Dr Jon Needham PhD

National Director of Safeguarding and Well-being, Oasis Community Learning

Jon originally trained as an adolescent specialist nurse before moving to a nurse advisor to a strategic health authority and then went onto a role as a young people’s health service commissioner. He worked briefly as an advisor to two World Health Organisation projects before becoming the lead for early help provision and multi-agency working in a large local authority. He became an education safeguarding advisor 10 year ago and for the last four years has worked as the National Director of Safeguarding for a large multi-academy trust. In his spare time, he is a voluntary youth worker, and mentors six men in industry. In addition, he is just about to complete his PhD in Psychology. When (if) he ever relaxes he is a keen fan of Korean drama (but does need the subtitles).

09:25

1 Main programme

Welcome remarks

10:30

1 Main programme

Keynote: Do managed moves really work?

In this session, we will hear a (former) pupil perspective, as Elliot McKenzie shares his experience of a managed move in conversation with Jon Needham.

15:05

1 Main programme

Principles of an effective safeguarding audit: A trust-led approach

CST's Samira Sadeghi will introduce a project to develop practical new support for trust-led safeguarding audits in partnership with our Safeguarding professional community. She'll set out the vision for a framework and principles that can be used in trusts of all sizes to underpin developmental and supportive audits, and how community members can share ideas and experience to help shape them.

16:10

1 Main programme