Supporting Learners Who Are at Risk of Sexual Violence or Harassment
AELP Webinar
Facilitator: Carly Danes, Safeguarding Consultant, ECP
Overview
This one-hour awareness-raising webinar will provide delegates with a comprehensive overview of safeguarding learners at risk of or affected by sexual violence and harassment (child-on-child abuse). It will also emphasise creating a culture of openness to help professionals identify, respond to, report, and record incidents of sexual violence and harassment.
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Objectives
This webinar will:
- Raise awareness of sexual violence and sexual harassment and discuss experiences of learners both online and offline;
- Explain the definitions of sexual harassment and sexual violence, including online sexual abuse and intimate image abuse;
- Support staff to recognise the early indicators of sexual violence and sexual harassment;
- Review the prevalence of what constitutes as harmful sexual behaviour and unsafe or exploitative relationships;
- Explain how to create a culture of safety, to support learners to share concerns;
- Help delegates to respond effectively to concerns;
- Explain how to implement a robust recording and referral mechanisms;
- Explore key considerations for developing an effective sexual harassment policy, including legal obligations, best practices, and strategies for fostering a robust safeguarding culture.
Target Audience
This webinar is designed to support all providers of post 16 education and training provision including:
- Members of the executive team;
- Senior management;
- HR Departments;
- Curriculum /Department leads;
- Safeguarding Leads;
- All other Teaching and training staff.
Facilitator
Carly Danes
Carly is a history graduate with a wealth of experience in the local authority and further education sector. Amongst Carly’s many professional qualifications are a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic counselling, Level 4 Preparing to Teach in life long sector, Level 3 in leadership and management, level 4 working with parents (intense support for families with multiple and complex needs), and mental health first aid (adults and CYP). In Carly’s professional career, she has been responsible for delivering safeguarding training to the local authority, and has supported educational settings with improving their safeguarding policy, procedures and practice.
Most of her professional career has been spent working in front line services with children and families with multiple and complex needs in an Early help and targeted capacity within a local authority setting. Carly has also spent time as a designated teacher for children in care at an FE college in Hertfordshire, supporting on the pastoral and educational attainments of children in care across a range of vocational courses and apprenticeships/traineeships.
As well as Carly’s expertise in local authority and further education, she is passionate about mental health and volunteers as a person-centred counsellor working with both adults and adolescents for Mind in Mid Herts.
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Fees
Member Rate £49.00 + VAT
Non Member Rate £99.00 + VAT
Supporting Learners Who Are at Risk of Sexual Violence or Harassment
AELP Webinar
