This workshop helps education professionals understand the importance of professional curiosity in early safeguarding detection, enabling timely intervention and improved outcomes. Participants will gain skills for engaging with parents, handling difficult conversations, and understanding the escalation process to address safeguarding concerns effectively.
This workshop is designed to help education professionals understand the critical role of professional curiosity in identifying safeguarding concerns early, ensuring timely intervention. Participants will explore how to recognise ambivalence or avoidance in engaging with parents and carers, and how adopting a mindset of professional curiosity can increase vigilance and improve outcomes for children. The session will encourage “outside the box thinking,” empowering staff to approach challenges creatively and with confidence, while strengthening their safeguarding practices.
A key focus of the workshop will be developing the skills to handle difficult conversations and address challenges effectively. Participants will learn strategies for engaging in constructive dialogues with both children and parents, fostering open communication and trust. Additionally, the workshop will cover the importance of escalation, equipping staff with the knowledge to escalate concerns appropriately when necessary. This session will leave participants empowered and better prepared to navigate complex safeguarding issues with professionalism and confidence.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
DSL’s, Deputy DSL’s, Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers, CEO’s, CSEL’s, Safeguarding Governors.
FACILITATOR
Carly empowers practitioners to feel confident in their application of knowledge and expertise, to enable them to consistently provide high quality care to those they support and safeguard.
She is passionate about creating a dynamic and safe learning space, to stretch knowledge and challenge conventions in an innovative and dynamic way.
Connecting with people through a person-centred approach to learning, she hopes to empower others to provide effective, consistent care to those they work with in practice.
