South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board & Children's Partnership Training

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. 

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.

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.

This half day course is essential training for front-line practitioners who work with and provide services to adults at risk. It will equip participants with an understanding of what safeguarding adults is, recognising an adult at risk, and how to take relevant action.

This 1.75-day course is for practitioners from all organisations across South Gloucestershire. It promotes effective multi-agency working and a key focus is on person/child-centred practice to promote positive outcomes for people who are affected by domestic abuse.

This course focuses on the importance of effective multi-agency working and best practice in adult safeguarding. We recommend that you complete the Raising Safeguarding Concerns course before you attend this course.

This one-day course explores adult exploitation and how to identify the different forms it may take. Exploitation can affect different people in various ways. The course will highlight signs  of exploitation and what you can do to help, or minimise the risk, or experience of abuse.

This one-day interactive course provides delegates with information and guidance on capacity and the legal frameworks relevant to self-neglect, including hoarding. It is targeted at all health and social care professionals who work with people who self-neglect.

Would you know how to spot the signs of human trafficking and modern slavery? It exists in our communities. This training will help you to identify the signs, understand your duties, learn how to respond and support the people you work with.

This course introduces the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) for front-line care staff. You will learn to apply MCA principles at work, understand when the MCA applies, and know when to seek advice and support. Enhance your skills to support individuals effectively and ethically.

Attendees will  explore the ‘What, Why and How’ of professional curiosity., with discussion of the barriers to being curious, challenging and courageous, identify ways to overcome them, and consider how to embed this approach into practice.

This course is for anyone who leads and/or reviews partner organisations and has attended the Raising Safeguarding Concerns course. It will help you understand and be accountable for managing and preventing organisational abuse in services.

This course explores various Risks Outside the Home (ROTH) for children, covering legislation, case studies, and practical tools. It replaces three previous exploitation courses and includes insights from local and national safeguarding practices.

This one-day course uses a variety of activities including case study work and insights from Safeguarding Practice Reviews. It provides practitioners with the time and space needed to explore the many safeguarding needs of this particular group of children.

This one day course examines Serious Youth Violence, its causes, and related themes like exclusion, additional needs, and language use. Practitioners will gain resources and strategies to address risks affecting young people in South Gloucestershire.

This two-day course helps practitioners from health and social care carrying out Mental Capacity Act assessments to confidently apply the principles of Best Interest Decision making and identify where there is a deprivation of liberty.

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.

This course covers the seven golden rules for information sharing, relevant legislation, how to have confidence when sharing, case examples, and guidelines on consent and when not to share information.

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.