SAFEGUARDING

Tailored Support for Educational Institutions

Safeguarding

PMC offers expert advice and guidance to organisations, institutions, or individuals with a focus on ensuring the protection and well-being of vulnerable individuals, specifically children and young people. This advisory role involves leveraging PMC’s expertise to assist clients in implementing effective safeguarding measures and fostering a safe environment.

How we can Help?

In the context of educational institutions, PMC can support with:

Policy Development:
Assisting in the creation and refinement of safeguarding policies that comply with local laws and regulations.

Risk Assessment:
Conducting assessments to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities within the organisation and recommending measures to mitigate these risks.

Compliance:
Ensuring that the institution complies with local and international laws related to child protection and safeguarding.

Experience

PMC, an international safeguarding practitioner and school evaluator, offers expertise to undertake audits for schools. With a global perspective, PMC brings knowledge and experience to assess and ensure compliance with safeguarding standards. The audits are tailored to each school’s context, aiming to create the best safeguarding environment for students. PMC’s dual focus on compliance and best practices demonstrates a commitment to meeting regulatory requirements while exceeding them to establish exemplary safeguarding frameworks. This comprehensive approach aligns with the evolving importance of safeguarding in educational institutions worldwide.

Client-Centric Approach

Client-centered safeguarding support for international schools involves tailoring services to meet the unique needs, cultural contexts, and regulatory environments of each school.

Measures include

Cultural sensitivity
Legal & regulatory understanding
Global perspective
Cross cultural issues
Multi site considerations
Transient populations
Ongoing Support

Providing ongoing safeguarding support for international schools involves a comprehensive and continuous approach to address the evolving needs and challenges within these diverse educational settings.

Measures include:

Regular training
Policy review and updates
Consultation services
Risk assessments and mitigation

Tracy Fountain Child Welfare Senior Specialist at Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority

Priya is a dedicated Social Worker who’s passion towards achieving positive outcomes for children in her care is second to none. She always ensures her academic knowledge in the field is current and this is evident as it translates into her work. I would highly recommend Priya in any progressive organisation that puts children at the heart of all decision making.
Kate Bradley Vice Principal, International Community School, Jordan

Priya Mitchell is so knowledgeable about all things concerning safeguarding and child welfare. She can be fully relied upon in any and all situations and is an excellent member of the team!

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Redah Khan School Counsellor

Priya is an outstanding international safeguarding consultant/school counsellor and professional supervisor who is passionate about the well-being of children. During my tenure as a School Counsellor at Aspen Heights British School, I have had the privilege of receiving external supervision from Priya on a monthly ongoing basis. Her support and mentorship have been invaluable to me.

She has drawn from her own experiences and expertise professionally to provide best practice support solutions and has been instrumental in my professional development. She has consistently demonstrated an empathetic ear, provided encouraging words and steered me in towards creative counselling solutions. This has enabled me to improve my practice and support my students more effectively with greater longer term vision.

Priya was also the founder member of the Abu Dhabi School Counsellors Network which I have inherited from her successors. Her work in Abu Dhabi has been instrumental in paving the way forward for other school counsellors, like myself and also for women of colour in educational leadership roles. I have no doubt that her influence will continue to be felt for years to come and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from her.