Allegations against staff and low-level concerns
Make sure your staff feel confident in recognising and reporting both low-level concerns and concerns/allegations that may meet the harm threshold. This course also includes a short assessment, so staff can put their learning into practice.
Who it's for
All school staff
By the end of this short course, your staff will be able to:
- Identify appropriate professional behaviour, and recognise what would be classed as a low-level concern
- Identify allegations that may meet the harm threshold
- Report concerns and allegations in an appropriate way, to the appropriate person/people, including when the concern relates to the headteacher or the DSL
- Report concerns without fear of reprisal, within a wider school culture of transparency
Your staff must pass the final assessment, so you can track completion and be confident in your team’s knowledge. The assessment tests understanding of the critical information in the course to make sure staff know how to act in a real-life safeguarding situation.
As always, we’ve applied the best of adult-learning design to bring you training that engages, as well as instructs, so you can be sure your staff take in the information they need – and, crucially, can apply it in real-world situations.
With thanks to our expert, Sara Alston, for their help with this course.
Sara is a practising SENCO and an education consultant and trainer for SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding, specialising in special educational needs and safeguarding.