An individual school’s safeguarding and child protection policy, and set of procedural guidelines, should provide a strong foundation for any effective safeguarding system.

Like all other educational establishments, International Schools have a duty of care to their students.

Field trips undertaken either locally or internationally are generally classified as constituting higher levels of potential risk when compared to activities undertaken within a school.

This session will provide contextual information related to safer recruitment and its correlation with safeguarding and child protection.

This full day workshop will examine the context for effective safeguarding practice globally as it relates to the issue of child abuse when managed within international school settings.

Chris was the founder and Honorary Vice President of Child-Safe International Ltd (registered charity) based in the UK from 2004 - 2013.