Monday, 18th August at 7pm
A free webinar on the key changes to safeguarding in Early Years settings, coming into effect this September.
Ann Marie Christian
Early Years Safeguarding Consultant
Ann Marie qualified as a social worker in 1996 and worked in child protection, early years, youth justice, and education teams. After holding the role of manager of the Vulnerable Children Team, advising 75 schools in child protection, Ann Marie worked as a LADO in Education, Safeguarding advisor, DSL Local Authority coordinator, LSCB Trainer, and School Improvement Advisor. Ann Marie now runs a consultancy, as well as writing articles, giving public speeches, delivering workshops at conferences, and authoring opinion pieces for the national press.
Rachel Buckler
Early Years Safeguarding Consultant
Rachel is a highly experienced practitioner, trainer, author, and consultant of safeguarding and child protection practices. During her 30-year career in children’s service social care, she has developed and managed services including Sure Start Children’s Centres and been a strategic lead for early intervention services. Rachel delivers training to local authorities’ early years workforces, as well as independent nurseries and childcare providers. Rachel is co-founder of the Early Years Hub and creator of the Safeguarding Hub. Rachel’s book, “Developing Child Centred practice for Safeguarding and Child Protection Strategies for every Early Years Setting” was published by Routledge in 2023.
Are you ready for September? Experts Ann Marie Christian and Rachel Buckler explain everything you need to know about the changes to the EYFS safeguarding requirements, coming into effect next month.
There’ll be a 45-minute presentation detailing what’s changing for Early Years settings like yours, with a 15-minute Q&A at the end, where you can put your questions to our hosts.
Afterwards, you’ll get the recording of the whole webinar, plus Ann Marie and Rachel’s slides.
