Making a success of the Independent Person / additional support

Name: Making a success of the Independent Person / additional support
Start: 2025-06-24T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-24T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

24 June 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Date: June 24, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Cost: BSA Member Rate: £90, BSA Additional Full Member Rate: £45, BSA Affiliate Member Rate – £120, BSA Additional Affiliate Member Rate: £45, Non-member Rate: £180*
Audience: Heads of Boarding, Deputy Heads, Boarding staff in England and others who are interested in putting in supporting listeners outside the school staff.
Platform: Zoom (online) Webinar

Course outline:

NMS Standard 11.4 states “The school identifies at least one person other than a parent, outside the staff, and those responsible for the leadership and governance of the school, who children may contact directly about personal problems or concerns at the school. This person may be known as the ‘independent person’. Children know who this person is, know how to contact them and feel comfortable talking to them. The person is easily accessible.” This course will look at where you might go to source an independent person, how to create an effective link without crossing the boundaries of independence and how you might report information from the independent person to senior leadership teams and governance.

Training topics will include:

Where and how to find an independent person.
Setting up the relationship
Internal advertising and culture-setting.
Reporting and feedback from the independent person

Learning outcomes:

Know how to establish a relationship with an independent person.
Form ideas for how an independent person might integrate into a school community and make themselves known.
Be able to receive feedback from the independent person and report into school leadership on patterns and trends.

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