Welcome to Helen Hogan Safeguarding matters

Mission Statement – Helen Hogan Safeguarding Matters

At Helen Hogan Safeguarding Matters, our mission is to provide personalised educational safeguarding consultancy and training for educational professionals. We recognise that every educational setting has its own unique strengths, challenges, and culture. Unlike larger, standardised providers, as a small, specialist consultancy, we offer a truly personalised service. Our size allows us to work closely with each client, responding quickly, adapting to individual needs, and delivering tailored solutions with the attention to detail that larger organisations often cannot match, offering bespoke services tailored to your individual needs, delivered when you need them.

Our personal, responsive, and adaptable approach sets us apart, we are here to ensure that safeguarding isn’t just a compliance exercise, but a practical, embedded part of your organisation’s culture.

Our customers benefit from direct access to expert advice, flexible training solutions, and support that adapts to real-world challenges, ensuring safeguarding is both effective and practical.

We are committed to supporting all aspects of child safety, with our approach built on the following principles:

• Commitment to equality – Safeguarding all children, regardless of age,      disability, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
• Recognition of vulnerability – Acknowledging that some children are more at risk due to discrimination, previous experiences, or other factors.
• Safe environment – Ensuring that every setting provides a safe and      supportive environment for children to thrive.
• Reporting concerns – Acting promptly to report concerns to the relevant agencies.
• Training – Delivering safeguarding training tailored to the unique needs of your staff, available at the time and format that best suits your setting.
• Recruitment checks – Supporting safer recruitment by ensuring appropriate checks on references, professional registration, and right to work in the UK.
• Monitoring and evaluation – Regularly reviewing and refining policies,      procedures, and practices to maintain the highest safeguarding standards.

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.

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

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!