Sara can create and deliver a talk, workshop or training for your organisation.

Sara has 7 years’ experience creating and delivering multi agency training, as well as 14 years’ experience in the classroom teaching all kinds of wonderful children with every type of learning need under the sun.

Click below to expand on your options. All talks and presentations are bespoke.

  • Booking Sara for your organisation:

    Note: Sara has current PVG and Disclosure Scotland requirements

    ‘School’ includes mainstream, residential and any off campus provisions for young people aged 11-18

    Pupils

    Assemblies; House or Year Groups on Blood Red Sky and associated themes, depending on the needs of the school. Included but not limited to; poverty, trauma, reading for power and literacy.

    Creative Writing workshops for any year group

    Staff

    Inservice days; Delivery on child protection, inclusion, care experienced children and trauma, staff delivery on Blood Red Sky and how the themes within can benefit the school community

    English Departments

    Author visit, creative writing workshops on any topic, meeting a class that have studied Blood Red Sky for Q&A, or as requested.

    Team Building

    Senior Leadership, Management, Guidance and Pastoral Staff, Curricular Areas or specific departments

    The role of the classroom teacher, named person, GIRFEC and the continuum of care, recording and responding to care and welfare concerns, the voice of the child, disguised (non) compliance and professional curiosity.

  • Teachers, Social Workers (Children and Families, and Justice), Social Care, Health and Police trainees at Tulliallan Police College

    Co creation of course content to include and embed key themes incorporated within Blood Red Sky regardless of the subject specialism

    Motivational talks and inputs to students, probationers and newly qualified

  • Single and multi agency training for:

    Social Work including Justice, CLD, Educational teams including Educational Psychology, Opportunities for All, Developing the Young Workforce and attendance management

    Topics

    Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Protection, CARM and specific inputs for staff where their service user is an adult

  • Workshops on Blood Red Sky or general literacy

    Inspirational and motivational workshops on the power of reading and education, my own journey through supporting prisoners and being a member of Amnesty International, the power of community and hope for post release.

  • Co-creation of a specialist input or motivational talk relevant to the company’s values and improvement plan

    Working with staff who are supporting families affected by trauma, substance and intergenerational poor post school outcomes.

    Workshops can be specific to Blood Red Sky or on related themes

    Child Protection & Safeguarding Training

    Sara can offer a bespoke Child Protection Training session (face to face or online) for staff in areas such as clubs and community organisations on the topics of recognising and responding to abuse, neglect and safeguarding concerns.

    Individual organisations retain responsibility for ensuring this would meet the requirements for their governing body.