Training and Development
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.Read more on Help at Hand service by The Children’s Commissioner
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 […]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 […]Read more on Cognus Education Safeguarding Team Deliver DSL New to Role Training at Cantium House
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 […]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 […]Read more on Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference
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
From 10th February 2025, the way that you access and receive our termly bitesize content and training materials is changing. If you are a Sutton Primary or Secondary School, Sutton Early Years/PVI Setting, the link to our ‘Bitesize Content’ folder will be shared with all those listed on the DSL Contact Sheet. Please use the […]Read more on Bitesize Safeguarding Training Videos and Accompanying Slides