Isbn: 9781068460241 - the honest dsl: practical strategies for designated safeguarding leads (the honest educator series) (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The unfiltered truth about safeguarding in schools - honest, practical, and essential for every leader carrying the weight of protecting children.Being a Designated Safeguarding Lead isn't just a responsibility. It reshapes how you think, how you respond, and how you lead. No amount of training truly prepares you for that.The Honest DSL is the book safeguarding leaders wish they'd had from day one. Whether you're a new DSL, an experienced safeguarding lead, a headteacher, or anyone tasked with keeping children safe, this is the straight-talking, deeply practical guide that shows you what the role is really like - without the sugar-coating.This isn't another policy handbook. It's a clear-eyed look at the realities of safeguarding leadership: the disclosures that stay with you long after the day ends, the bureaucracy that slows you down when a child needs help now, the emotional load you carry quietly, and the small, powerful wins that remind you why the role matters.Drawing on years of frontline experience, the author goes beyond sharing stories. This book gives you practical tools that make safeguarding leadership easier, clearer, and more sustainable.Inside The Honest DSL, you will find: - Training resources you can use immediately with staff, including scenarios, discussion prompts, and activities that help strengthen safeguarding culture.- Conversation scripts to support you through difficult discussions with children, parents, colleagues, and external agencies.- Practical strategies for triangulating evidence, helping you make confident decisions when situations are complex or unclear.- Guidance for leading staff through safeguarding challenges, including how to manage conflict, improve practice, and build a team that takes safeguarding seriously.- Real-world insights into managing workloads, navigating multi-agency systems, and sustaining yourself emotionally in a role that demands so much.- Clear explanations of emerging risks affecting young people, from affluent neglect to online radicalisation and incel culture.- Hard-earned advice for avoiding the common traps new DSLs fall into, and how to build systems that actually work under pressure.This book will make you nod in recognition, pause in reflection, and rethink what effective safeguarding leadership truly requires. Most importantly, it will show you that while the role can be exhausting and isolating, you are not alone.The Honest DSL is more than honest. It is genuinely useful. A practical companion you can return to again and again. And a reminder that your work changes lives - even on the days when no one sees the impact you're making.If you've ever carried the responsibility of safeguarding, this is the book you've been waiting for.…