This meeting is for DSL lead practitioners who are members of the SWAN Alliance.

This training session led by Sally Perkins is suitable for Governors specifically involved in Head Teachers Performance Management.

Sally Perkins is a National leader of Governance with over fourteen years’ experience as a governor and thirteen years plus as a Chair of Governors in a variety of schools across the county. School Improvement is a passion for Sally and she especially loves developing Leadership and Management in schools. Sally specialises in governance, safeguarding, attachment and looked after children.

The training session will provide an overview of the Performance Management Governor’s role and how to oversee the performance management in school.

This training is planned to be face to face, with a remote virtual joining option also available.

It will cover how to conduct the Head Teacher’s performance review and how to set new objectives with the support of an external adviser and monitor progress towards the objectives throughout the year. The course also covers the process followed in Academy schools where the performance review is done in consultation with the Trust.

This training session led by Sally Perkins is suitable for Governors specifically involved in the recruitment of staff.

Sally Perkins is a National leader of Governance with fourteen years’ experience as a governor and thirteen years as a Chair of Governors in a variety of schools across the county. School Improvement is a passion for Sally and she especially loves developing Leadership and Management in schools. Sally specialises in governance, safeguarding, attachment and looked after children.

Governing bodies need to ensure that at least one person on any staff recruitment panel have undertaken Safer Recruitment Training. The session will cover the necessary processes and procedures.

This training is planned to be face to face, with a remote virtual joining option also available.

This training is facilitated by Lesley Pollard

As part of the Education Act 2002 and the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education, all schools must have a member of the leadership team as their Designated Safeguarding Lead. This person must take lead responsibility for dealing with child protection issues, referring concerns of significant harm, providing advice and guidance to support all staff to carry out their safeguarding duties, overseeing the school provision of early help and liaising with other agencies as required. This training must be updated every 2 years. This course is delivered by Lesley Pollard who is an experienced teacher, trainer and adviser. She currently works as an Independent Learning Adviser carrying out Safeguarding training and audits for a variety of providers as well as for individual schools.

Objectives

To ensure that the participant can identify:

• What the safeguarding agenda actually means for Northamptonshire schools;
• Current legislation which informs the role of the DSL;
• The role and responsibilities of the DSL;
• The importance of early help, signposting, interagency working and interventions to safeguard vulnerable children/young people;
• The categories and possible indicators of the 4 categories of abuse, FGM, Forced Marriage, Grooming, CSE, So Called Honour-Based Violence, Radicalisation and Extremism, Gang Culture, County Lines, Child Criminal Exploitation;
• The most vulnerable pupils including those with SEND, those with family members in prison and those subject to child-on-child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, appearing in Court, parental alcohol and drug abuse and mental health issues;
• The role of the Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP);
• How to seek early help and refer concerns (including the Signs of Safety approach);
• How to keep, transfer and archive Child Protection records.

This training is facilitated by Thomas Emmett of London based Solicitors Birkett Long LLP

Covering all aspects of the SEND Law legislation

        Full details to follow, lunch and refreshments are included