Safeguarding duties for Child Students: Care arrangements, absences and holidays

8 January 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Date: January 08, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Cost: BSA Member Rate: £90, BSA Additional Full Member Fee: £45, Non-member Rate: £180*
Audience: Those involved in the care of international sponsored Child Students: Admissions department, International Student Liaison Officers, Sponsor Licence Key Personnel, Senior Leadership Team and Boarding / Pastoral staff
Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar

Course Outline

UKVI has – rightly – intensified its focus on the welfare and safeguarding of Child Students. Scrutiny is being applied both at in-person inspections and remotely through sponsor record reviews. So, do you understand what is expected of you as a Student sponsor?

How do you assess whether a care arrangement is appropriate? How does a sponsored student’s absence impact your sponsor licence? What records do you need to make for holidays and travel plans? A review of the duties listed in the Student sponsor guidance is simply not sufficient to equip you with the answers to these questions; a deeper understanding of the sector risks involved and the reasoning behind such compliance responsibilities is key.

If this is an area of confusion or concern for you, or if you want assurance that you are getting it right, please join us and rest-assured you are not alone. We’ll be providing risk-assessment questionnaires, practical solutions and best practice tips in this jam-packed 1-hour training session, along with a live Q&A.

This 1-hour session will cover important topics including:

UKVI’s key focus areas
Sponsor compliance best practice
Safeguarding risks
Care arrangements
Recording and reporting attendance and absences
Holidays, leave-outs and exeats

Key takeaways:

First-hand insight into the areas UKVI is looking into right now;
Practical solutions for meeting your sponsor duties and, most importantly, protecting your sponsored students;
Confidence in enforcing your policies and procedures with parents, guardians, agents – and colleagues;
An understanding of the real-life risks involved;
Clarity of your duties and why compliance is so important.

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Speaker:

Kate Hollyer, Legal and Public Affairs Director, BSA Group

Kate is Legal Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Legal Services Ltd. As a qualified solicitor with more than 10 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration law, Kate assists members with all immigration and safeguarding legal matters. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life.