Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools
This programme of randomised trials aims to establish whether providing a social worker to supervise Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in schools affects the quality of referrals to social services . The first trial (completed) focused on primary schools in Bolton (see protocol). Subsequent (ongoing) trials extend this to secondary schools in Greater Manchester (protocol) and to primary schools in 10 local authorities across England. A further trial - involving primary and secondary schools - evaluates an adapted version of the programme that has a specific focus on supporting DSLs in better identifying possible indicators of child sexual abuse and how to approproriately respond.
Outputs
Stokes, L., Runge, J., Rostron, J., Dorsett, R., Boshoff, J., da Silva Marioni, L., Zuniga-Montanez, C., Harvey, M., Stockland, K., Aleynikova, E., Manzoni, C., Stockland, K., Aleynikova, E. and Manzoni, C. (2023) Supervising Designated Safeguarding Leads in Primary Schools What Works for Children’s Social Care report
Stokes, L., Runge, J., Rostron, J., Dorsett, R., da Silva Marioni, L., Boshoff, J., Manzoni, C., Aleynikova, E., Harvey, M. and Zuniga-Montanez, C. (2023) Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads: Greater Manchester Combined Authority What Works for Children’s Social Care report
Stokes, L., Runge, J., Stockland, K., Dorsett, R., Boshoff, J., da Silva Marioni, L., Harvey, M., Aleynikova, E., Rostron, J., Zuniga-Montanez, C. and Manzoni, C. (2023) Supervising Designated Safeguarding Leads in Schools: Focus on Child Sexual Abuse What Works for Children’s Social Care report
Stokes, L., Manzoni, C., Runge, J., Xu, L. and Dorsett, R. (2019) Safeguarding the safeguards – A case for more support in schools NIESR blog
Stokes, L., Dorsett, R., Manzoni, C., Runge, J. and Xu, L. (2021) Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Primary Schools in Bolton What Works for Children’s Social Care report
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What Works for Children’s Social Care