Birmingham DSL Toolbox
Safeguarding resources
Useful forms, templates, guidance and information when dealing with safeguarding issues:
DBS checks for visiting professionals
Demographic sheet for safeguarding file
Disclosures leading to police investigation - School and Beyond
Education Training Plan Template
Emergency procedures when a child is not collected
Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) form
Managing incidents off school premises October 2018
Medicine in Schools February 2018
Notice of concern - incident form
Partnership working with the Children's Trust
School CP-SG Visitors info sheet
Safeguarding file chronology sheet
Safeguarding File Audit - Review
Safeguarding report to governors
Additional resources
Additional tools to support you in delivering early help and safeguarding in your setting, grouped under the key topics from Keeping children safe in education: statutory guidance for schools and colleges.
The descriptors provide an example of what may be included within each topic.
Abuse- including domestic abuse, faith abuse and relationship abuse
Bullying- including cyberbullying
Children and the courts- including witnesses in criminal courts
Children missing education, home or care - including adults missing strategy
Children with family members in prison
Child Exploitation- including county lines, child sexual exploitation and trafficking
Drugs- including alcohol
‘Honour Based Violence’ (so called) - including female genital mutilation and forced marriage
Health and Wellbeing - including fabricated or induced illness, resilience, medical conditions, mental health and behaviour
Online safety - including sexting
Radicalisation - including prevent and educate against hate
Violence - including gangs and youth violence, violence against women and girls, sexual violence and sexual harassment
For an overview of the subject area, visit the Learning for DSLs: Continuing Professional Development page.
Other areas
The following information does not fit neatly under a single topic listed above.
Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (Serious case reviews)
Page last updated: 27 September 2024
