Good safeguarding practice
Course dates
- 27 - 30 Apr 2021
- 19 - 23 Jul 2021
- 18 - 22 Oct 2021
- 17 - 21 Jan 2022
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This online course will equip you to develop a robust approach to safeguarding in your organisation, including recommended policies, appropriate reporting and response procedures and improved ability to meet statutory and donor requirements. You will receive practical guidance on how to undertake risk assessments and develop an effective safeguarding framework under the guidance of our expert facilitators.
Take this course together with Managing safeguarding investigations for a complete approach to the management of safeguarding in your organisation.
Course structure
Three half days of live interactive online sessions, plus individual work between the sessions.
Total time commitment over the period of the course is 15 hours:
- 10.5 hours of live online sessions
- 4.5 hours of self-paced activities
Who is it for?
Those with responsibility for developing and implementing safeguarding policies and procedures within their organisation, for example safeguarding leads or focal points, HR managers or designated safeguarding officers.
What you will learn
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain what safeguarding means in the context of the international development and humanitarian sectors, and why it is important
- Describe key safeguarding standards in the sector and their application to your organisation
- Outline the prevention, reporting, response and learning approach in safeguarding
- Conduct a safeguarding risk assessment for an organisation
- Review safeguarding policies and procedures for an organisation to identify gaps and steps to address these
- Identify steps to improve your organisation’s ability to meet donor requirements related to safeguarding
- Describe approaches for supporting downstream partners and contractors to improve safeguarding in programmes
- Contribute to an organisational culture that is supportive of safeguarding
Programme
This course will be delivered entirely online, through facilitated live sessions (using Zoom) as well as individual and group activities on the Bond learning platform. We work hard to make sure you get the same level of interaction and facilitator support as you would in our training room. You’ll work in breakout rooms, use case studies and co-create documents – all online.
Structure
All April 2021, July 2021 and October 2021 live session times are in accordance to British Summer Time (BST), and all January 2022 live session times are in accordance to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Check the live session start and end time in your timezone here (please ensure you choose the right date when checking timezones).
April 2021
Pre-course activity: approximately 45 minutes' additional work required before live session 1
Live session 1: Tuesday 27th April 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Safeguarding definitions and terminology
- What constitutes a safeguarding concern?
- International safeguarding sector standards and guidelines
- The safeguarding cycle
Individual work between sessions: Risk mapping
Live session 2: Thursday 29th April 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Risk mapping
- Procedures to mitigate risk: recruitment, induction and training, accountability and governance, complaints and reporting mechanisms, dealing with reports
- Developing an organisational culture
- Statutory and donor requirements
- Challenges working with donor requirements and how to strengthen your organisation to address them
Individual work between sessions: Review your organisation's policies and procedures
Live session 3: Friday 30th April 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns
- Supporting downstream partners and contractors to improve safeguarding in programmes
- Action-planning based on organisational risk analysis and participant’s learning
July 2021
Pre-course activity: approximately 45 minutes' additional work required before live session 1
Live session 1: Monday 19th July 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Safeguarding definitions and terminology
- What constitutes a safeguarding concern?
- International safeguarding sector standards and guidelines
- The safeguarding cycle
Individual work between sessions: Risk mapping
Live session 2: Wednesday 21st July 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Risk mapping
- Procedures to mitigate risk: recruitment, induction and training, accountability and governance, complaints and reporting mechanisms, dealing with reports
- Developing an organisational culture
- Statutory and donor requirements
- Challenges working with donor requirements and how to strengthen your organisation to address them
Individual work between sessions: Review your organisation's policies and procedures
Live session 3: Friday 23rd July 2021, 9.30 - 13.00 BST
- Reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns
- Supporting downstream partners and contractors to improve safeguarding in programmes
- Action-planning based on organisational risk analysis and participant’s learning
October 2021
Pre-course activity: approximately 45 minutes' additional work required before live session 1
Live session 1: Monday 18th October 2021, 13.30 - 17.00 BST
- Safeguarding definitions and terminology
- What constitutes a safeguarding concern?
- International safeguarding sector standards and guidelines
- The safeguarding cycle
Individual work between sessions: Risk mapping
Live session 2: Wednesday 20th October 2021, 13.30 - 17.00 BST
- Risk mapping
- Procedures to mitigate risk: recruitment, induction and training, accountability and governance, complaints and reporting mechanisms, dealing with reports
- Developing an organisational culture
- Statutory and donor requirements
- Challenges working with donor requirements and how to strengthen your organisation to address them
Individual work between sessions: Review your organisation's policies and procedures
Live session 3: Friday 22nd October 2021, 13.30 - 17.00 BST
- Reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns
- Supporting downstream partners and contractors to improve safeguarding in programmes
- Action-planning based on organisational risk analysis and participant’s learning
January 2022
Pre-course activity: approximately 45 minutes' additional work required before live session 1
Live session 1: Monday 17th January 2022, 9.30 - 13.00 GMT
- Safeguarding definitions and terminology
- What constitutes a safeguarding concern?
- International safeguarding sector standards and guidelines
- The safeguarding cycle
Individual work between sessions: Risk mapping
Live session 2: Wednesday 19th January 2022, 9.30 - 13.00 GMT
- Risk mapping
- Procedures to mitigate risk: recruitment, induction and training, accountability and governance, complaints and reporting mechanisms, dealing with reports
- Developing an organisational culture
- Statutory and donor requirements
- Challenges working with donor requirements and how to strengthen your organisation to address them
Individual work between sessions: Review your organisation's policies and procedures
Live session 3: Friday 21st January 2022, 9.30 - 13.00 GMT
- Reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns
- Supporting downstream partners and contractors to improve safeguarding in programmes
- Action-planning based on organisational risk analysis and participant’s learning
This course replaces our previous one-day Safeguarding essentials and Developing good safeguarding practice courses.
Booking deadline
Bookings will close at 15:00 BST/GMT the last working day before the course to enable us to email participants the joining instructions ahead of the first live session.
Course prices
Band 1
- Non-members
- £645.00
Band 2
- Bond members >£2M annual spend
- £495.00
Band 3
- Bond members <£2M annual spend
- £250.00
* 10% off if you book 8 weeks in advance; 5% off 3 or more bookings.
Contact us for special discounts if you're a student or unemployed.
10%
off if you book early*
5%
off multiple bookings*
Event dates
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 to Friday, April 30, 2021
9 places available
Monday, July 19, 2021 to Friday, July 23, 2021
19 places available
Monday, October 18, 2021 to Friday, October 22, 2021
22 places available
Monday, January 17, 2022 to Friday, January 21, 2022
24 places available
