Safeguarding

I have received regular safeguarding training several times a year as part of my duties as a classroom teacher working in a local education authority school. and continue to do so as a peripatetic (visiting) teacher for organisations such as the Lambeth Music Service and Bright Heart Education tutoring agency, which specialises in supporting children and young adults with SEND .

In order to work for these organisations I have to provide a current enhanced DBS certificate which is renewed yearly. More information on DBS can be found here.

Training

Training includes having to study and pass regular tests on the Government’s core policy, Keeping Children Safe in Education which can be seen here. This not only outlines the basic procedures for keeping children and young adults safe in education, but also provides a comprehensive procedural framework for teaching environments and the protection of all parties.

The training also covers the Government’s Prevent Strategy and GDPR. All training is subject to annual third-party safeguarding refresher training, where you receive online updates and you must pass related tests.

In my work for Bright Heart (see above) I have also received NASEN training (‘the National Association for Special Educational Needs is a not-for-profit charity, and the leading professional membership body dedicated to promoting the education, training, advancement, and development of individuals with special educational needs, disabilities, or learning differences’.) and am a firm believer in a person centred approach to education and learning as advocated by NASEN and the Helen Sanderson Institute. More information here.