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How to Manage Emotional Impacts - Education Support
In the past few decades the role of educational professionals has shifted significantly. It now encompasses not just teaching pupils the things they need to contribute to society, but also to make sure they're safe and emotionally well at school. It is hard to overstate the importance of being in tune to pupil's mental wellbeing in education. It can be easy to sometimes think that teaching should simply be about constructing well-planned lessons. But if a student's mind is elsewhere then their learning outcomes will be decreased. However, approaching your pastoral role as an educator can be hard to get a handle on. Over at Education Support they've published an hour long seminar on this topic. If you're interested then follow the link below:
https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-individuals/videos/teaching-in-2023-how-to-manage-the-emotional-impact/
Countering Sextortion - National Cyber Security Centre
Over the past few years there has been an evolution in online scamming. This relatively novel phenomena involves attempting to extort internet users by claiming to possess compromising recordings of said user. The user will be threatened with the release of alleged indecent material, which will only be avoided through paying a ransom via bitcoin. The emails can be highly convincing, written in language designed to convince the recipient that the perpetrator that they have an advanced command of computers. Persuading the recipient of the credibility of the threat. This form of scamming can be highly successful, relative to other more easily detected scams. To find out more on what to do to prevent yourself becoming targeted, please follow the link below for advice from the National Cyber Security Centre on what to do.
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/sextortion-scams-how-to-protect-yourself
Serious Youth Violence Research Programme - UK Government
Violence among young people is a constant societal issue across the world. Sadly, adolescents have always been at risk of violent incidents and it is difficult to pinpoint a timeframe when this has not been so. But just because it is an unfortunate fact that for many an intimidating or violent incident is likely to happen during the youth stage, does not mean we shouldn't strive to manage it. The aftermath of violent incidents after all, will severely impact the individuals involved long after the event. So it is vital to seek to find ways to minimize youth violence. The UK Government has released a research paper looking into this issue. If you're interested please follow the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-youth-violence-research-programme
Did Someone Forward this Safeguarding Briefing to You?
If you would like to receive your own copy of the Safeguarding Briefing, simply go to: www.safeguardingbriefing.co.uk
Single Central Record FAQs - Safeguarding.Pro
There was a really good members-only seminar last week with our guest, Louis Donald, Director of Safeguarding at The Creative Education Trust. Earlier this year, Louis had presented a seminar for the DfE. After that seminar, the DfE created a document covering some of the answers to question that people ask.
Download the DfE's FAQ on the SCR here: https://6282.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/KCSIE+Series+Webinar+2+SCR+FAQs+7th+February+2023.pdf
To watch the replay of our SCR seminar, go to: https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/products/safeguarding-pro-resources/categories/2149313100/posts/2168550509
Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data - OFSTED
Data is very important to informing decision making at an executive level within educational establishments. It helps us make better choices, allows us to see where things have gone wrong and apply lessons from elsewhere to our own institutional management practices. At the tail end of last month Ofsted released their inspection data from the past five years, covering Early Years, Further Education, Non-Association Independent Schools and State Funded Schools. The data makes for informative reading, and if you're interested please follow the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/five-year-ofsted-inspection-data
Understanding Mandatory Reporting - ThirtyOne Eight
The UK Government is currently running a consultation on how a legal duty to report child sexual abuse, would affect the educational sphere. The consultation follows a recommendation from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and will be open until 14th August 2023. Over at Thirty One Eight, they've published a page to explain the context behind the consultation and what you can do to get involved. If interested, please follow the link below:
https://thirtyoneeight.org/blogs/understanding-mandatory-reporting-and-what-it-means-for-your-organisation
Forthcoming Courses
Implementing the role of the Senior Mental Health Lead (DfE Course Code SMHL105)
This is our DfE Quality Assured course for Senior Mental Health Leads. The course offers self-paced learning using the resources in our SMHL.Pro Hub, which is available for 12 months. Each month there is a live online member check-in to catch up with your tutors and each other. The course cost £397+VAT, some schools are eligible for a grant to cover this cost.
For more details, go to: https://www.smhl.pro/course
Advanced Safeguarding for DSLs
This is a four-session course for DSLs over a full-day. The course is offered live and as a recorded replay. When the course is live, there are plenty of opportunities to contribute with observations, questions or answers. As a recording, the interactions from other people are included and feedback notes that this makes it feel like you are not on your own.
"I came to a session in Birmingham back in 2019 (the day after the GE I think) and it was superb. Today [online] was just as good, if not better. The use of video mixed with live speaking was excellent and goes way beyond what other safeguarding courses provide. You've been there and done it, and your openness with your own story is inspirational."
LIVE ON LOCATION remember that you can book Andrew to visit your school, cluster or MAT to share his DSL course. Please contact us for details and bookings.
Next Advanced Safeguarding for DSLs Course (Online) Wednesday 13th September 2023 10am - 4pm Book Online
The on-demand course is always available and has been updated for September 2023 Book Online
Whole School Safeguarding CPD Online Session for 2022/2023
In this two and half hour online presentation aimed at staff in all roles, specialist safeguarding consultant, Andrew Hall, explores important aspects of safeguarding in schools including child protection, learning from case studies and the latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
"In my excitement, I forgot to add our star rating to the Safeguarding training we have just watched. If we could, we would give it 10 stars! That was the best Safeguarding training we have ever had, thank you so much. Feedback from staff has, so far, been overwhelmingly positive…I can't thank you enough."
"I would like to extend my thanks to Andrew for his fantastic online training. It was filmed so well - almost as if he were here with us! We were kept engaged throughout and felt so well informed - a huge thank you. It was a real success, and we look forward to booking you again in the future - with the staff team saying it was the best safeguarding training they have ever had. We really appreciated Andrew's real-life storytelling and the way such sensitive information was shared - it was excellent training."
Watch extracts from last year's presentation here: https://www.safeguardinglearning.co.uk/findoutmore
You book your online session here: www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/availablecourses
Until next time, keep safe and thank you for all the work you're doing,
Andrew Hall
Specialist Safeguarding Consultant,
Success In Schools Ltd.
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