Teach Early Years Awards Press Pack 2024

Safeguarding Every Day… it’s what we do. Cath Bennett, founder and director of Safeguarding Every Day Ltd (SED) comes from an education and social care background with expertise in the areas of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and specifically the impact of domestic abuse on children. Reach out to Cath through email, the website or social media. Alternatively, you can schedule a FREE 30-minute consultation to discuss training or safeguarding reviews at calendly.com/safeguardingeveryday/30min SED aims to enable education providers’ skills and knowledge to teach through a trauma informed approach, allowing children to develop and grow into happy, healthy adults. With a preventative approach as well as essential, reactive responses, there is always a heavy focus on understanding behaviour as communication and recognising indicators to intervene early. A clear ethos Consent in itself is not always considered as part of Early Years education, and on surface level be deemed as inappropriate for the age group. However, when we look at the foundations of what consent stands for, it is clear that early education around boundaries, trust, and respect create a starting platform to launch future learning during their educational journey. Teaching the life skill of consent in Early Years is the first step to developing a generation of healthier and trusting relationships in adulthood. Essential CPD for Early Years professionals The ‘Let’s Teach Consent in the Early Years’ course was developed to provide an insight for educators on the importance of teaching the early stages of consent, what this looks like in an age-appropriate curriculum, and the potential impact of missed opportunities. Much of what is developed in Early Years paves the way to future learning and future life choices. The course, which we offer to settings and childminders, helps to highlight the importance of early relationship development, the development of key vocabulary and communication as well as emotional literacy. ADDITIONAL SERVICES As well as training offers, another approach to embedding consistent and effective safeguarding processes is through a safeguarding review of a provision. This two-day process provides opportunity to highlight existing good practice as well as access advice and guidance on developing further. safeguardingeveryday.org safeguardingeveryday@gmail.com