We are excited to announce our upcoming series of Specialist Practice Seminars, designed exclusively for our members. These seminars offer valuable insights, practical knowledge, and expert guidance to help your practice excel.

Why Attend?

• Free for All Members: As part of your membership benefits, there's no cost to attend.
• Unlimited Access: Send as many team members as you like—everyone can benefit.
• Specialized Topics: Tailored content to address the challenges and opportunities in your field.

These seminars will cover key practice issues and areas for staff, offering insights that help with training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

In this session we'll welcome LADO Consultant, Jodie Turner.

Managing allegations against people who work with children remains one of the most complex areas of child protection practice. Child protection, criminal investigation and employment law all overlap with multiple procedures to navigate.

Those professionals who work with our most vulnerable children, within the caring professions including residential and foster homes, and education settings remain at higher risk of having an allegation made against them. Fact.

This seminar will cover;

· Dispelling the myths surrounding the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

· The managing allegation process from referral to an outcome

· How allegations can be investigated and risk managed well

· How to safeguard yourself at work

· How to do difficult conversations well, when an allegation happens