Child Protection & Safeguarding Training Courses

Whatever your training requirements, I shall endeavor to help you.

I have worked in the training and consultancy field since 2000. My background is in social work (qualified in 1990). I have also attended the postgraduate certificate in the therapeutic arts. I have previously worked in domestic abuse (refuges) and with adults with mental health needs.

Current Training Courses Offered

These courses can be tailored and varied on time/length too.

1. Safeguarding and assessment

Safeguarding/procedures (levels 2/3 and 4/5)
Recording and report writing
The role of the social worker (1 or 2 day)
Analysis and risk assessment/signs of safety (1/2/3/4 day course)
Learning from child safeguarding practice reviews

2. Development and direct work

Child development/attachment, trauma and brain development (1 or 2 day)
Communication/ direct work with children (1 or 2 day)

3. Core safeguarding subjects

Working with neglect
Working with emotional abuse
Working with domestic violence
Understanding mental health
Children who sexually abuse others assessment and treatment
Working with sexual abuse (familial)
Understanding and working with sexual exploitation and sexual trafficking
Working with substance misuse
Disabled children and safeguarding
Working with culture, belief systems and unconscious bias in safeguarding
Honour based violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation

4. Skillset

Building positive relationships/having difficult conversations/violence and aggression/working with disguised compliance/Motivational interviewing techniques and Signs of Safety
Direct assessment techniques with families to explore the AF and parenting
Direct work with children (see above)

5. Others

Supervision
Team building
Train the trainer