Allegations Against Staff: When the Concern Is a Colleague
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Recognise when the LADO threshold is met, refer within one working day, and handle low-level concerns fairly.
- Assign to
- Managers and DSLs
- Duration
- 27 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Identify the four LADO harm-threshold criteria.
- Contact the LADO within one working day, without investigating.
- Handle low-level concerns consistently.
The course
- 01The threshold
- 02Referring
- 03Low-level concerns
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Write Sarah’s referral record”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. In “Mr Clarke comes to see you”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Quiet word, or LADO first?”; and “Low-level concern, or an allegation?”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
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Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Education Act 2002
- Children Act 2004
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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