lucie Welch discusses what this really is and the preferred language to use.  She talks of how the word bullying interacts with acknowledging children can abuse others and what signs all professionals should be on the look out for. Lucie also recognises that some children might be more at risk than others due to other vulnerabilities in their life and links it all to what we can do in our settings to support children and create culture, policy and a curriculum that minimises such abuse.

UPDATED MAY 2024

FABRICATED AND INDUCED ILLNESS
Duration: 14 Mins

Lucie Welch delves into this topic, discussing what it is, the forms it can take and what signs and symptoms we should all be looking out for.  She talks of the impact it can have on a child and what our professional actions should be if we suspect it in our setting.

LGBTQ+ IN SCHOOLS
Duration: 25 Mins

Lucie Welch discusses ideas about how we support all children and create an inclusive environment in our settings. She talks of the broad definition of LGBTQ+, how we can teach about all relationships in a safe, fair and tolerant way, how we can support individual children and create an inclusive community.

FOCUS ON NEGLECT
Duration: 13 Mins

Describing it as one of the most common types of abuse but often the hardest to spot, the discussion is around what we want staff to notice and record and how our accuracy in description can lead to a child getting help or living with abuse for longer.

UPDATED MAY 2024

RADICALISATION AND EXTREMISM
Duration: 20 Mins

The webinar gives examples of pathways to radicalisation and how vulnerabilities might increase risks a child might be radicalised. Indicators and warning signs for all staff to know are shared and PREVENT and CHANNEL are referenced throughout.

UPDATED MAY 2024

CONTEXTUAL SAFEGUARDING
Duration: 40 Mins

This webinar covers the issue of contextual safeguarding and highlights what we need to be looking out for in relation to the risks and outside influences that may be present in the lives of the young people we work with.

UPDATED JUNE 2024

DOMESTIC ABUSE
Duration: 18 Mins

This webinar is for all staff, focusing on identifying types of abuse and supporting children who are victims. It discusses ways in which Domestic Abuse can impact children and how your setting can create an open, supportive and safe space for children.

FGM, FORCED MARRIAGE AND HONOUR BASED ABUSE
Duration: 60 Mins

This webinar is for all staff. The main focus is on raising awareness and links with safeguarding and covers female genital mutilation (FGM), breast flattening/ breast ironing, forced marriage and so called honour based abuse.

UPDATED MAY 2024

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS
Duration: 22 Mins

This 38 minute webinar will look at the definitions of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment and highlight their prevalence within schools and education settings. It explains the role of governors in supporting schools to identify, challenge and eradicate sexual abuse within their settings.

HOW COVID-19 AFFECTED SAFEGUARDING
Duration: 7 Mins

Here we look at how specific safeguarding issues are not static, the risk to children is ever-changing and we must be alert to new signs and symptoms to note. The example is in how county-lines drug-running operations adapted through periods of lock-down and how that changed (but didn’t eliminate) risk to children.

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