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eLearning: Designated Safeguarding Lead 2 Yearly Update Self-paced training for experienced DSL/DDSL in educational settings who have previously completed DSL New to Role safeguarding training.

Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

  • £115.00 excl. VAT

Description

As the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or deputy, you hold the primary responsibility for safeguarding children within your setting. Your role involves advising and supporting staff, pupils, families, and multi-agency partners. According to Keeping Children Safe in Education, DSLs are "most likely to have a complete safeguarding picture and be the most appropriate person to advise on the response to safeguarding concerns."

To fulfil this critical role, your knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures must be both in-depth and up to date. Keeping Children Safe in Education mandates that DSLs and deputies undergo training every two years to maintain the knowledge and skills needed for their responsibilities, including offering support and advice and meeting statutory requirements.

This self-paced safeguarding training is designed to refresh and update DSLs and their deputies on their key responsibilities and activities. It covers updates and changes in statutory legislation and best practices, ensuring you understand how these developments impact your role and safeguarding practices.

Featuring engaging video content, interactive activities, and knowledge checks, this training will enhance your skills and confidence to be an effective DSL. Fully compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education requirements and previous Level 3 DSL system, this course also provides access to a range of tools, templates, and resources to support your daily responsibilities.

Covers the latest statutory and best practice guidance:

Please note that this online course must be completed within 90 days of commencement, and includes an online assessment. Upon successful completion you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

 

Prerequisites

All participants attending this course must have previously completed DSL New to Role or appropriate statutory training, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, within the past two years.

In addition it is expected that you will have read and have a good understanding of the latest version of the following guidance:

 

Who should attend this course?

This course is aimed at:

 

Course Features

Course features:

 

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Rachel Priestley

Rach has a background in Business Development and Administration, gaining much of her knowledge and experience through her 19 year career with the NHS working within the executive office, community services and public health. 

Before moving on from the NHS, Rach supported the Chief Executive, the Chairman and the Trust Board of a local NHS Care Trust, which managed Children’s Services. Her responsibilities spanned across HR, Finance, Governance, Compliance, Risk, systems and processes, and internal training. Rach also supported the Children’s Safeguarding Lead with safeguarding investigations.

In 2017, she left the NHS to pursue a successful self-employed career supporting business to grow, with flexible business development and administration support, which she continues to do on a part-time basis.

Rach is in house trained, and is passionate about delivering outstanding services and enjoys working as part of the safeguarding team to achieve a common goal.

In her own time, she loves spending time outside, and long walks with the two family dogs. 

Shelley Armstrong

Shelley joined Safeguarding Support in 2020 as an experienced AET-qualified freelance trainer, and now enjoys working across the business, keeping clients as up to date as possible with the ever changing challenges facing safeguarding children in education.

Whilst we aim to simplify safeguarding, Shelley’s passion is to ensure engagement, pride and confidence through training and support. Shelley enjoys applying the competencies gained in different industries and environments to researching, designing, and developing materials for those with the responsibility to safeguard children, and in return has enormous respect for their commitment.

Her experience across the private business sector brings commercial skills to training and her background in psychology and counselling ensure courses are designed and delivered with the learner in mind.

Shelley lives in Yorkshire and enjoys walking her springer spaniels – come rain or shine!

Abigail Havon

Abigail is an experienced AET qualified trainer who began her safeguarding career in the charity sector.  There she was a regional manager and part of the safeguarding leadership team.  She was involved in writing policies and procedures, developing, and delivering training and supporting staff and volunteers to work 121 with children struggling with their literacy. 

She has worked in a variety of business environments gaining experience in different sectors. She has always chosen roles that call for collaboration and communication to bring the best out in people and projects to completion.  Abigail passionately believes that empowering educators to work together as part of a safeguarding team will lead to better outcomes for children and young people. 

As part of the SSL training team her role focuses mainly on delivering virtual training. 

Abigail lives near the Jurassic Coast and enjoys long walks and caring for her jungle of houseplants.  

Carol Stephenson

Carol has spent her entire career teaching in Bradford primary schools. Most recently she was Head Teacher of a large, outstanding, multi-academy trust, inner-city
school where she gained Local Leaders of Education (LLE) status.

Carol is a highly experienced Designated Safeguarding Lead and safeguarding Governor, with an extensive range of expertise, skills and knowledge. It was through this depth of experience that she became a dedicated representative of Bradford Children’s Safeguarding Board. In June 2019, Carol was awarded a Bradford Safeguarding Champions lifetime achievement award 2019 for her continued work in safeguarding the children of Bradford.

Carol is in-house trained and is NSPCC certified to deliver Child Protection and Safeguarding training.

In her spare time, Carol enjoys working on her allotment.