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Child Safeguarding Statement & Risk Assessment Workshop
October 2 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm IST
Safeguarding Risk Assessments are a key part of your Child Safeguarding Statement. It’s important that we consider the ways in which young people may be harmed so we can ensure we have the appropriate measures in place to reduce both the likelihood of this harm occurring and the impact of the harm. Tusla’s audit of the sector in 2023 found that one of the main areas of non-compliance was risk assessments.
We want to support youth work organisations to ensure their Child Safeguarding Statements are compliant with the legislation and meaningful for your staff, volunteers and young people. This event will provide a space for organisations to build their knowledge and learning on what a comprehensive risk assessment looks like, with opportunities for advice and guidance from the experts.
The proposed breakdown of the day will be (with a more detailed timetable to follow):
- Findings and learnings from the 2023 Audit and the Youth Consultation on Child Safeguarding Statements from Tusla
- Risk Assessment Training from an expert in safeguarding
- Discussion around Controls and Safeguarding Measures for reducing risks
- Workshopping your Safeguarding Risk Assessments with advice and guidance from the experts
Date & time
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
10.30am – 3.30pm
Cost
Free!
Venue
Dublin Venue TBC
Objectives
- Share findings and learnings from the 2023 Audit of the sector
- Share findings from the youth consultation on awareness & understanding of Child Safeguarding Statements
- Understand the reasons for carrying out a risk assessment
- Understand how to carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the importance of controls for reducing the likelihood of a risk occurring and the impact
Designed for
Youth workers, managers, safeguarding officers, DLPs, professionals and volunteers working directly with young people with responsibilities for completing safeguarding risk assessments.
Risk Assessments shouldn’t be completed in isolation so please book multiple places if needed, for any and all individuals from your organisation who may be involved in this process.
Additional Important Information
Please Read Before Booking
This is a scheduled face-to-face training that will be delivered in-person at a venue in Dublin. The location and timetable of the event will be shared with all participants prior to the event. These events are hosted by NYCI’s Child Protection Programme for the youth work sector for free. Places are limited so we want to ensure everyone has an opportunity to attend and benefit from the learning. When booking transport, please ensure you will be able to attend for the entire duration of the event. Timings have been scheduled to allow for those travelling outside of Dublin to attend so please book trains/buses after the end time of 3.30pm.
We will provide tea and coffee and refreshments during registration and lunch will also be provided. Please advise of any dietary requirements when completing your booking. Contact olwyn@nyci.ie if you have any questions or issues.
NYCI reserve the right to cancel this training if circumstances change. In the event that face-to-face training cannot take place, this training will be rescheduled to a later date. Please note this training will not be moved online. NYCI will give as much notice as possible for any updates about the status of the training. NYCI will issue refunds to participants if the training is cancelled or rescheduled. For all other circumstances, please review NYCI’s Cancellation Policy prior to booking. If you can no longer attend please provide us with adequate notice to ensure a full or partial refund of your ticket.
If you have queries, please contact siobhan@nyci.ie
Delivered by
NYCI’s National Child Protection Programme, 3 Montague Street, Dublin.
