Safeguarding Children: Childminder Designated Safeguarding Lead
For: Childminders in Leicestershire only
We strongly advise any Childminder/prospective Childminder who has not previously undertaken any Safeguarding CPD training to attend 'Essential Awareness' prior to attending this DSL training course.
Delegates must join both sessions below:
Session One Tuesday 25 November 2025 - 6:00pm – 7.00pm
Session Two Tuesday 2 December 2025 - 6.00pm – 9.00pm
You will also need to complete pre-training and post-training reading and activities
Aims and Objectives:
Children rely on adults to keep them safe. As a childminder you have a responsibility to ensure children achieve the best life chances, the designated lead is an essential role for a childminder in supporting children to achieve this outcome.
This training will give you greater confidence and awareness to recognise, respond and refer if you have any concerns about a child’s welfare. You will also explore your role in working with parents and other professionals to keep children safe.
This training will equip you with the knowledge to successfully meet your safeguarding responsibilities and supports the development of the necessary skills and competencies to effectively fulfil the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead as defined in the Leicestershire & Rutland Safeguarding Board’s (LSCB) competency framework.
Leicestershire County Council’s Early Years Inclusion and Childcare Service recommends for best practice that all Leicestershire Early Years Providers and Practitioners including Childminders and Out of School Clubs follow and adhere to The Safeguarding Children Competency Framework
This training is delivered by trainers who have worked as childminders and understand the uniqueness of working as a childminder.
Learning objectives:
By the end of the training childminders will:
- Have developed skills and knowledge to put into their role into practice
- Understand the importance of early intervention
- Know local procedures for making a quality referral to social care
- Be able to audit their safeguarding practice
Trainer:
Hempsalls
Important Event/Course Information:
This course will take place via Zoom; a Zoom User Guide Can Be Found Here.
The Virtual Course Attendance Policy applies to this course/event.
The Booking and Cancellation Policy applies to this course/event.
