Safeguarding

Please read this information to understand more about the training offer from the Safeguarding Adults Board and Children’s Partnership.

This will help you to know about the training pathways and costs associated with the training programme.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This course is the first level of inter-agency child protection training. Together, delegates will explore safeguarding themes. It aims to make sure delegates are confident in understanding what child abuse is and when and how to act on concerns. 

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This course is for anyone who works with children, young people, and families in South Gloucestershire and is the second level of inter-agency child protection training. It builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the Introduction to Child Protection course.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This course is for anyone who works with children, young people, and families in South Gloucestershire and is the second level of inter-agency child protection training. It builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the Introduction to Child Protection course.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This half day course will help to enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence to work together well, to ensure that the provision of help, support and protection of children is effective. You must have already completed the Advanced Child Protection update.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This half day course will help to enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence to work together well, to ensure that the provision of help, support and protection of children is effective. You must have already completed the Advanced Child Protection update.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This half day course will  enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence to  ensure that the  help, support and protection is effective. You must have already completed the Advanced Child Protection update.

Eligibility: This e-module is for anyone working with Children and Families.

This interactive e-learning module introduces the South Gloucestershire Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT), outlining its purpose, key responsibilities, and role within the Families First Partnership reforms. It explains how MACPT supports consistent, informed and effective child protection decision-making.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This one hour session aims to provide an overview of child sexual exploitation (CSE).  Attending this session will give you up to date informtion about recognising the signs of CSE and give you confidence about how to respond if you are worried about a child.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire, the audience is predominantly for partner organisations rather than council staff.

The session will cover the changes coming into effect on 19th October relating to the Families First Partnership for everyone working with children in South Gloucestershire.

Eligibility: This course is open to practitioners who work with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This session explores information sharing changes effective from 30 September in line with new multi-agency guidance. It will explore the Information Sharing Duty, understand how new statutory guidance impacts the way information is shared and to ensure practitioners are confident about when and how to share.

Eligibility: This course is open to anyone working with children, adults, or families in South Gloucestershire.

A concise introduction covering what a young carer is, how to identify and refer them, key policies, thresholds, and an awareness of the Young Carers service. You will also be given links to essential resources to support confident, informed practice.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

Bitesize session to give practitioners confidence to know what neglect is and what to do if they suspect it to be happening.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This one-hour multi-agency session provides valuable information about local services and guidance on how and when to refer. It’s based on the threshold guidance ‘The right help in the right way at the right time’.

Eligibility: This course is open to practitioners involved in safeguarding adults.

This 45-minute workshop from the South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board is for practitioners from all agencies working with adults in South Gloucestershire. Based on learning from local safeguarding adult reviews and local practice guidance this is a practical learning session.

Eligibility: This event is open to everyone working with children and young people.

This session educates practitioners on private fostering and their obligations. Recommended for all who work with young people across agencies, to ensure they understand their responsibilities and who to contact for support and guidance regarding safeguarding children.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children and families in South Gloucestershire.

This 1 hour Bitesize ROTH session is essential for all multi-agency partners working across South Gloucestershire. You will gain an understanding of the term extra-familial harm and an awareness of different types of ROTH that children can experience. The session will cover South Gloucestershire’s agreed response to children vulnerable to or experiencing ROTH and emphasises the importance of mindful language use in this context. There is lots of useful information and resources shared.

Eligibility: This course is open to anyone who works with children, adults, or families in South Gloucestershire.

This is a 45 minute online session to support professionals to know about, and be able to use peer mapping when there is a concern about Risk Outside the Home.

Eligibility: This course is open to anyone working with children, adults, or families in South Gloucestershire.

This course is for anyone who would like an overview of the MARAC process. Topics covered include building an understanding of MARAC, how to refer, and the roles of each person attending the MARAC.

Eligibility: This course is open to professionals who works with adults or families in South Gloucestershire.

This is a short multi-agency bitesize session, held over Microsoft Teams giving an overview of the use of advocacy that has been commissioned by the Safeguarding Adults Board for professionals from all organisations