Continuing Professional Development is important for international school safeguarding and child protection stakeholders. A unique aspect of CPD for this cohort to consider is that of one-off or regular external professional supervision or mentoring.
Social workers, counsellors and psychologists participate regularly in professional supervision. This is not a line-management task-focused activity, but a safe space provided by qualified supervisors to other professionals to reflect upon how best to perform their work and debrief its vicarious impacts and challenges. I would encourage those working in key stakeholder child protection roles to be supervised or mentored in this way.
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