Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Managing Professional Allegations of Abuse

    • Course welcome message

    • Interactive Slides Tutorial

    • Aim and Objectives

    • Statement

    • Action plan
  • 2

    Objective One - Identify the legislation and guidance relevant to managing professional concerns and allegations

    • Objective 1

    • The Education Act

    • The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012

    • The Teaching Regulation Agency

    • Hearing Outcomes

    • Keeping Children Safe in Education, Part 4

    • Introduction to Safer Working Practice

    • Safer Working Practices
  • 3

    Objective Two - Recognise the grooming process that individuals in a position of trust use to abuse children

    • Objective 2

    • Position of Trust

    • The role of electronic communications

    • Understanding child sexual abuse

    • Finklehor's Four Preconditions Model

    • People who sexually abuse in an education setting

    • Institutional Grooming

    • Video: Groomed by my Drama Teacher

    • Serious Case Review - Nigel Leat

    • Female Offenders
  • 4

    Objective Three - Describe a robust process for managing concerns and allegations against staff

    • Objective 3

    • Concerns and allegations against staff

    • Responding to an allegation or concern

    • Do you know what you are dealing with?

    • Responding under pressure

    • Framework for an effective response

    • Dealing with professional concerns flowchart

    • Receiving an allegation/concern

    • Police and other External Agencies

    • Immediate Assessment - Urgent actions and assessing risk

    • Considerations for preserving evidence

    • Further assessment and response

    • Decisions regarding next steps

    • Threshold Guidance

    • Duty of care

    • The role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

    • Notifying the employee of the allegation

    • Case manager investigations

    • Confidentiality and information sharing

    • Decisions on suspension

    • Allegations against contracted staff

    • Police Investigation

    • Allegation Outcomes

    • Returning to work following suspension

    • Disclosure and Barring Service

    • Resignations and settlement agreements

    • Administration

    • Learning lessons - the process of reflective practice

    • Allegations/concerns that do not meet the harms threshold (Low-level concern)

    • Implementing a low-level concerns policy

    • Farrer & Co guidance

    • Boundary Violations

    • Values Guardian

    • Sharing and recording low-level concerns
  • 5

    Objective Four - Describe the importance of procedural fairness

    • Objective 4

    • Creating safer organisations

    • A Precautionary approach

    • Principles for Procedural Fairness

    • Case Study 1

    • Case Study 1 Observations

    • Case Study 2

    • Case Study 2 Task

    • Procedural fairness for allegations that do not meet the harms threshold

    • The Investigation

    • Statements obtained

    • Case Study 2 Observations

    • Analysis of the information
  • 6

    Objective Five - Describe how organisational culture affects our response to child abuse

    • Objective 5

    • Culture definition

    • Organisational culture and Nigel Leat

    • Organisational culture

    • Task: What does culture look like in your setting?

    • Positive and Negative culture

    • Research on organisational culture

    • Confirmation bias

    • Culture and informal group dynamics

    • The culture of senior management

    • Cultural attitudes towards childhood and children

    • Grooming behaviours supported by organisational culture

    • Factors that impede individuals response to child abuse

    • Changing Culture
  • 7

    Final Considerations

    • Congratulations

    • Feedback

    • Course Completion Video