The welfare requirements within the statutory ‘Early Years and Foundation Stage’ (EYFS) guidance requires early years providers to train all staff to understand their safeguarding policy and procedures, and to ensure that all staff have up to date knowledge of safeguarding issues. This training should be made available to all staff by the provider to enable staff to identify signs of possible abuse and neglect at the earliest opportunity, and to respond in a timely and appropriate way.
To support Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in early years settings provide staff training themselves in line with national guidance and local Kent processes, the Education Safeguarding Service have produced a PowerPoint presentation template and supplementary guidance document. For 2024-25, the document has been updated to include additional training materials and content, including a EYFS staff quiz and a staff induction leaflet.
By purchasing this downloadable resource pack, you will be granted access to a PowerPoint presentation and PDF document to use for the academic year 2024-25. The Education Safeguarding Service will update the pack as required following any changes to relevant guidance; please ensure you check for any updates before the content is delivered.
Some content specifically addresses procedures for Kent early years settings in line with the Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-Agency Partnership (KSCMP) procedures, however, early years settings outside of Kent are still able to use the content and should adapt the slides to reflect their own local procedures.
This training content and pack should only be used and delivered by an appropriately trained DSL (recommended to be the lead DSL) and is for use within your setting only.
This pack must only be used and delivered by an appropriately trained DSL and is for use within individual settings only.
Please remember you are purchasing access to this content for the academic year 1 September 2024 - 31 August 2025.
