Consultancy Services

Freelance Consultancy Services: Education, Health & Safety, Health & Social Care

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Unlock Your Team's Potential: Expert Skills Training for Critical Sectors

Struggling to keep up with evolving regulations? Need practical training that truly sticks?

We are an independent freelance consultant dedicated to delivering effective skills training in Education, Health and Safety, and Health and Social Care. Our mission is to empower your staff with the knowledge and confidence to perform at their best, reduce risks, and achieve outstanding results.

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How We Help Your Organisation Succeed:

• For Education Leaders: Develop a highly skilled workforce, enhance safeguarding practices, and prepare confidently for Ofsted inspections by ensuring compliance with DfE and EYFS frameworks.

• For Health & Safety Managers: Build a proactive safety culture, minimise workplace hazards, and ensure every aspect of your operations is HSE compliant.

• For Health & Social Care Providers: Elevate care quality, strengthen safeguarding measures, and consistently meet and exceed CQC standards, leading to better outcomes and inspection ratings.

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Our Approach: We don't just train; we consult. Through in-depth needs analysis, bespoke curriculum design, and engaging delivery, we ensure your investment in training yields measurable improvements and sustainable change.

Ready to transform your team's capabilities and compliance?

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1. Education Sector:

• Target Audience: Schools (Early Years, Primary, Secondary), Colleges, Academies, Independent Training Providers, Tutoring Services.

• Consultancy Focus:

  • Curriculum Development & Review: Ensuring alignment with national curriculum standards, Ofsted expectations, and EYFS framework (for early years settings).

  • Safeguarding & Child Protection: Developing and reviewing policies and procedures, delivering training, conducting audits to ensure compliance with KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) and Ofsted requirements.

  • School Improvement: Data analysis, strategic planning, support for Ofsted inspections (preparation, post-inspection action planning).

  • SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Support: Advising on compliance with the SEND Code of Practice, developing inclusive practices.

  • Policy Development: Crafting robust policies and procedures covering behaviour, attendance, assessment, and staff conduct, all in line with Department for Education and Ofsted guidelines.

  • Training & Development: Delivering bespoke training on effective teaching and learning, leadership, assessment, and specific regulatory requirements.

• Compliance Bodies:

  • Department for Education (DfE): Adherence to statutory guidance, national curriculum, and school policy requirements.

  • Ofsted: Preparing for inspections, ensuring readiness and continuous improvement in line with Ofsted's Education Inspection Framework (EIF).

  • EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage): Critical for nurseries, pre-schools, and reception classes, ensuring all welfare and learning requirements are met.

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2. Health and Safety Sector:

• Target Audience: Businesses of all sizes across various industries (including education and health & social care settings themselves), construction, manufacturing, retail, and offices.

• Consultancy Focus:

  • Risk Assessments & Method Statements (RAMS): Developing comprehensive RAMS tailored to specific workplace hazards.

  • Health and Safety Policy Development: Creating legally compliant and practical health and safety policies.

  • Health and Safety Audits & Inspections: Identifying areas of non-compliance and recommending corrective actions.

  • Accident Investigation: Conducting thorough investigations and recommending preventative measures.

  • Competent Person Service: Acting as an external "competent person" as required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.

  • Health and Safety Training: Delivering various courses (e.g., manual handling, DSE, fire safety, risk assessment, COSHH).

  • Compliance with Specific Regulations: Advising on COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, Fire Safety Order, etc.

• Compliance Body:

  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE): Ensuring all advice and solutions align with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and all associated regulations and Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP).

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3. Health and Social Care Sector:

• Target Audience: Care homes (residential, nursing), domiciliary care agencies, supported living services, GP practices, dental practices, independent hospitals, adult social care providers.

• Consultancy Focus:

  • CQC Registration & Compliance: Guiding new providers through the CQC registration process; assisting existing providers with ongoing compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards and associated regulations.

  • Mock CQC Inspections & Audit: Conducting pre-inspection audits to identify gaps and areas for improvement, mirroring CQC methodologies.

  • Quality Improvement: Developing quality assurance frameworks, implementing best practices, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Policy & Procedure Development: Creating and reviewing comprehensive policies and procedures for all aspects of care delivery, governance, safeguarding, medication management, and staff conduct.

  • Safeguarding Adults: Developing and implementing robust safeguarding policies and providing training on adult safeguarding.

  • Incident Management: Advising on reporting and investigating incidents, including Duty of Candour.

  • Training & Development: Delivering essential training for care staff, including CQC compliance, safeguarding, medication administration, moving and handling, dignity in care.

  • Governance & Leadership Support: Strengthening leadership and management structures to ensure good governance.

• Compliance Body:

  • Care Quality Commission (CQC): Central to this sector, ensuring all services meet the CQC's regulatory requirements, Fundamental Standards, and are prepared for inspections.