Leadership Pathway Safeguarding Training

Each session is conducted via Teams and will last about 90 mins, to complete the course you MUST attend both sessions within your cohort.  There will be an average of 6 participants within each session.

Once dates are available please book a place by emailing sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk.

 

July

Date Time Date Time

FULLY BOOKED

04/07/2023

10am - 11.30am

11/07/2023

10am - 11.30am

FULLY BOOKED

06/07/2023

2pm - 3.30pm

13/07/2023

2pm - 3.30pm

 

Virtual Safeguarding Leadership Training Overview

The course encourages thinking about safeguarding in relation to leadership and is a small group discussion based course with a maximum of 7 participants It takes approximately 10-12 weeks to complete the course and get certificate, allowing for time to complete tasks and reflect, with a Team session.

Previous leadership training was 6 hours, so time is distributed differently to allow for self-learning and reflection. Dates and deadlines are provided for each course to help you plan for your training. The pre-session work allows for reflection and recording things to help you think things through and to enable full participation in the discussion-based sessions. It is not about producing academic style writing; some people have found bullet points helpful while others prefer a more formal style. Spelling and grammar are not the focus of the work. The pre course work is not intended to be a barrier to participation, so please contact safeguarding@peterborough-diocese.org.uk if you have any concerns about completing the training and if needed to work out a way to help you complete the course.

At present the courses are offered via Teams, which many have found more convenient as it does not involve travel. This will be reviewed and safe ways to complete face to face training considered. The post course reflection, completed 4-6 weeks after the course, allows you to reflect on your learning from the course and think about the difference it has made to your ministry. Please note that the course is not complete until it has been signed off following the submission of the completed workbook.

What does the pre-attendance work and new training material consist of? 

Don’t panic - dates and timelines are provided for each course to help you plan for your training. Below outlines what the training session looks like.  NB: Participants must be available to attend both of the dates set for the training sessions.

Timelines

 

Work Required

Pre-Course Work

A participant’s workbook is sent out when your place on a course is confirmed.

The email sent will contain the Team link for your course.

 

  • 4 x questions to reflect on and answer before the course in order to participate.

  • Some pre-course reading is recommended in the workbook.

  • Read ‘Promoting A Safer Church’. 

  • Participants submit their workbook with the answers to the questions 1 week before the training date for ‘Session 1’.

1 week before session 1

Participant’s workbook submitted with pre-course work complete.

  • Facilitator reads the completed workbooks in advance of Session 1, to help shape the session and identify themes to discuss.

Session 1

Zoom Session 1: 90 minutes

Discussion around the 4 questions.

Participants follow up work

  • Read Psalm 91 and write a short reflection on how this informs your safeguarding leadership beliefs, values and behaviours.

  • Read and prepare for the case study, reading relevant and identified sections of safeguarding policy documents.

  • Watch BBC Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret via the Safeguarding Training Portal. (2 x 60 minutes) **

2 week gap then Session 2


Zoom Session 2: 90 minutes

  • Discussion around Psalm 91 from a safeguarding leadership aspect.  This sections is joint facilitation alongside clergy.

  • Working through the case study.

Participants follow up work

  • Identify 3 main lessons / 3 changes you have learned from this training.

  • 4-6 weeks after Zoom complete a reflection on your learning from the course.  Submit completed work.

4-6 week’s after session 2

Completed workbooks submitted to facilitator.

Follow up by facilitator

  • Facilitator reads submitted workbooks and signs the course off as complete.

  • Some participants are selected for follow up conversations.

Completion of training

Issue certificates and update training record.

The timescales to issue certificates will vary depending on a range of factors, including the numbers on a course, the number of courses in progress and workload.

Where possible a course sign off will happen together for all participants.

 

 

Please note: It is not about producing academic style writing; some people have found bullet points helpful while others prefer a more formal style. Spelling and grammar are not the focus of the work. The pre course work is not intended to be a barrier to participation, so please contact safeguarding@peterborough-diocese.org.uk, if you have any concerns about completing the training and if needed to work out a way to help you complete the course.

At present the training is offered via Teams, which many have found more convenient as it does not involve travel. This will be reviewed and safe ways to complete face to face training considered. The post course reflection, completed 4-6 weeks after the course, allows you to reflect on your learning from the course and think about the difference it has made to your ministry. Please note: the course is not complete until it has been signed off following the submission of the completed workbook.

 

** HEALTH WARNING regarding the BBC documentary: Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret which is to be viewed as part of the Leadership Pathway Safeguarding Training.
This documentary tells the story of the individuals who brought Bishop Peter Ball to justice; and the cover-up that went to the highest levels of the Church of England. The two-part documentary is emotionally moving and therefore must come with a health-warning as we are aware that for some it will be very difficult to watch and indeed for those who are themselves survivors may be too difficult. 

It may be that you would be more comfortable watching with someone else alongside you for support or that additional support may be needed before, during or after watching the documentary. 

For those for whom watching the documentary would be too difficult, please complete some of the recommended reading as listed on page 12 of the participant’s workbook that will be sent to you instead. 

We would like to assure you that there is support available for you from your Diocesan Safeguarding Team or from Safe Spaces. 

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