Helen Hogan Safeguarding Matters
Supporting Designated Safeguarding Leads and all adults working with children across all education sectors and institutions
Consultancy, training and safeguarding support
Empowering Safeguarding Practices in Education
Expert Consultation Services
At Helen Hogan Safeguarding Matters, we provide expert consultation services tailored to the unique needs of educational establishments. Our mission is to empower education providers to implement effective safeguarding measures that protect children.
Training and Policy Development
At Safeguarding Matters we believe raising safeguarding standards involves creating policies and procedures to protect children from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Safeguarding expectations are met through our reflective training. Safeguarding Matters also provide resources to identify and address concerns, ensuring measurable and improved outcomes for children.
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Our Mission
At Helen Hogan Safeguarding Matters, our mission is to provide personalised educational safeguarding and consulting services to educational professionals. We believe that all educational settings have unique strengths and challenges, and we work closely with our customers to help them ensure they support all the children they educate to achieve their full potential in a safe environment.
We are committed to support in all aspects of child safety inclusive of:
- Commitment to equality: A commitment to keep all children safe regardless of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation
- Recognition of vulnerability: An acknowledgement that some children are more vulnerable due to discrimination, previous experiences, or other factors
- Safe environment: A commitment to provide a safe environment for children to use services
- Reporting concerns: A commitment to report concerns to relevant agencies swiftly
- Training: A commitment to provide safeguarding training to staff
- Recruitment Checks: A commitment to make checks on staff references, professional registration, and the right to work in the UK
- Monitoring and evaluation: A commitment to regularly monitor and evaluate how policies, procedures and practices are working
Our Team
Our team led by Helen Hogan (an experienced Safeguarding Consultant), have a diverse background in social work, education, business and finance. We bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our work and we are committed to providing the highest level of service to our customers. With 25 years experience in social work practice and child protection, we here at Safeguarding Matters have the knowledge and experience to enhance the level of protection and support that our customers provide to the learners in their care.
Our Services
We offer a range of services to help our establishments achieve their goals:
“The ethos behind keeping children safe is about enabling schools, Headteachers, Designated Safeguarding Leads and the whole workforce to be the most effective practitioners in safeguarding that they can be.” *Helen Hogan
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Ready to take the next step? Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help you achieve your goals. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Benefits of a Strong Safeguarding Culture
It is not just about legal duties’, listening to and consulting with children and young people benefits everyone enormously by:
- Enhances emotional wellbeing and raises self esteem
- Developing a genuinely collaborative and inclusive environment and service
- Recognising and celebrating diversity
- Increasing knowledge and understanding of how children and young people respond to and value their environment and support.
- Ensuring children’s individual’s needs are met.
- Provides evidence for quality assurance and self-reflection.
- Developing decisions making skills.
- Creating a sense of responsibility for oneself and others.
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Safeguarding Training
We offer personalised guidance and support for legislative and mandatory safeguarding expectations in educational settings.
Training Events
We offer training and consultancy services to fit your needs, with both online and face to face training including out of hours and twilight evening sessions. Booking and attending events couldn’t be easier with dedicated support staff ready and available to assist in every aspect of your support journey.