by Kate | Feb 15, 2024 | Blog, Child Protection
The welfare checklist is at the heart of the Children Act 1989. It is not a piece of legislation many Designated Safeguarding Leads frequently come across. yet it is fundamental to the way child protection cases are managed. Personally, I think it is useful part of...
by Kate | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Child Protection
The new draft of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 has been published. Like many others, I’ve been through it with my pen, sticky notes and the highlighter. I’m not going to go through each of the changes made in this document. There are several...
by Kate | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog, Child Protection
Over the last few years I’ve worked closely with tertiary institutions, sitting as safeguarding board chair, trainer and consultant. It is not an understatement to say that mental health issues are by far the biggest issues affecting our teenagers. In...
by Kate | Jun 3, 2021 | Child Protection
In recent times there has been an explosion of software services that will help you, as designated safeguarding lead, manage your safeguarding referrals queries & enquiries electronically. These systems have been a life changer for many designated safeguarding...
by Kate | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Child Protection, Risk Assessment
I appreciate that for many of you, you will probably be fed up to the back teeth about safeguarding audits and risk assessments. They are however, still, a really important part of the work that you do in your organisation. Your risk assessments are really, really...
by Kate | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Child Protection
The start of a new year is always a good time to remind ourselves of the basics. As a designated safeguarding lead you will have overall responsibility for child protection. Many of you will follow the process below in your sleep. However, for others of you, it may...
