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The Government has defined the term 'safeguarding children' as 'The process of protecting children from abuse or neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully. Safeguarding Awareness Level 1 is suitable for those who have infrequent direct contact with children and young people, and may become aware of possible abuse or neglect.

Please note that this course is fully funded for governin ...

The key findings from recent serious case reviews involving children who have been exploited is the necessity for a multi-agency response to addressing the issue of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) in communities. Boroughs and nationwide, Local authorities, the metropolitan police and other agencies are working in partnership to identify children and young people at risk of CCE.

This half day course will provide an overview of Child Criminal Exploitation and provide information about how gangs recruit, groom and exploit children. Reference to the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the legal position ...

There are serious and increasing challenges posed by County lines and the criminal exploitation of children and young people. The 2017 National Crime Agency (NCA) reported highlighted that 88% of police force returns identified county lines activity, with a concervative estimate of 720 lines operating across England and Wales.

“Children involved in County lines experience particularly high levels of risk to safety and life that differ from other exploitation”. (County lines Scoping Report. May 2018 Jo Hudeck and St Giles Trust). Professionals need to gain knowledge, understanding and aware ...

When someone is suspected of being violent towards their family, the onus often falls on the victim to keep the children safe. The Engaging Perpetrators Level 2 training turns the attention back to the direct cause of the problem, by helping frontline child protection professionals to engage with perpetrators, to make brief, safety-focussed interventions and motivate them towards seeking more in-depth help.

The training is designed for frontline professionals who have already attended the domestic abuse awareness training and have general knowledge on best practice of responding to victim ...

“Child protection is part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity undertaken to protect children suffering from, or at risk of, significant harm” (Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2018).

Further information on Working Together to Safeguarding Children is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2

This one-day course is aimed at staff involved in the fostering task, foster carers and supervising social workers. The course addresses the shift in safer caring practice over the past few years and has been ...

Achieving for Children is implementing Signs of Safety from 19 June 2017. The Signs of Safety model promotes strong relationship building and enables practitioners across different disciplines to work in partnership with children and families to maintain a focus on building safety within the family.

The heart of the Signs of Safety process is an assessment and case planning format that is meaningful for professionals as well as the parents, children and young people being assessed. The Signs of Safety format offers a simple yet rigorous assessment format that the practitioner can use to e ...

Research, experience and learning from serious case reviews illustrates the importance of strong and effective recruitment and selection procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children, or who are otherwise unsuited to working with them. If you recruit staff and/or volunteers into the children and young people’s workforce, you should be trained in safer recruitment practices.

Organisations that provide services to children must incorporate these measures into their processes to remain safe, making safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children an integral ...

This training is an awareness level course and will equip front line practitioners, managers and specialist staff to be alert to the issues of domestic abuse, be aware of our local responses and where to go to for help.

The course is suitable for all those working within RBWM and who have day to day contact with members of the general public. The training is suitable for those working with both adults and children at all levels.

According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) year ending March 2020, an estimated 7.3% of women (1.6 million) and 3.6% of men (757,000) experience ...

‘It is as though the confluence of the search for certainty in detecting and eradicating abuse and neglect, combined with the belief (and management oversight) that following rules will further reduce the risk of missing a case, has replaced the space of reflection on professional judgement which actually protect children and young people’ (Munro Review of Child, 2010).

Supervision is an essential element of Social Care; effective supervision is linked to improved outcomes for service users. This course is designed for frontline staff working with children, young people and families. It wil ...

Professional curiosity is described as thinking beyond a single source of information and considering, holistically, the circumstances of the child and family. It requires asking questions, verifying and checking information, as well as not making assumptions or accepting things at face value.

“While the presence of a potential indicator of neglect does not necessarily mean that a child is being neglected, it will always warrant further investigation. Practitioners must be ‘professionally curious’ to determine further information in the interests of the child. It is essential that professio ...