SACPA – Safeguarding Update for Trustees and Management Committees

September 17 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Date: September 17, 2024
Time: 18:30 – 19:30
Cost: SACPA/BSA Member Rate: £90, SACPA/BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £45, Non-member Rate: £180*
Audience: Trustees, members of Management Committees, owners of children’s clubs
Platform: Zoom (online)

Course outline:

This webinar summarises key updates and responsibilities of trustees and management committees in their safeguarding responsibilities. It draws on compliance requirements and advice from Charity Commission and Department for Education.

Training topics will include:

What are the safeguarding compliance requirements
What are the latest developments
Leading and communicating the importance of safeguarding
What does oversight look like
Encouraging volunteers to grow and develop in their safeguarding knowledge and practice.

Learning outcomes:

Update knowledge of the range of safeguarding compliance requirements appropriate to your organisation including recent updates and developments
Explore the leadership and oversight role in relation to safeguarding
Encourage the ongoing development of a robust safeguarding culture
Support the development of compliance and best practice in safeguarding.

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Speaker:

Dale Wilkins, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance, BSA Group

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. 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 international members. He also liaises with ISI, Ofsted and DfE on matters relating to compliance and inspection standards, and compiles the BSA Self-Assessment toolkit, which he first produced in 2002, since which time he has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding.

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board.