Child-Safe

In 1998 I was awarded a Home Office Police Research Award for Innovation for my work entitled “Preventing the abuse of foreign exchange students”. This later became the international charity Child-Safe.

I worked with Chris Gould, travelling the world speaking at conferences about the issues identified and raising awareness of the lack of legislation and monitoring in this field. Achievements of note included:-

• Targeted books of information and guidance

• Working with practitioners, law enforcement and law makers in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, New York, Miami, Canada, Belgium and Spain

• Co-presenting at both the UK and European Parliaments

• Organising, fund raising, staffing and running the Child-Safe International Conference in Bath

• I was also subject of TV Close up West documentary where I took a safeguarding disclosure during live radio interview as I was being filmed by the BBC!

Testimonials

"The portfolio is one of the best if not the best portfolio of evidence that I have seen in ten years of assessing... The porfolio is one that could be used as a model for other trainers to follow. I congratulate you on this excellent piece of work"

Speaking

I have presented my PhD Research findings to date online to audiences from both Teesside and Liverpool John Moores Universities. In 2024 I presented at the Warwick University Centre for Operational Police Research conference "Dimensions of Police Research, From Borders to Borough. A Showcase of Early Career Research"

I was both the Judges' and People's choice winner of the Teesside University Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) in 2024. The challenge was to present my PhD thesis in no more than three minutes and I went on to become a national semi-finalist in the competition.

Training

Testimonials

"Another great session by Kaye as always. Even after attending in previous years, it remains engaging and insightful"

"Kaye is excellent in how she delivers this training. Her passion and heart for safeguarding shines through in how she delivers. I always find these sessions enjoyable and practical"

"Thank you - this was the best, most interesting and informative safeguarding session I have been to"

"Excellent, apparently the highest quality training in the country. Thank you for being great, your passion shines!"

I am a fully qualified police national trainer and have delivered safeguarding training within Avon and Somerset Constabulary, as well as representing the police safeguarding role within Bristol University, the University of the West of England and to multi-agency safeguarding colleagues.

I have been a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain Safeguarding Contacts Group since 2005 and co-wrote the Baptist Union Excellence in Safeguarding Level 2 and 3 materials. I train all Excellence in Safeguarding trainers for the Baptist Union of Great Britain, ensuring consistencey in our team of around 120 trainers nationally.

I have delivered safeguarding training nationally and have been employed by various church denominations including Baptist, Maranatha, Elim, Bethesda and Vintage churches, as well as for Military Chaplains from around the world. I have also delivered training within Abbeycare Nursing homes, and for various charities including the mental health charity MIND.

I have worked with Bristol Baptist College since 2016 - training new ministers, disciple makers and college staff to become Excellent in Safeguarding as part of their annual induction week.

Consultancy

Between 2014 and 2016 the Baptist Union of Great Britain conducted a review of 4,500 files – the records of everyone who was or who had been an accredited Baptist minister, including files dating back to the 1940s. Any file containing information that suggested a safeguarding concern involving a minister was independently reviewed by me with recommendations made. Where immediate action was needed, the appropriate statutory authorities were informed. Where independent review suggested that cases needed further consideration, they were presented to an independent panel of safeguarding experts. Where, in the view of the panel, there was a clear case to consider removing a minister from the Baptist Union accredited list, these cases were passed to the Ministerial Recognition Committee and handled using normal ministerial disciplinary procedures.

This process resulted in statutory criminal investigations, removal of accreditation from some and new policy and procedure recommendations centering around ongoing training, information sharing and revised procedures to ensure all were safeguarded against exploitation and abuse in the future.

In July 2010 I joined the National Safeguarding Contacts Group for the Baptist Union of Great Britain, attending National meetings as an independent person, using my police experiences to support safeguarding work within the church.

I have attended Disciplinary Panels as an independent safeguarding consultant and been involved in ministerial investigations where criminal thressholds were not reached.

Testimonials

"I would like to give you my thanks for all the great work you have done for us. The work is such that it goes unoticed by the majority of people [but] will make a huge difference to how well we protect vulnerable people"