1. Introduction to Safeguarding

2. By the end of the training participants will be able to:
Introduction
What we’ll cover 1
Objectives
By the end of the training participants will be able to:
Define safeguarding
Map the risk, barriers and protections for safeguarding
Identify how and when to report a concern 2
What is Safeguarding?
Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting

3. Introductions

4. Safeguarding What is Safeguarding? Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

5. What is Safeguarding?

6. Safeguarding is:
The responsibility of organisations to make sure their staff, operations, and programmes do no harm to children and adults at-risk nor expose them to abuse or exploitation.
It is becoming good practice to think about how we safeguard everyone in our organisations at all times, including protecting staff from harm and inappropriate behaviour such as bullying and harassment.

7. Prevention/Response Systems
Policies
People
Procedures
Accountability
Review

8. Safeguarding Internal Safeguarding What is Safeguarding?
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

9. Internal Safeguarding
Bullying and Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Discrimination
Abuse of Power/ Authority

10. Internal Safeguarding Dos/Don’t

11. Rights
Responsibilities

12. Safeguarding External Safeguarding What is Safeguarding?
Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

13. Who is a Child?

14. Who is a Vulnerable Adult?

15. Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

16. Sexual Exploitation is:
Abuse of power or trust
For sexual purposes
Including profiting monetarily, socially or politically

17. Threatened or actual sexual intrusion
Sexual Abuse is:
Threatened or actual sexual intrusion
Whether by force or unequal circumstances

18. External Safeguarding Dos/Don’t

19. Responsibility

20. Safeguarding Risks & Barriers What is Safeguarding?
Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

21. Identifying Risk

22. What are the barriers?

23. The crisis of under-reporting People don’t report because of:
Worries about losing assistance
Threat of retaliation
Cultural norms and acceptance
No knowledge of how to report
Feel powerless
Lack of faith in the response

24. Safeguarding Reporting What is Safeguarding? Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

25. Creating a Safe Space

26. When should you report?

27. How do you know the threshold? It’s not your job to investigate!
If you have a concern
REPORT
It’s not your job to investigate!

28. How to report: principles
Report ASAP
Longer it takes to report = more interpretation 01
TIMING
Investigative Details
Date, Time, location, event, names… 02
DETAILS
Situational Awareness
Facts not judgements 03
INTERPRETATION

29. The role of Confidentiality

30. How to report in your lab

31. Defining safeguarding
Learning Summary
We have now covered:
Defining safeguarding
Identifying internal and external safeguarding concerns
Mapping the risk, barriers and protections for safeguarding
Identifying how and when to report a concern

32. Safeguarding Action Plans & Feedback What is Safeguarding?
Internal Safeguarding
External Safeguarding
Risks & Barriers
Reporting
Action Plans & Feedback .

33. Action Plan

34. Questions?