We recently bade John Sullivan a fond farewell as he retired from his work as Warwickshire's Education Safeguarding Children Manager. We welcome his successor, Adrian Over, previously the Warwickshire CAF Manager and wish him every success in his new role.
The Education Safeguarding Manager role includes::
Ensuring WSCB Interagency Child Protection Procedures are followed
Monitoring Practice in Child Protection in Schools
Making Guidance available to Schools
Further Strengthening of Interagency Relationships
A major aspect of the role is delivery of training programmes for new designated teachers in Warwickshire - staff who carry a lead role for child protection in schools and a refresher package for teachers who have held this role for some time. Packages are also being planned for other school staff as concerns about children may come to the attention of anyone working in the school setting.
A further important development has been training on promoting safer employment practice in schools.
Ann Seal is the Taking Care Manager and works closely with the Education Safeguarding Manager delivering training programmes in schools in Warwickshire. As manager of the Taking Care Programme, a preventative approach to children learning about personal safety, Ann leads the promotion of Protective Behaviours with any professional working with children and families in the county.
Warwickshire Policy and Guidance on Physical Restrain and Intervention - produced by WSCB to provide a set of unifying principles governing the use of physical intervention and restraint by staff in partner agencies, coming into contact with children and young people who exhibit challenging behaviour, aggression or violence that could jeopardise their own or another’s safety.
