New to the Role - DSL Training
Cost - £199+VAT for members, £249+VAT for non-members - Book 5 places and get your 6th free!
KCSIE states that “The designated safeguarding lead should take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection” and that “the role of the designated safeguarding lead carries a significant level of responsibility”.
This ‘New to the Role - DSL Training’ programme seeks to support newly appointed Designated Safeguarding Leads and Deputies so that they are confident in taking on this important responsibility. The programme incorporates one and a half day training to underpin knowledge and skills, followed up by a further half day workshop which focuses on a review of practice and knowledge and opportunity for reflection, feeding into the reflective lessons learned thread of a safeguarding culture.
Presenter
Samantha Lurock
Sam is a Safeguarding Consultant at Safeguarding Network and is a registered Social Worker. Prior to joining Safeguarding Network, she worked for over 12 years in statutory social work settings with children aged pre-birth to 18 years. She has extensive experience of providing both strategic and case-specific oversight and direction for child safeguarding matters relating to risk outside of the home, familial harm, child to child harm and harm from professionals who work with children. She has a passion for delivering accessible and supportive safeguarding learning to a wide variety of audiences including police, health and education colleagues.
Aims and objectives:
Designated Safeguarding leads will:
- Understand the importance of their role and responsibilities in ensuring their setting meets statutory requirements and Ofsted expectations.
- Develop their knowledge and skills so that they can carry out their role effectively, including recognising, responding, and recording all levels of concern, including allegations made about staff.
- Understand the safeguarding and child protection process
- Recognise the importance of developing a whole school approach to safeguarding
- Recognise the importance of maintaining personal wellbeing, and the strategies to do so.
What you need to know to attend:
The course will run for 3 sessions via Zoom.
Cohort 1:
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 15:00 on Wednesday 11th February 2026
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 13:00 on Thursday 12th February 2026
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 13:00 on Thursday 16th April 2026
Cohort 2:
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 15:00 on Wednesday 29th April 2026
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 13:00 on Thursday 30th April 2026
- 09:45 (registration) 10:00 – 13:00 on Thursday 4th June 2026
Registration starts at 9:45, then the course will run from 10:00 - 15:00 on day one, and 10:00 - 13:00 on days two and three.
Dates
| Date | Instructor | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11th Feb, 2026 - 10:00 | Samantha Lurock | zoom | |
| 29th Apr, 2026 - 10:00 | Samantha Lurock | zoom |
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