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Harmful Practices: Themed Safeguarding Set
Harmful Practices: Themed Safeguarding Set
When harmful practices such as FGM or honour-based abuse are a safeguarding concern, DSLs need clear training materials to help staff recognise and respond to these complex risks. This set provides safeguarding training resources covering female genital mutilation, honour-based abuse, abuse linked to faith or belief and modern slavery.
☑️ 4 safeguarding scenarios exploring FGM, honour-based abuse and cultural safeguarding risks
☑️ 4 one‑minute guides to share in briefings or as e‑bulletins
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to check staff understanding and prompt discussion
Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set gives you a flexible mix of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic quiz you can revisit across multiple staff meetings or CPD sessions. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads build staff confidence in recognising and responding to harmful practices in both primary and secondary contexts.
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What's included in this bundle?
You get a complete set of editable and ready‑to‑use resources to help you deliver harmful practices safeguarding training and raise staff awareness of culturally linked safeguarding risks.
☑️ Safeguarding scenarios
These editable Word documents present realistic situations to discuss with staff. Each is written to work in both primary and secondary settings, making them easy to adapt to your context:
- Female Genital Mutilation (Pre‑Incident) – recognising signs a child may be at risk of FGM
- Female Genital Mutilation (Post‑Incident) – responding appropriately to a disclosure or concern after FGM has occurred
- Honour-Based Abuse (HBA) – understanding and responding to honour-based abuse indicators
- Abuse Linked to Faith and Belief – exploring safeguarding risks connected to spiritual or cultural beliefs
☑️Safeguarding one‑minute guides (snapshots)
Quick-reference PDF guides to share in briefings or as e‑bulletins. These reinforce key signs and responses for different harmful practices:
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Honour-Based Abuse (HBA)
- Abuse Linked to Faith and Belief
- Modern Slavery
☑️ Quick quiz
The Harmful Practices Quiz document is a 10‑question, editable multiple‑choice safeguarding quiz designed to check staff knowledge and encourage discussion. The questions are realistic, with no easy answers, helping staff think critically about recognising and responding to FGM, honour-based abuse and other harmful practices. Suitable for both primary and secondary staff teams.
The scenarios in this set are also available to purchase individually and as part of specific single‑issue safeguarding training bundles.
Who will find this resource useful?
This resource is designed for designated safeguarding leads, deputy DSLs, child protection leads and safeguarding coordinators who need practical materials to train staff on harmful practices including FGM, honour-based abuse and modern slavery. It supports anyone with responsibility for whole-school safeguarding to build staff confidence in recognising culturally linked safeguarding risks and responding appropriately.
Headteachers, senior leaders and trust safeguarding leads can also use this set to plan and evidence whole-school safeguarding CPD. The combination of scenarios, one‑minute guides and a safeguarding quiz makes it easy to integrate into staff meetings, briefings or strategic training plans focused on harmful practices.
What questions does this pack have the answers to?
- How confident are our staff in recognising and responding to signs of FGM?
- Do staff understand the risks and indicators of honour-based abuse?
- Are we giving staff realistic scenarios to explore safeguarding concerns linked to faith or belief?
- How can we use quick, focused CPD to build awareness of harmful practices across the year?
- Do our training materials equip staff to respond consistently to culturally linked safeguarding risks?
What else can help me?
If you’re ready to build on this theme and deliver safeguarding training more widely, these resources can help you create a structured CPD plan.
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