KD Safeguarding Conference – Offer to BEST schools

23rd May 2023, 9am – 4pm, The Village Hotel, Bury

Keynotes

Women’s Aid

A thought provoking keynote to support professionals to recognise and challenge victim blaming practice. This keynote will highlight the complexities of working with domestic abuse and the importance of holding the person responsible for the harm to account.

Marie Collins Foundation

Recognising and raising awareness of the impact of technology assisted sexual abuse on the child and their family, Rhiannon McDonald, a Victim and Survivor Advocate shares her story.

Access 27

‘Causing Smoke’, a powerful performance which explores the process of radicalisation and right-wing extremism, through the story of one young person who is targeted as their pain and anger becomes their vulnerability.

Workshops

Delegates will also have the opportunity to attend three of the following workshops:

• Women’s Aid Explore the nature and impact of coercive control and how this features in abusive relationships.
• Marie Collins Foundation Develop ways to support people to recover from technology assisted sexual abuse in childhood.
• Barnardo’s Safeguarding children who are seeking asylum and children who are trafficked.
• CPOMS How to get the most out of CPOMS… A practical workshop that helps safeguarding leads to create meaningful analysis and reports to support a strategic and proactive approach to safeguarding.
• Young Minds Supporting professionals to consider participation strategies to ensure children play a meaningful part in shaping their school’s mental health offer.
• YGAM Working with GamCare, YGAM are working across the country to raise awareness of gaming and gambling harms and delivering harm prevention programmes.

Who should attend? Head teachers, senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads, pastoral leads, SENDCos, wider members of the safeguarding team and safeguarding professionals.

What last year’s delegates said…

“Thank you so much! The conference was amazing!! It’s given me loads to think about for our school, so glad I was able to attend.”

Thank you! The quality of speakers and workshops throughout the day was really high and it all ran so smoothly… The day really helps us to make a huge difference to the children in our school.”