12: Nominated child protection lead overview

This summer, we are releasing a compilation of episodes on key topics related to safeguarding children and young people within your community.  Learn more about: building a safer culture in your organisation how to deal with and respond to concerns about a young person or adult making the nominated lead role visible to children, staff and parents so they know who to go to for support training and development needs, including supervision and support for nominated leads the importance of establishing multi-agency relationships. These episodes were produced as part of a partnership led by NCVO, funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Lottery Fund within the Safeguarding Training Fund programme.Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.💬 About the speakersHelen Munn is the Head of Online Learning at the NSPCC and is responsible for the organisation’s elearning courses and our podcast programme. Prior to joining the NSPCC, she held a similar role at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.Cate Meredith has been working for the NSPCC for 10 years as a Senior Consultant in our Safeguarding in Communities team. She shares her expertise with organisations in the voluntary and community sector to ensure their safeguarding responsibilities are supported, understood and met so that children and young people are kept safe.Trupti Kavia is Head of Family Services for Home-Start in Barnet, Brent, Enfield and Harrow and has worked with the family support organisation for 15 years delivering efficient and effective services. As a Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO), Trupti is responsible for ensuring that safeguarding procedures are followed and staff and volunteers receive ongoing safeguarding training and support.📚 Related resources> View our safeguarding resources for voluntary and community groupsIntro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros