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SUMMARY:Refresher Training for Designated Safeguarding Leads in Northampton
 shire Schools March 2026
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 This training is facilitated by Lesley Pollard
 This
  course meets the statutory requirements of the two-year Refresher Trainin
 g for Designated Safeguarding Leads in Northamptonshire schools.
 As part
  of the Education Act 2002 and the latest Keeping Children Safe in Educati
 on\, all schools must have a member of the leadership team as their Design
 ated Safeguarding Lead. This person must take lead responsibility for deal
 ing with child protection issues\, referring concerns of significant harm\
 , providing advice and guidance to support all staff to carry out their sa
 feguarding duties\, overseeing the school provision of early help and liai
 sing 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 Learn
 ing Adviser carrying out Safeguarding training and audits for a variety of
  providers as well as for individual schools.
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 Objectives:
 

  To consider the implications of national and local changes with regard to
  Safeguarding and Child Protection in Northamptonshire schools\;
 To reca
 p the role and responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead in sch
 ool\;
 To revisit the categories and possible indicators of the 4 categor
 ies of abuse\, FGM\, Forced Marriage\, Grooming\, CSE\, So Called Honour-B
 ased Violence\, Radicalisation and Extremism\, Gang Culture\, County Lines
 \, Child Criminal Exploitation\;
 To understand the impact of issues such
  as Child-On-Child Abuse\, Domestic Abuse\, Parental Drug and Alcohol Abus
 e\, Homelessness\, Appearing in Court and Mental Health problems on childr
 en/young people\;
 To consider the role of the Northamptonshire Safeguard
 ing Children Partnership and reiterate the importance of interagency worki
 ng from early help to referral (including the Signs of Safety approach)\;

 
 To consider the learning for schools from local and national Serious Cas
 e Reviews\;
 To understand the requirements relating to keeping\, transfe
 rring and archiving Child Protection and Early Help records\;
 To conside
 r how best to communicate with children and parents/carers regarding Child
  Protection issues.
 
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ORGANIZER;CN=SWAN Training School Alliance:MAILTO:trainingschool@sponne.org
 .uk
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