BSA virtual day seminar – Safeguarding for African boarding schools

19 April 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Date: April 19, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 15:00 (GMT + 2)
Cost: Delegate fee – £75
Platform: Zoom (online)

Course outline

This seminar will take delegates through the latest developments, recommendations and actions relating to ensuring excellent safeguarding and child protection provision in their schools and will give opportunities to engage with fellow delegates and discuss safeguarding scenarios collaboratively. Focusing notably on boarding schools and the boarding community, the session will cover areas that schools should consider with regard to the areas below:

Training topics will include:

Definition of child protection and safeguarding
Best practice guidance and the international context
Impact of COVID-19
Online behaviours
The latest developments and headlines relating to safeguarding practice.

Learning outcomes:

Increased understanding of the role of school practitioners and school leaders in safeguarding duties and practice
Increased understanding of the best practice considerations
Increased awareness of specific safeguarding issues schools should be aware of
Increased understanding of the online safeguarding landscape.

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Speaker: Dale Wilkins, Senior Director, BSA and BSA Group

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s accredited training programme. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter, and has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our overseas members.

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner, and was a safeguarding lead for eleven years as well as a multi-agency trainer for his local safeguarding board. He been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding since 2002. Dale had previously been a BSA course tutor since 1998 and developed the BSA Self-Assessment Toolkit. In his work for BSA schools he frequently engages with members across the world in matters relating to best practice and safeguarding.