An Organisational Approach to Safe Practice with Children and Young People in the Creative and cultural sectors

This course is for those who wish to develop a strategic approach to safeguarding and are responsible for overseeing safeguarding practice. The course focuses on a whole team approach to embedding safe practice across creative, cultural and heritage sectors.

You will carry out an audit on your organisation and create an action plan that will support best practice around safeguarding in your organisation through the delivery of policy, practice and the sharing of information. You will also explore ways of including young people’s voice to influence your procedures. The course also includes an online safeguarding section, exploring current guidance and best practice for the online environment, helping you to identify and consider the updated risks and how this can impact on your own policy and practice.

This training day will be split into two sessions 10am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 4pm allowing for a lunch break in between. There will also be a comfort break in both the morning and afternoon session at the discretion of the trainer. Training will run using Zoom video conferencing. Full joining information will be sent once we have received your booking. You do not need a Zoom account in order to take part in this training, but you will need access to a computer or smartphone that has video capabilities.

Ideal for:

Those who wish to develop a strategic approach to safeguarding within their own organisation e.g senior managers, board members, creative directors
Those who are currently acting as safeguarding lead or are responsible for overseeing safeguarding in the organisation
Those who have previously undertaken a child protection course

You will gain:

Ideas of how to embed a culture of safe practice
Ways of including and involving young people
Tools for disseminating policy and best practice
A safeguarding action plan
An overview of Designated Safeguarding Officer responsibilities
Further advice and guidance

Trainer:

Lesley Wood is a freelance creative and educational professional with more than 20 years’ in depth experience of working across the creative, heritage, education and cultural sectors. She works with organisations of all sizes and across all sectors measuring impact & providing support on strategic development.

Course cost:

Full price: £80 per person

Bursary price: £48

We are pleased to offer a limited number of bursary places for this course, priced at £48 per person. Bursary places are available for individuals that meet the below criteria, and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Volunteer
Student
Apprentice/Intern
Disabled
Part-time worker (2 days or less per week)
To take advantage of a bursary place, please select ‘Bursary place’ at checkout, and select which of the bursary criteria you fulfil when prompted on the booking form. We reserve the right to charge full price if we believe an individual has incorrectly claimed a bursary place.

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