How ready is your organization?
Ten honest questions. Your answers stay on your device. Requirements vary by state, so this is a starting point, not an audit or legal advice.
Have you named a designated safeguarding lead and a trained deputy, in writing?
Have all staff and volunteers completed child-abuse and mandated-reporter training that meets your state's requirements in the last 12 months?
Does a written procedure tell every adult who to tell, when, and how to report to child protective services or law enforcement?
Are background checks and references completed before anyone starts working with young people?
Do you have written rules on one-to-one contact, transport, overnight trips and communication, including online and by phone, between adults and young people?
Do your board and senior leaders receive regular safeguarding training and review safeguarding reports every quarter?
Do you track absence patterns and have a clear plan when a young person's attendance drops?
Would your staff describe your culture as supportive, positive and collaborative, with people working well together?
Do you track staff turnover, sick leave or burnout, and act on what you find?
Do staff and volunteers receive resilience and emotional support, such as stress-management training, supervision or debriefing?
Our signature approach
The Phina Quantum Impact Model™
Protecting People. Strengthening Potential. Transforming Outcomes.
Phina Quantum Safeguarding Model™
Stronger Systems. Safer Environments.For leaders, staff and boards: health checks, attendance reviews, safeguarding training, staff resilience and ongoing advice.
Phina Rapid Quantum Success Method™
Stronger Beliefs. Stronger Futures.For young people: confidence, self-belief, goal-setting and the skills to reach their potential.
Start small. Build safely.
Start with a review, then build. Fixed fees so you know the cost before we begin.
Safeguarding Health Check START HERE
A full review of your safeguarding policies, procedures and practice. You receive a written report with red-yellow-green findings, a 90-day action plan and a one-page board summary.
Attendance and Belonging Review
For schools. A child who stops coming is often a child at risk. We look at your absence patterns, how quickly you respond and how connected students feel, then give you a clear plan to get young people back in class and engaged.
Phina Rapid Quantum Success Method™ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
A 6-week program, one session a week (6 sessions). Price depends on the size and number of groups.
Keeping children safe includes helping them know their worth and what they are capable of. This is our training for young people: confidence, self-belief, goal-setting and the skills to make the most of their potential. Delivered live online to groups, with a member of your staff in the room.
Governance and Leadership Training FOR BOARDS AND LEADERS
For board trustees and chairs, principals, assistant principals, heads of school, pastors and executive directors. Drawing on Phina's experience as a school board trustee and assistant principal, it covers:
- The board's safeguarding and child protection responsibilities
- Asking the right questions and reading safeguarding reports
- Approving and monitoring policy, and holding leaders to account
- Building a safe, open culture from the top
- What inspectors, insurers and funders look for
Safeguarding Training
Practical, scenario-based training for teachers, youth workers, clergy and volunteers. It covers recognizing concerns, responding to disclosures and reporting. It supports, and does not replace, the mandated-reporter training your state requires.
From $1,800 per day, or $995 per half-day
Whole-team sessions, live online.
Annual Advisory Retainer
A trusted expert on call: case consultation, policy updates and quarterly check-ins so nothing slips.
Safe Hiring and Screening Review
A review of how you recruit staff and volunteers who work with young people: background checks, references, interview questions and volunteer screening. You receive a short report and an action plan to close any gaps.
Lessons-Learned Review
After a serious safeguarding incident, and once any investigation by police, child protective services or legal counsel has finished, we help your leaders review what happened, update policy and training, and support the staff involved.
Staff Resilience Workshop
Calming, focus and recovery skills for the people who carry difficult concerns. Prevents burnout and keeps good staff.
Whole-School Partnership BEST VALUE
Everything done for you, for staff and students. Bought separately, the services below cost $19,000 or more. Save at least $4,000.
- Safeguarding Health Check, Attendance and Belonging Review, and Safe Hiring and Screening Review
- Governance and Leadership Training for your board and senior leaders
- A full day of Safeguarding Training for staff, plus a Staff Resilience Workshop
- The Phina Rapid Quantum Success Method™ for one group of young people
- 12 months of advisory support, with quarterly check-ins and a board report
Larger schools, extra student groups or multi-site organizations are quoted individually.
How we work
1. Assess
We review your documents, interview leaders and staff online, and hear young people's views through short surveys.
2. Strengthen
You get clear priorities, ready-to-use tools and training that sticks.
3. Sustain
Quarterly check-ins and staff support keep standards high long after we leave.
Who we serve
Organizations across the United States, online.
U.S. MISSION AND IMPACT
Building a nationally scalable model
Safely Thrive is being developed to support schools, churches, nonprofits, educational settings and youth-serving organizations across the United States.
Our online delivery model allows organizations in different states and communities to access safeguarding, child protection, policy, consultancy, training and youth-development services without geographical barriers.
But our ambition goes beyond individual online sessions. Safely Thrive aims to build relationships with organizations across multiple states, develop strategic partnerships, expand pilot programs and create scalable resources that strengthen safeguarding practice and youth development in organizations and communities nationwide.
How our governance model works
Train the board and leaders
Trustees, principals and senior leaders learn their safeguarding responsibilities and how to oversee them.
Set the framework
Clear policy, named roles, reporting lines and a written escalation route that every adult understands.
Monitor what matters
A short safeguarding report to the board each quarter: concerns, training, attendance and staff wellbeing.
Review and improve
An annual health check and action plan, so standards rise year on year rather than slipping.
Meet Phina
Founder, Safely Thrive
I'm Phina, a UK-qualified social worker and teacher with more than a decade of experience in safeguarding, school leadership as an assistant principal, and attendance improvement. I still practice as a designated safeguarding lead (in U.S. terms, a school's child protection lead), and I serve as a school board trustee. I help organizations keep young people safe and in school, and help the adults who protect them stay well.
Qualifications
- ◆MA Social Work
- ◆BA (Hons) Education and Theology
- ◆PGCE Teacher Training (UK)
- ◆Certified Life Coach
Recognition
- ★Award-winning leader, recognized for compassionate and inclusive leadership
- ★Recognized for social work practice and home–school partnership
Teaching judged Outstanding by Ofsted, the UK schools inspectorate.
Founding Partner Pilot
Three places only. Receive a full Safeguarding Health Check at a reduced fee. In return, we ask for honest feedback and, with your approval, a short case study.
Request a pilot placeQuestions leaders ask
Does this make us compliant with our state's laws?
No. We help you strengthen practice and prepare for scrutiny. State requirements, such as mandated reporter training, vary, so we work alongside your counsel and approved providers.
Why a UK-informed approach?
UK practice has long-established standards for safeguarding leads, supervision and multi-agency working. We adapt the best of it to US settings.
Do you work in person?
No. All our services are delivered online, so organizations anywhere in the United States can take part.
Do you work with organizations outside the United States?
No. Our services are only for organizations based in the United States.
Will you work directly with children?
Yes, through the Phina Rapid Quantum Success Method™, our training that helps young people understand their potential and how to reach it. Sessions are delivered live online to groups, with a member of your staff in the room, and never one-to-one. All our other services train and support the adults around young people.
Make an inquiry
Tell us a little about your organization and what you need. We reply within two business days, usually with a short call to understand your setting before we quote.
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Prefer email? Write to hello@safelythrive.com