Secondary Business and Operations

Finance Training: Contract Management

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Introduction

Managing contracts is no easy task for many public sector organisations. It can be difficult to put the necessary thought into effective contract management.

Programme Outline

In this course, delegates will:

• Improve their understanding of the importance and benefits of effective contract management.
• Improve their understanding of how to put arrangements in place for effective contract management.
• Hints, tips and case studies.

Facilitator: Langbrook Finance 

• Target audience:
• Primary
• Secondary
• Post 16

• Included in package:
• Primary

Finance Training: Internal Financial Controls

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Introduction

Safeguarding assets is a top priority for all organisations. In a busy environment, it can be hard to give sufficient thinking to all the activities needed for a strong control environment. How do you avoid duplicate payments? How do you protect cash if you still hold and receive cash? How do you stay on top of all the equipment you have purchased? How do you prevent and detect fraud?

Programme Outline

In this course, you will learn: 

• What makes a strong internal control environment
• Processes, policies and procedures
• The links with internal audit
• Practical examples and case studies

Facilitator: Langbrook Finance

• Target audience:
• Primary
• Secondary
• Post 16

• Included in package:
• Primary

IOSH: IOSH: Managing Safety for School Site Managers (Refresher)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is suitable for managers of all departments within schools who have responsibility or involvement in implementing and managing health and safety systems who attended the IOSH course in 2023.

This is a course for those who have operational involvement with managing health and safety in schools.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course enables people in schools with responsibility for managing or implementing health and safety systems to understand their key responsibilities, and how to implement them. This course is accredited and recognised by the UK’s leading professional health and safety institution (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health – IOSH), and successful completion of this course will result in the delegate receiving training to a recognised standard of competence.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 Provide a recognised and accredited IOSH qualification for school managers.
 Understand the key legal requirements and standards to be achieved within the school.
 Understand how accidents occur, and how to implement simple systems to prevent them, also to ensure correct protocols are followed in the event of an accident to reduce criminal / civil liability and reassure colleagues and caregivers etc.
 Know how to conduct a risk assessment, and to implement a risk assessment strategy throughout the school.
 Identify the key hazards in the school environment and the management and controls of each.
 Know how to implement simple safety systems into other business initiatives and responsibilities to enable an integrated approach to safety.

SUBJECTS COVERED:

 Introduction & overview of health & safety management.
 Health & safety law .
 Hazard identification and management .
 Risk assessment .
 Accident minimisation, reporting and management.
 Key Policies and procedures required for safety
management.
 Assessment.

 

Key areas of study:

 Asbestos and legionella hazards.
 Fire safety.
 Safety of pupils on school premises, and on school trips.
 Contractor management, and safeguarding of pupils.
 Slips Trips and Falls.
 Key premises issues (chemistry labs, sports areas, vehicle movements).

Facilitator: In House Safety 

Site Managers will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the session.

• Target audience:
• Primary
• Secondary

• Included in package:
• Secondary
• Primary