Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Managing Professional Allegations of Abuse

    • Course welcome message

    • Aim and Objectives

    • Interactive Slides Tutorial

    • Statement

    • Action plan
  • 2

    Objective 1- 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 2- 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

    • Serious Case Review - Nigel Leat

    • Female Offenders
  • 4

    Objective 3- 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 4- 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 5- 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

    • Reflect on your Learning