About us
Established in 2009, P Threlfall Safeguarding Ltd is based near Preston in Lancashire. Having worked initially with vulnerable people in residential settings, Phil Threlfall qualified as a social worker in 1998 and has developed a wealth of safeguarding and child protection expertise over the course of nearly thirty years, as a practitioner, manager, policy-maker, trainer and consultant, across a range of children’s and adult’s services.
As a former early years safeguarding consultant and local authority safeguarding lead who line managed LADO, School’s Safeguarding and Children Missing Education services, Phil has developed particular expertise around safeguarding in schools and colleges, including via Serious Case Reviews and independent investigations.
If you’d prefer remote instead of face-to-face training, we continue to deliver really interactive sessions via Zoom for a range of organisations. Please contact Phil directly to discuss your needs.
Our Ethos
Whether it’s training, policy writing or auditing / reviewing safeguarding in a school or setting, we are interested in best practice. This means safer children and safer staff in safer organisations.
Safer
Children- Feel safe and are safe in different contexts
- Are the paramount consideration and at the heart of everything
- Are empowered
- Have a ‘voice’ and know how to get help
- Are educated and informed about what to do, not just what not to
- Are resilient
Safer
Staff- Are knowledgeable, and up-to-date
- Are skilled, competent and confident
- Identify vulnerability and the need for help early
- Understand their roles and those of others
- Feel well supported and are well supported
- Know precisely what to do if they are worried
Safer
Organisations- Aim high and are governed effectively
- Nurture a safeguarding ethos and an ongoing culture of vigilance
- Understand that ‘it could happen here’
- Develop and are themselves capable guardians
- Deal proportionately with risk
- Make defensible decisions in children’s best interests
Who we work with
We can draw upon a depth and range of experience and expertise that is extensive and quite unique. This enables us to continue to deliver high quality services to and for a diverse range of agencies and professionals including:
- Early years providers
- Schools, colleges, multi-academy trusts (MATs), FE and HE Providers
- NHS trusts
- Women’s refuges
- Psychology services
- Residential services
- School governors
- Specialist therapeutic services
- District, borough and county councils
- Safeguarding Children Partnerships
- Language schools
- Local authority early help/family well-being services
- GRT services
- Fostering and adoption services
- YMCAs
- Mosques and madrasahs
- Student and supply teachers
- Student nurses
- Health and social care students
- Ex-forces mentors
- Social workers
- Family support workers
- Dentists
- GPs
- Apprenticeship providers
- Youth services
- Charitable organisations
What we do?
We write and review safeguarding policies and procedures, deliver safeguarding training to governors, designated safeguarding leads, staff and volunteers. We also provide consultancy services and undertake bespoke pieces of safeguarding work with a wide variety of organisations across the north of England and beyond.
We have significant experience of helping people with a range of issues and processes including:
- Physical, sexual emotional abuse and neglect
- Child sexual exploitation
- Criminal exploitation
- Modern day slavery
- Domestic abuse
- Alcohol and substance misuse
- Honour based violence
- Safeguarding audits and reviews
- Adolescent safeguarding
- Radicalisation and extremism
- Mental health and well-being
- Self harm peer abuse and harmful sexual behaviour
- Suicide
- Developing robust governance
- Staff supervision
- Anti-bullying
- Multi-agency working
- Attachments, developmental trauma and promoting resilience
- Online safety
- Safer working practice
- Managing allegations against staff
- Safeguarding adults
The list above isn’t exhaustive and we keep right up-to-date with the latest research, statutory and non statutory guidance in order to ensure that we are always best placed to support clients around new and emerging requirements and risks.
Our Services
Training
- One day training for new Designated Safeguarding Leads
- Refreshers and updates for existing DSLs
- More advanced training for SLT / key pastoral staff
- Safer recruitment (SCR Consortium accredited)
- Whole school / setting sessions
- Effective Safeguarding governance
Safeguarding
Reviews- Shorter, compliance-focused reviews to ensure you are inspection-ready
- More comprehensive reviews with an emphasis on developing and embedding best practice
- Detailed reports, including links to up to date resources, guidance and procedures
- Clear recommendations about what to do next
Supervision
- For DSLs, Heads and pastoral staff
- Based on over twenty five years experience of safeguarding supervision
- Underpinned by written agreements and supported by supervision records
- Consistent with statutory guidance and expectations
Bespoke
Work- Writing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures
- Independent investigations and reports
- Work with young people, parents and carers
Testimonials
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Whatever your requirements, we will be delighted to discuss your needs in order to design and deliver a package bespoke to you.
We aim to get back to you as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours.