Bernie has over 20 years’ experience as a safeguarding professional working in early years, primary education and community as a Head of a children’s centre and DSL in 2 London boroughs and more recently as a trainer and consultant nationwide.
Donny is a dedicated safeguarding trainer and consultant with a strong commitment to ensuring safety and wellbeing for at-risk individuals.
Lisa is responsible for assisting with SAFE’s administration concerning email and telephone enquiries, bookings and consultancy requirements.
Linda has over 25 years’ experience working within the education sector and as a child protection trainer for local safeguarding partnerships.
Karen’s professional background is in health, mental health and learning disability, with the last 20 years focusing on safeguarding and public protection, including risk assessments and reviews.
Sophie is a safeguarding and child protection professional with over 20 years’ experience. A creative and effective consultant and trainer, committed to the development and improvement of child led practice.
Catherine has over 30 years’ experience in post-16 education through working as a teacher, manager and Vice Principal. Due to Catherine’s background, she is highly experienced in the strategic requirements of an organisation such as policy development and reviewing processes and procedures. Further to this, Catherine is passionate about external supervision and providing this service for Safeguarding leads and their teams to ensure staff are well supported.
With over fourteen years’ experience, Ed is a highly qualified Domestic Abuse Advisor (IDVA) working with both male and female perpetrators and survivors of domestic abuse. Ed’s training aims to equip professionals with the skills, knowledge and understanding to assess and address the risks where there is Domestic Abuse.
Sam has over 31 years experience working within the police and specialising in safeguarding and investigations. Sam was an accredited Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Investigator and was the force lead for Domestic Abuse, Rape, Stalking & Central Safeguarding. Sam is passionate about safeguarding and supporting individuals with their learning thus ultimately improving outcomes for vulnerable adults and young people.
Anne-Marie is a safeguarding consultant and trainer with over 30 years’ experience working as a detective and safeguarding specialist in the police. Anne-Marie holds a passion for child protection and interviewing vulnerable witnesses and thrives to provide engaging and informative training through sharing her own experiences as an investigator.