Leadership in Safeguarding Children and Young People in Dental Care

About This Course

Develop leadership skills in dental professionals for safeguarding children and young people with this comprehensive course. Learn about leadership styles, team management, quality assurance, advocacy, and the future of safeguarding.

Why Take This Course?

This course addresses a common problem or challenge that UK dental professionals face, which is ensuring the safeguarding of children and young people under their care. Dental professionals may encounter cases of child abuse or neglect, which require them to be equipped with the necessary skills to identify and report such cases. The course provides valuable knowledge on leadership roles and styles, building safeguarding teams, quality assurance mechanisms, advocacy, and the future of safeguarding. These skills are crucial in ensuring that children and young people are protected from harm while receiving dental care.

This course can help dental professionals develop leadership skills to effectively safeguard children and young people in their care, including fostering a culture of safeguarding, team management, quality assurance, advocacy, and future considerations.

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How This Course Supports GDC Enhanced Dental CPD

“Dental professionals have a duty to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. A primary qualification is only the first step in their education and development which should last throughout their professional life” General Dental Council

Learning Objectives	Anticipated Outcomes
1: By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the role of leadership in safeguarding, the impact of different leadership styles, and how to foster a safeguarding culture.	1: Upon completion of the course, students are expected to demonstrate improved leadership skills, contributing to stronger safeguarding practices in their dental practices.
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to build, lead, and manage effective safeguarding teams, promote collaboration, and handle conflicts.	2: As a result of this course, learners are likely to be more effective in managing safeguarding teams, achieving better collaboration and conflict resolution.
3: Students will demonstrate their ability to improve safeguarding practice through the implementation of quality assurance mechanisms and effective handling of feedback and complaints.	3: The course should lead to the implementation of robust quality assurance mechanisms in dental practices, enhancing the overall safeguarding standards.
4: By the final session, participants will have mastered the skills needed for advocacy in safeguarding, building effective partnerships and influencing policy and practice.	4: In the wider context, the course aims to boost advocacy and partnerships in safeguarding, leading to policy and practice changes at both local and national levels.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have a clear vision of the future of safeguarding, understanding the potential impact of research, innovations, technological advancements, and ethical considerations.	5: Following the course, students should be well-prepared for future developments in safeguarding, including understanding potential impacts of research, technological advancements, and ethical considerations.

Regulatory Standards

GDC	CQC
✅ A – Effective Communication ✅ B – Effective Management ✅ C – Maintenance in Field of Practice ✅ D – Maintenance in Patient Confidence	✅ Caring ✅ Effective ✅ Leadership ✅ Responsive ✅ Safe

🕐 60 minutes of Enhanced Dental CPD

Course Description

This course is designed to develop leadership skills in dental professionals for the safeguarding of children and young people. It dives into various aspects of leadership roles and styles, their impact on safeguarding, fostering a culture of safeguarding, and leading change in practices, illustrated with a case study. It then explores the management of safeguarding teams, including team building, fostering collaboration and communication, resolving conflicts, and training staff. This section includes practical learning through a role-play scenario. The third section focuses on quality assurance in safeguarding, and covers understanding and implementing quality assurance mechanisms, monitoring and evaluating practices, and handling complaints and feedback. It provides an exercise of conducting a quality assurance audit. The fourth section delves into the role and impact of advocacy in safeguarding, building partnerships, working with local and national safeguarding bodies, and influencing policy and practice. It includes a thought experiment on advocating for a safeguarding policy. The final section envisions the future of safeguarding, including using research and evidence in practice, technological advancements, ethical considerations, and key takeaways from the course. This course equips dental professionals with necessary leadership skills to safeguard the welfare of children and young people in their care.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of the course “Leadership in Safeguarding Children and Young People in Dental Care” covers the role of leadership in safeguarding, different leadership styles and their impact on safeguarding, developing a safeguarding culture within a dental practice, leading change in safeguarding practices, and a case study on successful leadership in safeguarding.

Section 2

Section 2 of the course “Leadership in Safeguarding Children and Young People in Dental Care” covers team building, collaboration, conflict resolution, staff training, and role-play scenarios for resolving conflicts within safeguarding teams.

Section 3

Section 3 of the course focuses on improving safeguarding through quality assurance, including understanding and implementing quality assurance mechanisms, monitoring and evaluating safeguarding practice, handling complaints and feedback, and conducting a quality assurance audit.

Section 4

Advocacy and partnerships play an essential role in safeguarding children and young people in dental care. This section covers the role and impact of advocacy in safeguarding, building partnerships to enhance safeguarding, working with local and national safeguarding bodies, influencing safeguarding policy and practice, and a thought experiment on advocating for a safeguarding policy.

Section 5

Section 5 covers topics related to driving the future of safeguarding, including envisioning future safeguarding practices, using research and evidence to inform practice, exploring technological advancements, and considering leadership and ethical considerations for future safeguarding. The section concludes with a summary of key takeaways from the course.

Course Reviews

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The course provided comprehensive guidance on leadership roles and styles in safeguarding children and young people. The practical role-play scenario helped me develop team-building and conflict resolution skills.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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I found the quality assurance section of the course particularly useful in understanding and implementing quality assurance mechanisms, monitoring and evaluating practices, and handling complaints and feedback. The quality assurance audit exercise was especially beneficial.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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As a dental professional, I appreciated the emphasis on advocacy in safeguarding, including building partnerships, working with local and national safeguarding bodies, and influencing policy and practice. The thought experiment on advocating for a safeguarding policy was thought-provoking.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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