WEBINAR: Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Lead

This course is delivered via a live webinar which is trainer led.

THE OSCB TRAINING BOOKING SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BOOK A PLACE ON THIS COURSE UNLESS YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE eLEARNING COURSE 'Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Lead'  IN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.

The 'Webinar: Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Lead' course is a specialist level (level 3) course and is designed to promote a positive culture of safeguarding and to uphold an appropriate safe multi-agency partnership working practice. This course is specifically designed for designated leads of settings, but is currently also the required course for those who work alone and may be required to contribute to aspects of the safeguarding spectrum but who do not have line management responsibility for other staff.

Please be aware that attendance at this webinar does not currently include those practitioners working in an early years setting. Those practitioners should attend the WEBINAR: Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Lead (Early Years, Childminders and Childcare Settings) specifically for early years practitioners, also booked through the OSCB.

Delegates are advised that attendance at this event is dependent on the successful completion of the:

Level 3 Designated Safeguarding Lead eLearning (2024-2025) which is also available on the OSCB booking site.

All delegates are strongly advised to refer to the OSCB's 'Training Policy' for more details, which is available on the OSCB website.

Delegates must have access to a laptop or a computer as this session is not accessible via a mobile phone or ipad and it is necessary to set up a 'Microsoft Teams' account to access the session.

Practitioners are able to attend this webinar if they are new to the role of DSL and have not undertaken 'Designated Safeguarding Lead' training before or if they need to refresh their learning and their training certificate. Completion for either reason will lead to a certificate which is valid for 2 years from the date of completion of the eLearning course. 

This course will give delegates an opportunity to:

• Consolidate learning covered in the 'Level 3: Advanced / Designated Safeguarding Lead' eLearning course
• Review the role of the DSL in the workplace
• Discuss Case Studies to translate learning into practice
• Confirm the process of what to do if you are worried about a child and who to talk to
• Raise awareness of current national and local safeguarding themes
• Raise awareness of 'Multi-Agency Chronologies' (MAC)

Delegates should be aware that there are 7 documents available to download as pre-reading to undertaking this webinar and there will be opportunities for discussion on these during the session.

Expectations of delegate training attendance

The OSCB would like to remind all course attendees that joining virtual training has the same expectations as attendance at face-to-face training.  Examples of unacceptable attendance are:

1. Not being able to be fully focused and engaged with the training content and trainers
2. Attending a course in a workplace where the delegate may be disturbed or called away to deal with other issues
3. Missing more than 15 minutes of the session for any reason; the delegate will be marked as absent if this occurs

Training attendees must be able to:

1. Have their cameras on and have access to the chat function in TEAMS
2. Respond to questions from the trainers