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Help at Hand service by The Children’s Commissioner

Help at Hand is the Children’s Commissioner’s advice and assistance service for children in care, children who have a social worker or are working with social services, children living away from home and care leavers. Children, young people, or their advocates can get in touch with Help at Hand for free by phone, website or email.

PostPosted: 18 Dec 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Training and Development

Education Safeguarding attend Sutton Youth Summit to find out more about what our young people really want and need.

On Thursday 16th November 2023, the Education Safeguarding Team attended the Sutton Youth Summit at The St. Nicholas Centre to find out more about what our young people really want and need. I have so many ideas about what I would like to see in Sutton but sometimes it is hard to put it into […]

PostPosted: 1 Nov 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Keeping children safe, Training and Development

Cognus Education Safeguarding Team Deliver DSL New to Role Training at Cantium House

Being a new academic year, school’s often welcome several new staff members to their team. Some may not be new to borough, but they are certainly new to specific roles. On 18th October 2023, the Education Safeguarding Team delivered DSL New to Role training to 28 new safeguarding leads. It was so useful to meet […]

PostPosted: 12 Oct 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Training and Development

Education Safeguarding Team attend event to raise awareness against Gang Violence and Knife Crime

On Wednesday 27th September 2023, the Education Safeguarding Team attended an event at The Limes College about knife crime, gang violence and restorative justice. Five minutes of madness…a lifetime of regret (The Chris Donovan Trust) At the event, a range of speakers bravely shared their stories with the realisation that although you cannot change what […]

Pre-Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL)

Do you want to communicate with Deaf people? Thinking about learning BSL but unsure? Then come along to our Pre-Level 1 Course to see if it is right for you! When: 3rd July 2024 – 24th July 2024 How long: 4 sessions, over 4 weeks Time: Wednesday evenings, 6.00pm – 8.00pm Where: Cognus Limited, First […]

PostPosted: 30 Sep 2023Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND), Training and Development

Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference

Cognus Educational Psychology Service hosted an EBSA networking conference on Monday 18th September 2023 with staff from around 30 schools attending. With other professionals also in attendance there was space and opportunity for rich exchanges ! Alongside practical tasks to reflect on the approach settings are using to reduce and support EBSA pupils we had […]

Social Worker Training

Sutton Virtual School are pleased to launch our CPD programme for 2023-24 with the golden thread theme of ‘Change Makers’. Please see the Social Worker CPD Programme for the individual training session dates, designed to provide ongoing support to SW’s. The programme outline on the flyer contains links to sign up to the virtual Teams […]

Training Testimonials

The Education Safeguarding Team are available to lead bespoke training within your school or setting. We offer a flexible delivery, either face-to-face or virtual dependent on your individual need or preference. Please contact hayley.cameron@cognus.org.uk to discuss pricing or to make a booking. Testimonial from our virtual delivery ‘The training was superb. It made us reflect as a school […]

Bitesize Safeguarding Training Videos and Accompanying Slides

Recording and slides for March 2024 Child Sexual Exploitation, Sextortion and Grooming Slides Meeting Transcript – Child Sexual Exploitation, Sextortion and Grooming Recording and slides for February 2024 Working Together to Safeguard Children Guidance Updates Recording and slides for December 2023 Recording and slides for December 2023 Recording and slides for October 2023 Prevent Guidance […]

Training

Keep a Sutton wide eye out to anticipate need – e.g.: BLM coordinated response to safeguard young people in all Sutton schools. We regularly invite the anti-racism practice lead in Sutton and colleagues from police to our DSL update sessions to provide updates and discuss local risk. We have also been engaging with Stop Hate […]