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Safer practice, safer learning
Safeguarding vulnerable learners
| Date: | Monday 2 July 2007 |
| Venue: | Thistle Marble Arch, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH |
| Ref: | C14-99/07/07 |
| Fee*: | £270 - for all organisations; £210 - NIACE Members for the first applicant and £190 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation (includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Outcomes] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
In 2008 the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act will become active legislation, bringing with it a new barring body, the Independent Barring Board.
Safety of vulnerable learners is a topic that is rarely out of the news. High profile cases of abuse of children have highlighted the importance of vigilance in both appointing and supporting staff.
Thorough guidance on recruiting staff to work with children and young people in the further education system were published in December 2006. These have been followed by a Department for Education and Skills-funded resource for learning and skills sector providers working with vulnerable adults. These guidelines, ‘Safer practice, safer learning’, advocate a whole organisation approach to promoting a safe learning environment and include learner information materials. Other professional organisations have issued supporting information for education providers and learners.
This conference will give Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding Officers in education provision, those involved in staff and volunteer recruitment and teachers and managers interested in promoting personal safety and awareness an opportunity to consider abuse, review recent advice and guidelines and share good practice.
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Outcomes
Participants will:
 | receive a copy of ‘Safer practice, safer learning’ guidelines with posters and learner information materials; |
| be aware of guidance from the DfES on the safe recruitment of staff and consider how they might prepare for inspection of safeguarding procedures Safer practice, safer learning; |
| be informed of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act; |
| identify actions that provision should take to prepare for the legislation; |
| understand the different forms of abuse; |
| be aware of the new Independent Barring Board and its activities; |
| share experience of creating a safe learning environment; |
| discuss how to embed rights and responsibilities into the curriculum. |
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Audience
The conference is aimed at staff in further education, adult and community learning and work based learning, for example:
| Health and Safety Managers in Learning and Skills Councils |
| Health and Safety Managers in Colleges |
| Human Resources staff |
| Child and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding designated staff |
| Curriculum Managers |
| Teaching Staff |
| Governors |
| Senior and Middle Managers in education provision |
| Voluntary and Community Sector organisations delivering education |
| Learning and Skills Councils staff |
| Ofsted and ALI |
| Department for Education and Skills staff |
| All staff from Further Education |
| Work based learning |
| Adult and Community Learning |
| Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding Officers |
| Counsellors |
| Learner support staff |
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Programme
| 09:30 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:05 | Welcome and introduction to the
day from the chair Sue Meyer, Deputy Director, NIACE |
| 10:15 | Keynote address Mark Kaczmarek, Deputy Divisional Manager of Improvement Group, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) The Safeguarding agenda has developed, and the position of colleges needed to be aligned with that of schools given other key policy objectives, eg 14-19, introduction of specialised diplomas. Although the DfES does not lead on Vulnerable Adults, they have recognised the importance of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. |
| 10:35 | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
Act Vetting and Barring Scheme Becky Sidwell, Department of Health, Project Manager - Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act implementation The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act lays the foundation for a new Vetting and Barring Scheme, which will be phased in from autumn 2008. The overriding aim of the scheme will be to help avoid harm, or risk of harm, to children and vulnerable adults. It will do so by preventing those who are deemed unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults from gaining access to them through their work. |
| 11:05 | Questions to the panel Mark Kaczmarek, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) Lawrence Fry, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) Becky Sidwell, Department of Health |
| 11:15 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:35 | Safer practice, safer learning:
a whole organisation approach to rights and responsibilities Dr. Christine Nightingale, Development Officer – Inclusive Learning, NIACE The safer practice, safer learning guidelines advocate that providers take a whole organisation approach to Safeguarding vulnerable adults. This session will introduce the publication and the quality framework within it. |
| 12:10 | Creating a culture of wellbeing
on campus Ellie Russell, Vice president, NUS Education providers must maintain a
safe and secure learning environment: students certainly deserve that as a
right. In this session the National Union of Students will set out practical
ways that education providers can build rules and procedures on security and
safeguarding into an active and positive policy on wellbeing and how
colleges can involve |
| 12:35 | Round table discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | What is abuse? A set of scenarios to raise awareness of abuse and to highlight how personal safety can be promoted using person-centred approaches T4C (Trainers for Change) |
| 14:30 | The new Ofsted’s perspective on
Safeguarding Susan Preece, Inspector, HMI Learning and Skills Division |
| 15:00 | Learning and Skills Council (invited) |
| 15:30 | Questions to speakers |
| 15:45 | Close of Conference (tea/coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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