Overview

Students are influenced and impacted by people and situations outside of their families and homes. This is often a healthy and normal part of their development. But sometimes, these additional contexts can expose children to varied and complex risks. How can you work with students and their families to address these and help protect children from harm?

Contextual safeguarding will help you and your colleagues respond to risks students encounter in a variety of settings outside the home. Recognising these risks will help you respond in a way that prioritises the well-being of students. It’ll also help you support parents and caregivers to take steps to protect the children in their care from harm. Learning about the primary elements of effective contextual supervision will help you meet the statutory responsibilities laid out in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE.)

Outline Learning Objectives:

• Recognise what contextual safeguarding is, so you can understand and respond to students’ experience of significant harm outside the home
• Identify types of extra-familial risks, so you can safeguard students
• Recognise the primary elements of effective contextual supervision, so you can meet the expectations laid out in KCSIE

Why should I take this course?

If you’re a designated safeguarding lead, deputy designated safeguarding lead, or a member of the senior leadership team or board of governors, this course is for you. It’ll introduce you to contextual safeguarding and how it can be used to protect children.

You’ll learn about extra-familial risks and come away ready to use effective contextual supervision to address them.