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Education Settings - Advanced Refresher training for DSLs and DSDs only (Option 2 - Child Centred responses to Domestic Abuse)

KEY INFORMATION TO READ BEFORE YOU BOOK

This half day course is only for professionals who have the safeguarding role of Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), or Designated Safeguarding Deputy (DSD) in your school’s safeguarding team on SchoolPoint.

Only DSDs who will be expected to genuinely and fully deputise for the DSL should attend this course.  Other members of your setting’s safeguarding team should attend our new Intermediate Safeguarding in Education course.

DSLs and DSDs fully and genuinely deputising for the DSL are members of your setting’s safeguarding team who undertake all elements and levels of safeguarding work but often focus at the higher levels of the Threshold of Needs. This work would also include;  attending Strategy meetings, ICPCs and RCPCs, making referrals to the Safeguarding Hub and overseeing On-line Safety, all safeguarding disclosures and records.

Headteachers may also wish to attend this course if they are not the DSL or a DSD. 

Staff who are not a DSL, a DSD as defined above, or a Headteacher, will be contacted to discuss their role and potentially removed from the course.  Instead, these members of your safeguarding team can book onto our new Intermediate Safeguarding in Education Course. 

Before completing this training you must have completed the Advanced Initial training for DSLs and DSDs as well as the face-to-face Basic Centralised/Whole-School Safeguarding Children in Education Training with Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) within the last 3 years (from September 2026 the Basic Safeguarding Children training is being organised by Learn Sheffield). 

In Sheffield, DSL/Ds who need to complete the Advanced Initial course must attend this half-day training every academic year to keep up to date with safeguarding developments.  The annual refresher programme will highlight topical safeguarding and child protection issues and changes in legislation, procedure and practice. 

We strongly recommend that you book your place as far as possible in advance – even if you are not “due” to complete your annual refresher until next June or July – that way we can see where there is pressure on course places and respond to this. 

You will notice that the content for sessions is different.  Please book on to whichever course has the content that is either most relevant to your setting or your own professional development.  We would recommend a strategic and co-ordinated coverage of all options for settings with several DSL/Ds.

You must be logged into your training account to see availability on all sessions.

Each DSL/D only needs to complete 1 option in order to be compliant with their annual training requirement.  Those who book onto more than 1 option will be asked to give up places if demand requires this.

It does not “matter” if the course you complete is within or over a year since your last advanced refresher course – what is important is that you complete an advanced refresher course every academic year. 

New for 2026-2027: Where you are booking an online option full participation and engagement is still required.  This includes having your camera on and a working microphone so please check these functions on your device beforehand.  It is recommended that participants treat the day as if they are unavailable and out of the office.  Where less than full participation and engagement is suspected participants will be challenged and if this is not resolved the day will need to be repeated in order for the course to have been completed.  You will be sent the joining link 5 days prior to the course date.

Option 2 - Child Centred responses to Domestic Abuse

This course aims to create and promote practice that is more survivor partnering and perpetrator challenging and recognises that domestic abuse is frequently a consequence of gender-based violence against women and girls.

This half day Advanced Refresher training is appropriate for DSL/Ds who wish to expand their knowledge in this area. The training aims to challenge and provoke thinking and responses to Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls. You will leave this session with new resources and knowledge to help you achieve this.  The training recognises men can be affected by the same issues however the focus will be on women and children as survivors.

Content to include: 

• Prevalence including National and Sheffield statistics
• Resources
• Pathways and toolkits
• Operation Encompass
• Legislation  
• Voices of young people
• Opportunity to share good practice

 General course information

Morning sessions are 9.00am-12.15pm.  Afternoon sessions are 1.15pm–4.30pm.  Sessions start promptly at the stated time so please ensure you arrive and are settled in good time for the start.  If you arrive late it will be at the trainer’s discretion to decide whether you need to re-book for another date. 

If you do not attend the annual advanced refresher course each academic year it is likely that you will need to repeat the Advanced Initial 2 day training course to remain as a DSL or DSD. 

If you are attending this course on-line please be aware that the session may be recorded so that the training content is available for future use by the advisor team as we further develop our training offer to education settings.  If you are not comfortable with this please contact us to discuss options.

The course is free for maintained schools and academies.  There is a charge for 'free' and independent school staff attending.

Attendance on all courses must be prioritised non-attendance without prior cancellation or agreement will be charged at £60.00 per session if it is not in line with our charging policy.

You must register or login to check availability on all course dates.

**Places are limited to 3 places per school per course.  Additional places booked will be cancelled and you will be asked to move to another date.**

If for some reason you are no longer able to attend please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else.  You can cancel the booking up to 7 days prior to the course date by logging in to the booking system and clicking on 'My Account' in the top right hand side of the page.

To contact us about training e-mail: safeguardingchildrentraining@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone: 0114 2734530.

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