Training for Governors

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Training for Governors

• Child Protection and Safeguarding Children in
  Schools/Academy
• Welcome

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Emotional Alert

• What we cover today may trigger emotional
  response.
• This is quite normal and we are quite use to this
  
• If at any time you feel that you need to take
  break please do so

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Aim

• By the end of the session you will have increased
  your knowledge as a Governor regarding child
  protection

Objectives

1. Understand all aspects of safeguarding and
   legislation.
2. Be aware of the key roles and responsibilities of
   the designated person
3. Become familiar with monitoring allegations.

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Statistic and facts -
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Questions we should ask in our role -

• Do we know the Statutory guidance?
• Do we know our role as governors and the
  safeguarding governor?
• Polices How do we know that they are in place?
• Complaints, E-Safety , Whistleblowing and
• Staff code of conduct
• Do we understand the role of the Designated
  Person?
• Are we aware of
• safer recruitment
  process?
• the legislation - Keeping children safe in
  education
• the legislation Working together 2015

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Legislative Frame 1

• Statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in
  Education July 2015
• The management of safeguarding (GOVERNORS)
• The responsibility of governing bodies
• 26. Governing bodies must ensure that they comply
  with their duties under legislation. They must
  also have regard to this guidance to ensure that
  the policies, procedures and training in their
  schools are effective and comply with the law at
  all times.

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Legislative Frame - 2

• Inter-agency working
• 27. Governing bodies should ensure that the
  school contributes to inter-agency working in
  line with statutory guidance Working Together to
  Safeguard Children 2015.
• 28. Governing bodies of all schools should ensure
  that their safeguarding arrangements take into
  account the procedures and practice of the local
  authority as part of the inter-agency
  safeguarding procedures set up by the Local
  Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB). Section 10 of
  the Children Act 2004.
• 29. Governing bodies should ensure a member of
  the governing body, usually the chair, is
  nominated to liaise with the local authority
  and/or partner agencies on issues of child
  protection and in the event of allegations of
  abuse made against the headteacher.

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Legislative Frame - 3

• Safeguarding policies
• 32. Governing bodies should appoint a member of
  staff of the schools leadership team to the role
  of designated safeguarding lead.
• 33. The designated safeguarding lead should
  liaise with the local authority and work with
  other agencies in line with Working Together to
  Safeguard Children 2013. There should always be
  cover for this role. (training every two years).
  
• Opportunities to teach safeguarding
• 36. Governing bodies should consider how children
  may be taught about safeguarding, including
  online, through teaching and learning
  opportunities, as part of providing a broad and
  balanced curriculum. This may include covering
  relevant issues through personal, social health
  and economic education (PSHE), and/or for
  maintained schools through sex and relationship
  education (SRE).

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Legislative Frame - 4

• Allegations
• 39. In line with part four of this guidance,
  governing bodies should ensure there are
  procedures in place to handle allegations against
  members of staff and volunteers.
• 40. Governing bodies should also ensure that
  there are procedures in place to handle
  allegations against other children.

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OFSTED

• Inspection
• The assessment of the quality of leadership and
  management made during an Ofsted inspection
  includes an assessment of the effectiveness of
  the safeguarding arrangements in place in the
  school to ensure that there is safer recruitment
  and that all children are safe.
• The Ofsted handbook provides further information
  on what inspectors must do and what school can
  expect, and provides guidance for inspectors on
  making their judgements.
• New Guidance
• Inspecting safeguarding in maintained schools and
  academies updated September 2015

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Why and have we moved on?

• Child Protection and Safeguarding requirements
  for schools have developed significantly over the
  past decade. Sadly, those changes have come about
  following the tragic deaths of four little girls,
  Victoria Climbie, Lauren Wright, Jessica Chapman
  and Holly Wells.

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Safer Recruiter

• Following Sir Michael Bichards enquiry into the
  deaths of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells at the
  hands of Ian Huntley, he made the recommendation
  that
• "From a date to be agreed, no interview panel to
  appoint staff working in schools/Academy should
  be convened without at least one member being
  properly trained."
• What does safer recruitment achieve?
• Governors can access our face to face training

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Why and have we moved on!

• For education services, the death of Lauren
  Wright has particular significance. The report
  into her death revealed a number of failures that
  contributed to the failure of Lauren being
  protected from serious harm. Lauren died at her
  home in May 2000 after being hit in the stomach
  so hard her digestive system collapsed. Tests
  showed more than 60 bruises on her body.
• While Lauren was attending the local school, over
  a period of sixteen months her weight fell from
  six stone to two stone, her hair was thinning and
  greasy, and she was dressed in dirty
  hand-me-downs. She was regularly bruised on the
  face and legs, injuries that Tracey Wright (her
  step-mother, who eventually caused her death),
  explained away by saying that Lauren had walked
  into a door, or been knocked over by the family's
  Alsatian dog. All these injuries had been
  observed in school but no referral
• to social care was ever made.

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Why!

• "Lots of times, often she was covered with lots
  of small bruises and with major bruises about
  once a month. These included black eyes, bruising
  on her face and scratches across her
  back.  (Class Teacher)
• Her physical deterioration had been apparent for
  at least five months before she died. (Head
  teacher)

• WHAT HAPPENED
• The Designated Person for Child Protection had
  left, and not been replaced
• Laurens classroom teacher had not received any
  Child Protection training
• Laurens Stepmother was a midday supervisor in
  the school

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Why!

• THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT
• Victoria Climbie
• Victoria was known to 18 different agencies
  The extent of the failure to protect Victoria
  was unforgivable (Lord Laming 28/01/03)
• Victoria died February 2000, aged 8 years old,
  with 128 separate injuries to her body.
• Victoria was not on a school roll

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Network of Victorias Services
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Our Responsibility What does this mean?
Child Protection
Lettings
Health and Safety
Managing Allegations Against Staff
Safe Recruitment Selection
Safeguarding
Educational Visits
Whistleblowing
Building Design
Staff Conduct
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Role and Responsibility of Governing Body

• Appoint a governor, to liaise with the Designated
  Person and report back to the Governing Body
  (Agenda, Annual Report)
• Ensure that the school/Academy has a Child
  Protection (CP) policy and procedures in
  accordance with local procedures
• Monitor and evaluate annually the school/Academy
  (CP) Policy
• Ensure Single Central Record is up to date
• Ensure Designated Person(s) are in post and fully
  trained (Training required every 2 years)
• Ensure Designated Person is able to fulfil their
  responsibilities

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Roles and Responsibility of the Designated Person

• Card Sort
• On tables decide which statement applies to the
  role of the designated person

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Staff Training

• The Designated Person Must!!!
• Ensure that all staff have training Group 1 at
  least every three years to include
• Alert to signs and indicators of abuse
• Know what to do if they are worried about a child
• Recognise and know how to react to a disclosure

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The Role of the Safeguarding Governor

• The Governing Body of schools MUST have a
  safeguarding child protection link governor to
  help secure the effectiveness of Section 175 of
  the Education Act 2002 (ensuring children in our
  schools are kept safe from harm).
• The safeguarding governor plays a vital role in
  ensuring oversight and scrutiny of safeguarding
  policy, procedure and practice on behalf of the
  full governing body by linking with Designated
  Person

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The Role of the Safeguarding Governing 1

• Monitoring the safeguarding and whistle-blowing
  policies
• Ensuring there is a robust system for recording,
  storing and reviewing child welfare concerns
• Liaising with the headteacher and DP about
  general child protection and safeguarding issues
  within the school
• Ensuring that school staff training is up to-date
  (3 years)
• Ensuring the safer recruitment and selection
  panel for staff has successfully completed
  accredited safer recruitment training
• They report back to the full governing body at
  least annually however, individual cases should
  not be discussed by the full governing body

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The Role of the Safeguarding Governing 2

• Act as a critical friend to the school, in
  order to ensure that the appropriate systems and
  procedures are in place to cover all aspects of
  the safeguarding
• Monitor appropriate policies, including the
  safeguarding and whistle blowing policies.
• Ensure there is a suitably qualified, trained and
  supported Deputy Designated Person who has
  responsibility for responding to and overseeing
  safeguarding.

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Managing Allegations

• Role of the LADO (34 and 36)
• Provide advice and guidance
• Liaise with Police and other agencies
• Manage and oversee individual cases
• Monitor progress

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Managing Allegations

• The headteacher/chair of governor should contact
  LADO with any concern that indicates that a
  person who works with children has
• Behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have
  harmed, a child, or
• Possibly committed a criminal offence against or
  related to a child, or
• Behaved towards a child in a way that indicates
  unsuitability to work with children new law

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E-Safety