Choose the support your home needs

Specialist sessions can be delivered as stand-alone courses, additions to Benchmark, or part of an improvement plan following Regulation 44 visits, internal audit or inspection.

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Case Recording: helpful to the child?

Accurate, respectful records that keep the child’s voice visible.

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From Closed to Open

Recognise drift and build habits that sustain an open safeguarding culture.

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Managing the Inspection Process

Practical preparation, calm leadership and learning before, during and after inspection.

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Regulation 40 Notifications

Professional judgement and concise, transparent notifications.

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Sexualised Behaviours

Safeguarding-led responses that preserve dignity and relationships.

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Additional bespoke sessions

Further sessions are available where they meet the needs of the home and complement the core programme.

  • Missing from home and return-home conversations.
  • Child exploitation and working with the wider professional system.
  • Safeguarding and the holding of risk.
  • Legal care orders and what they mean in everyday residential practice.
  • Deprivation of liberty, restrictive practice and the ethics of care.
  • Memorabilia, memory-making and the capturing of childhood.
  • Full PACE training, delivered over a longer programme where required.

Let’s talk about your team

Tell us about your home, who you would like to attend and what you want the training to address. We’ll help you explore the options.

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Skylark Consultancy Ltd.
Ushaw Historic House
Chapels and Gardens
Woodland Road
Durham
DH7 9RH

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