Your Childrens Safeguarding Assurance Partnership needs you!

 

Join Our Education Subgroup as a Volunteer

The Children’s Safeguarding Assurance Partnership (CSAP) is looking for experienced education staff to volunteer in our education subgroup. This is a unique chance to help ensure the safety and well-being of children in various educational settings.

Why Join Us?

  • Vital Role: Schools, colleges, early years, childcare settings, and other educational providers are crucial in safeguarding children and promoting their welfare.
  • Key Responsibilities: Education Staff build relationships, identify concerns, and provide direct support to children and families and often are the first trusted adult to whom children report safeguarding issues.
  • Information Sharing: Education providers contribute essential information about children, including attendance, exclusions, and concerns about abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other social factors.

Your expertise can make a significant difference in keeping children safe. Join us and be part of a dedicated network supporting CSAP to safeguard children.

 

Who We Are Looking For:

  • Current Role: Applicants should be working in an Education environment within a safeguarding remit.
  • Experience: Senior leadership / Deputy Head level with Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and /or safeguarding experience within the last 5 years.
  • Sector Diversity: We welcome members from across the sector including primary, secondary, early years, further education (FE), academies, independent, special educational needs, faith provision and pupil referral units.

 

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Identify and Discuss Issues: Raise ongoing and emerging concerns affecting the sector in relation to child safeguarding and work with others to identify and recommend solutions.
  • Support Compliance: Support raising awareness of and compliance with national legislation, policies, guidance and findings from national case reviews.
  • Local Information exchange: Provide updates on key local developments in safeguarding, including inspection findings, audits, and case reviews.
  • Consultation and feedback – on implications of local and national decision making and policy changes relating to safeguarding in education settings.
  • Share Good Practice: Identify and share best safeguarding practice and consider themes from Ofsted/Independent Schools Inspectorate reports.
  • Identify training gaps for the sector and consider option for peer support, case studies, staff CPD etc.

 

Benefits

  • Make a Difference: Play a crucial role in safeguarding children and ensuring their well-being.
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside dedicated professionals from diverse educational backgrounds to shape the strategic partnership response to safeguarding children in education settings and wider.
  • Professional Growth: Enhance your skills and knowledge in safeguarding practices and widen your access to diverse network of education professionals.

 

If you are passionate about child safeguarding and meet the criteria, we would love to hear from you!

How to Apply: Please send a short expression of interest, (no more than a single side) detailing your experience to join our education subgroup to lsbu@lancashire.gov.uk by no later than 27th September 2024