Training - Courses

Looking for something more in-depth? Using our network of trainers we provide courses either virtually or face to face providing that greater level of detail. Not able to attend any of the dates listed? Click on more info and join the waiting list.

Early Years, Care, Schools, Colleges

Safeguarding Supervision

£199+VAT - Members

£249+VAT - Non Members

This highly popular 12-hour course helps structure and approach supervision using an established supervision model to enable supervisors to empower staff and focus on the experience and progress of children and young people in their care.

  • 11th Jan, 2024 - 13:00

    Online

Early Years, Care, Schools, Colleges

Child Protection Conference Training

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

This course is for safeguarding professionals working with children, young people, and families who may have to attend a Child Protection Conference as part of their role and want to feel more confident about contributing to the child protection processes.

  • 8th Jan, 2024 - 09:15

    Online

Schools, Colleges

DSL Support Programme

£149+VAT - Members

£199+VAT - Non Members

This 12-hour course seeks to grow the confidence of DSLs and their deputies, building on their initial DSL training. Looking at the challenges of the role, the course seeks to address compliance with statutory guidance, share good practice and consider how to create a whole setting safeguarding culture.

  • 25th Jan, 2024 - 16:30

    Online

Schools, Colleges

Safeguarding and Inspection

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

Inspection is taking a higher profile than ever and safeguarding is a limiting factor. This session will explore key themes in relation to safeguarding from recent inspections along with the importance of evidencing a robust and secure safeguarding culture and the challenges of doing this.

  • 9th Jan, 2024 - 09:15

    Online

Early Years, Schools, Colleges

Effective Referrals to Children's Services

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

This course will cover all of the below points to build staff confidence in writing an effective referral to children’s services, covering areas such as the legal framework, risk assessment and shared understanding.

  • 10th Jan, 2024 - 09:15

    Online

Changing the Vaping Culture

£99 - Members

£149 - Non Members

Vaping is fast becoming a habit of choice for many young people . This session will seek to look at :

  • How habits form- crucial in understanding how we may support young people in breaking those habits
  • Vaping – fact and fiction
  • Taking a whole school approach.

There will be opportunities for open discussions and some reflective group work.

  • 15th Jan, 2024 - 12:30

    Online

Suicide Prevention with PAPYRUS

£25+VAT - Members

£25+VAT - Non Members

Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that suicide is often preventable.

Safeguarding Network has commissioned this training to be delivered by PAPYRUS. Prevention of Young Suicide (PAPYRUS) is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

  • 25th Jan, 2024 - 12:00

    Online

Care, Schools, Colleges

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

A one-day course designed to help those who work alongside children and families to feel more knowledgeable and confident in having discussion about sexual behaviours, and to respond appropriately to concerns of harmful sexual behaviours.

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Schools, Colleges

Safeguarding for Governors and Governing Bodies

£49+VAT - Members

£99+VAT - Non Members

A short course for governors looking at the role of safeguarding in education and the requirements on governors to support their schools to meet the statutory requirements.

Early Years, Care, Schools, Colleges

'Courageous Conversations' with Families

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

We often have to deal with situations that are difficult and have conversations which we know could be difficult for the other person to hear. This course looks at ways in which we might do this whilst keeping ourselves safe.

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Schools, Colleges

Safeguarding & SEND

£99+VAT - Members

£149+VAT - Non Members

Children and young people with SEND represents a growing cohort. This course looks at why children with SEND are at greater risk and how to develop a clear and robust safeguarding culture.

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Early Years

Early Years DSL Support Programme

£149+VAT - Members

£199+VAT - Non Members

A series of four three-hour sessions aimed at new DSLs in Early Years settings. Delivered by experienced early years managers, this course will look at the knowledge and skills required for the role and seek to develop your confidence and understanding.

Filtering and Monitoring

FREE - Members

£49+VAT - Non Members

Keeping Children Safe in Education and the digital and technology standards for schools and colleges emphasise the need to have a clear strategy, roles and responsibilities, filters and monitoring arrangements in place to keep children safe online in education settings. This course is aimed at governors and those in leadership positions to ensure they are trained and confident in role, can access the tools they need to effectively lead filtering and monitoring arrangements and can document the decisions they have made in this area. 

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Developing and Evidencing Your Safeguarding Culture

FREE - Members

£59.00 - Non Members

Your safeguarding culture is key – represented in KCSIE and explored within an inspection. Can you define it? Is it understood by everyone, and can it be seen and tested ? Are YOU happy that it is effective  and secured with robust evidence?

We will explore how you develop and evidence your culture of safeguarding within a whole school approach,  with time for discussion and reflection. 

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Drugs, County Lines & Exploitation

FREE - Members

£59 - Non Members

We understand how challenging it can be to prevent children becoming involved in what may exploit them; causing lasting harm and trauma. Even more so, how to intervene, disrupt and safeguard them when they are embroiled.

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Filtering & Monitoring with Q&A

FREE - Members

£59 - Non Members

Keeping Children Safe in Education and the digital and technology standards for schools and colleges emphasise the need to have a clear strategy, roles and responsibilities, filters and monitoring arrangements in place to keep children safe online in education settings. This course is aimed at governors and those in leadership positions to ensure they are trained and confident in role, can access the tools they need to effectively lead filtering and monitoring arrangements and can document the decisions they have made in this area. 

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Keeping Children Safe in Out of School Settings

FREE - Members

FREE - Non Members

We're excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new safeguarding platform designed to meet the needs of organisations, clubs, charities and tutors working outside of the school environment. In this session, we will introduce the service and its many benefits to organisations supporting children and adults at risk outside of the school environment and the positive impact this can have upon making out communities safer for everyone. Details on membership packages and how to access the service will be shared and we will welcome your feedback. 

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Key Aspects of Safeguarding & SEND

FREE - Members

£59 - Non Members

Events in SEND and recent reports and reviews have reshaped some of the key areas of focus when working with children and young people who may have SEND.

We will explore the impact of recent events as well how these changes will sit within your safeguarding culture.

There will be time for discussion and reflection.  

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Information Sharing & Consent

FREE - Members

£59 - Non Members

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.  We look at previous cases and lessons to be learnt and who are the appropriate professionals.  When and why we should obtain consent to share and more importantly who with.  Identify parental responsibility and look at non resident parents.  How to follow the correct procedures and keep accurate reports, adopting a reflective practice.

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Holding many safety ropes: the role of the DSL

FREE - Members

FREE - Non Members

The talk will include a basic description of Mentalizing (a framework for understanding human communication) and how this can be helpfully applied to safeguarding settings in which accurate and proportionate communication is essential, but is frequently compromised, not least on account of the levels of professional anxiety and professional shame in such settings. AMBIT, as an approach used in hundreds of teams worldwide, will be outlined, and several applicable tools developed in AMBIT to help teams develop effective systems of help (especially where help-seeking is often, at best, unconventional) will be introduced. 

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