Designated Safeguarding Lead Advanced 2 Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for Deputy (DDSL) and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) either those already in post or for those about to become DDSL’s & DSL’s. The course may also be appropriate for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care, education and other settings. The course aims to identify barriers to children, young people and adults that prevent reporting of concerns and abuse, examines and provides information to practitioners to make referrals, explains roles and responsabilties for safeguarding leads and deputies, describes how to escalate concerns and examines the roles involved for collaborative working and examines reporting & recording including issues surrounding confidentiality. The course also explains monitoring and filtering and the additional responsibilities that DSL’s within education have. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Identify the barriers that prevent children from reporting abuse
• Understand the barriers that prevent staff from reporting concerns, and how to overcome them
• Understand what makes a good referral.
• Understand and explain your role in any investigation process and/or interventions put in place following the investigation.
• Describe the actions you and your setting need to take if you disagree with actions or decisions made.
• Recognise when and if it is appropriate to share information and with whom and understand how information should be recorded and stored.