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This brand new one-day masterclass has been designed to support schools with the increasing safeguarding challenges they are facing as a result of the cost of living crisis.
“This is a deeply disturbing picture of the damaging impact of the cost-of-living crisis on children and young people the length and breadth of the country…There can be little doubt that the cost of living crisis is harming pupils’ education, learning and development. An emergency response is needed to deliver extra help for children, schools and families.”
Statistics from the End Child Poverty Coalition showed that in 2020/21 around 1 in 4 children were living in poverty, with the cost-of-living crisis set to increase these figures significantly.
Children who are living in poverty can be more vulnerable, facing increased risks of mental and physical ill health. It is vital that schools feel equipped to identify safeguarding risks in relation to these pupils and understand how they can best support them.
Join us for this full day online masterclass to understand more about how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting children and their families and the additional safeguarding risks challenges.
You’ll also look at the impact of increasing costs on staff mental health and wellbeing, and how your school can support them. You will come away with practical strategies and tools to take away and implement in your school straight away.
Key Learning Objectives
This Masterclass will enable you to:
- Identify current concerns surrounding child poverty and the impact this will have on safeguarding
- Plan ahead for the challenges set to worsen due to the cost-of-living crisis
- Understand who is most at risk and why, and what impact will be seen
- Assess how financial pressures on the school, staff and families can cause safeguarding concerns
- Use data and internal systems to take a proactive approach to safeguarding children at risk due to the current crisis
- Put in place systems to support staff wellbeing for those facing the impact of rising costs
- Understand what support and interventions are proven to be effective and how you can implement them
- Make appropriate internal investigations in a discipline and grievance situation, and take the right steps based on your findings
Facilitator
Mark is a highly experienced public sector professional with experience that extends across multiple professional fields and roles. Mark is highly experienced in the development and delivery of safeguarding training programmes and has designed courses for multiple LSCP’s across the UK.
Alongside his work with Safe4Schools he is the founder of The Training Effect a UK wide provider of specialist intervention programmes to schools and organisations. With The Training Effect Mark has developed a range of training courses and services for local authorities and organisations across the UK.
Since 2013 Mark has been developing the Risk-Avert programme in partnership with Essex public health. An innovative multi-component intervention focused on the early identification of risk-taking/exploratory behaviours; this programme has now been delivered to over 250 secondary schools in multiple local authority areas across the UK.
Mark’s main professional interests include: safeguarding, substance misuse, risk-taking/ exploratory behaviours, emotional health and well-being and the development of resilience.
