EQUIPPING ORGANISATIONS

We equip society with the knowledge and skills to create safer environments for children and adults at risk.

Over the past year we’ve supported organisations and individuals as they've adapted to the rapidly changing circumstances and guidance issued by the government in the face of the pandemic.

equip SHARING KNOWLEDGE Equipping organisations with the knowledge they need to make safer recruitment decisions about their workers remained one of our most relied upon services and we have recorded over 69,000 Enhanced, Standard and Basic DBS checks this past year. “SAFEGUARDING IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS. FOR FAITH –BASED ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, GETTING THIS RIGHT CAN BE CHALLENGING BUT IT MUST BE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THEY DO. RECOGNISING THE RISKS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ABUSERS CAN HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT IS MORE THAN A TICK –BOX EXERCISE, IT’S ABOUT CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR.”

Paul Burstow, Chair, SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence)

69,000

Enhanced, Standard and Basic DBS checks

equip Skilling –up One of the main ways we work to skill –up organisations and workers is through the provision of safeguarding training. We’ve developed our suite of online learning options including webinars and eLearning so that safeguarding practitioners can feel more confident in their roles and responsibilities. Our webinars cover the full range of our training offer, delivered across day times, evenings

Your membership with us means we can impact society and share knowledge through our research programme, conducting relevant and timely research to inform safeguarding practice across the UK. The research we conducted into the impact of COVID –19 on safeguarding in churches and other organisations was published on 11 June last year. Key themes emerging from the research were presented at an online roundtable event, where we were joined by Dr Lisa Oakley and Professor Moira Lafferty from the University of Chester, Diane Regan from Kintsugi Hope, and Bekah Legg from Restored. “WHENEVER I DEAL WITH THIRTYONE:EIGHT, THEY ARE FRIENDLY, VERY HELPFUL, AND ALWAYS FIND AN ANSWER.” Disclosures helpline caller.

and Saturdays. Our team of trainers remain committed and flexible alongside growing demand, and they have all grown in confidence in their ability to deliver webinars, many of them switching between host and co –host with ease and offering peer support for their own professional development.