Foundation level courses

This full day course provides knowledge and skills in preparing for child protection conferences and core groups. The course explains to participants:

• the purpose and structure of a child protection conference and their role within
• how to be effective in a child protection conference using a strengthening families approach and best practice
• how core groups keep children subject to a child protection plan safe from further harm
• how to analyse information provided in a child protection conference to accurately assess risk

This course is particularly suitable for anyone working or volunteering who are likely to be asked to attend a child protection conference or core group to give information about a child or parent they may be working with.

This full day course is designed to improve practitioners’ ability to work collaboratively with their colleagues in relation to safeguarding issues. This includes:

• defining what safeguarding is and the importance of working with colleagues
• identifying when information can be shared
• listing good practice issues in safeguarding children
• distinguishing between an effective and non-effective referral
• explaining what happens following a referral

This course is particularly suitable for anyone who is the designated safeguarding person for their organisation or who works in a role with significant contact with children and young people and therefore would make direct referrals to children’s social care in the event of safeguarding concerns.

This half day course is designed to refresh the knowledge of practitioners in relation to working together to safeguarding children by: 

• summarising recent changes to legislation and statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding children
• explaining the importance of working in a multi-agency way in order to effectively safeguard children
• identifying issues encountered in their professional role and exploring potential solutions to any problems
• stating key themes which have emerged from recent local and national serious case reviews

This course is for those learners who have already completed the multi-agency course ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ and have not completed any other multi-agency safeguarding training since, or who would like a refresher on the basics.

This half day course enables practitioners to:

• increase their knowledge of safeguarding issues
• recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect
• know what to do if they suspect abuse
• how to handle disclosure safely

This course is recommended for anyone who works with children, young people and vulnerable adults and their families.