Section 175 2024/25: Topic 3 - Multi-agency Training

What is Section 11?

Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places duties on a range of organisations and individuals to ensure their functions, and any services that they contract out to others, are discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

What Does Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children Mean?

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children means: (from Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024):
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:

Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

What is the responsibility of schools/education settings?

Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 places a duty on local authorities (in relation to their education functions and governing bodies of maintained schools and further education institutions, which include sixth-form colleges) to exercise their functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children who are pupils at a school, or who are students under 18 years of age attending further education institutions. The same duty applies to independent schools (which include Academies and free schools) by virtue of regulations made under Section 157 of the same Act.

Completing and Scoring the Self-assessment

The audits consist of a series of questions which relate to specific arrangements, including policies, procedures, managing allegations and training which help safeguard children and young people.

When agencies have completed their audit, a blank Action Plan template can be downloaded from the WSCP website and populated with any areas requiring further improvement. The WSCP will dip sample audits after each topic, and action plans on an annual basis.

PRINTING YOUR AUDIT
To keep a copy of your audit, fill in the questions and press print before you click 'done'. The WSCP keep copies of every audit, you can request a copy of your audit by contacting Kat Ryan.

To find out more about Section 11, follow the link to our website

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* 1. Please select your agency from the options below

Education (Primary)

Education (Secondary)

Education (AEP)

Education (College)

If your organisation is not listed, please use this box.

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* 2. Please provide details of the professional completing this audit

Name:

Job Role:

School/Setting:

E-mail Address:

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* 3. Has the designated lead for safeguarding (and the deputy lead) attended appropriate safeguarding training in the last 2 years?

Yes

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* 4. Have all staff (including volunteers) received or attended training regarding their safeguarding responsibilities?

Yes

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* 5. Have all Governors received or attended training regarding their safeguarding responsibilities?

Yes

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* 6. If yes, was this online or face to face?

Online

Face to face

N/A

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* 7. Have all staff (including non-teaching and governors) received whole school training?

Training attended by all staff

Training in place but not attended by all staff

No whole school training in place

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* 8. Is your agency aware of the variety of training delivery offered by the WSCP? (face-to-face; virtual; briefings etc)

Yes

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* 9. Are you aware that you can commission WSCP to deliver whole staff training?

Yes

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* 10. Is WSCP multi-agency training advertised and promoted to staff in line with the competency framework?

WSCP multi-agency training is actively promoted in your organisation/setting

Staff are aware of WSCP multi-agency training but no mechanism exists to promote or encourage attendance

Staff are unaware of WSCP multi-agency training

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* 11. Does your organisation have a designated person who monitors attendance at training and identifies when refresher training is required?

Yes

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* 12. How does your setting identify who requires training and which courses are most suitable?

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* 13. Does your organisation keep robust records of training that staff have completed?

Yes

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* 14. Is attendance for those with safeguarding responsibilities published - including dedicated safeguarding training? (e.g. DSL or Working Together)

Yes

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* 15. How does your setting ensure and test the level of understanding and measure impact following attendance at training?

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* 16. Is there any safeguarding training that you have struggled to find provision for?

Yes

If yes, please explain

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* 17. If you have a good practice example or case study in this area, please upload it here. If there is more than one document to attach, please send to Kat Ryan

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* 1. Please select your agency from the options below

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* 2. Please provide details of the professional completing this audit

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* 3. Has the designated lead for safeguarding (and the deputy lead) attended appropriate safeguarding training in the last 2 years?

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* 4. Have all staff (including volunteers) received or attended training regarding their safeguarding responsibilities?

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* 5. Have all Governors received or attended training regarding their safeguarding responsibilities?

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* 6. If yes, was this online or face to face?

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* 7. Have all staff (including non-teaching and governors) received whole school training?

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* 8. Is your agency aware of the variety of training delivery offered by the WSCP? (face-to-face; virtual; briefings etc)

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* 9. Are you aware that you can commission WSCP to deliver whole staff training?

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* 10. Is WSCP multi-agency training advertised and promoted to staff in line with the competency framework?

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* 11. Does your organisation have a designated person who monitors attendance at training and identifies when refresher training is required?

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* 12. How does your setting identify who requires training and which courses are most suitable?

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* 13. Does your organisation keep robust records of training that staff have completed?

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* 14. Is attendance for those with safeguarding responsibilities published - including dedicated safeguarding training? (e.g. DSL or Working Together)

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* 15. How does your setting ensure and test the level of understanding and measure impact following attendance at training?

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* 16. Is there any safeguarding training that you have struggled to find provision for?

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* 17. If you have a good practice example or case study in this area, please upload it here. If there is more than one document to attach, please send to Kat Ryan

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* 18. Please use this box if you would like to provide any supporting comments relevant to this topic