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Trust Safeguarding Director/Lead DSL CPD training course

Our Trust Safeguarding Director/Safeguarding Lead (DSL) continuous professional development programmes provides Trust Safeguarding Directors/Lead DSLs with the opportunity to engage in high-quality, interactive training over the course of four months to support their ongoing development.

Led by safeguarding expert lawyer, Dai Durbridge, the course is tailored to the needs of Trust Safeguarding Directors/Lead DSLs and provides opportunity for engagement with other delegates, with plenty of time built into the course to allow for reflection, your questions to be answered and concerns to be discussed.

Trust Safeguarding Directors/Lead DSLs – four months

Beginning in November 2024 and delivered remotely via Zoom, delegates will experience ‘bite-sized’ two-hour learning sessions interspersed with one-hour reflection and Q&A sessions to embed learning and ensure all your questions are answered and concerns discussed. This interactive and engaging course is designed specifically for Safeguarding Directors and Lead DSLs in Multi-Academy Trusts and will cover:

  • Excellence in Trust safeguarding governance
  • Getting your operational structure right
  • Getting the best from your local governing board
  • Developing and empowering your safeguarding culture
  • Designing your knowledge transfer calendar
  • Developing your safeguarding strategy
  • Safeguarding quality assurance across your Trust
  • Psychological safety and celebrating weakness/failure
  • Harvesting, analysing and using safeguarding data
  • Futureproofing your safeguarding team
  • Supporting your people: supervision and wellbeing
  • DSL support and development

The course provides a total of 22 hours of contact time spread over eight two-hour learning sessions and five one-hour Q&A sessions to ensure a personalised learning experience.

As a result of proactively engaging in this training programme, delegates will be able to further improve their Trust-wide safeguarding governance and practice, learn from other delegates and gain an improved understanding of complex safeguarding issues impacting their trust.

Example course programme

Who should attend this course?

This course is designed for Trust Safeguarding Directors and Lead DSLs in Trusts of all sizes but will best suit Trusts of five or more academies. Larger Trusts may wish to consider registering two or more delegates to help embed learning across the Trust. Discounts are available for multiple registrations.

Cost

The 22-hour safeguarding course costs £825 plus VAT per delegate.

Spaces are limited to approximately 30 delegates per cohort.

For more information please contact Dai Durbridge or complete the form below.

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