Background: Understanding Adolescent Mental Health: Implications for practice and improving emotional well being Duration: One day course Aims: This course will address the increasing rate of emotional distress and mental ill health among adolescents .The focus will be to increase knowledge of the risk factors which contribute to emotional disorders, associated behaviours and effects on…

Background: The NSPCC Graded Care Profile GCP2 is a standardised tool for assessing the quality of parental care where neglect is a concern. It provides an assessment of the quality of care across the 4 domains of physical; safety, emotional; developmental needs. Newham LSCB have adopted the tool and training key professionals to use this…

Background: A Child Protection Conference is a multi-agency meeting to decide if children are at risk of significant harm and if so to recommend a Child Protection Plan. Core group meetings are an essential part of multi agency planning process. It is imperative that all agencies ensure a total commitment to these parts of the…

For professionals or practitioners working with children and young people Background: This is one day intense course which provides an overview into how children and young people access new information technologies, what the safety issues are and how we as professionals can help parents and young people to keep safe. Participants will gain an awareness of…

  ½ day Surgery for who have previously attended the GCP2 training and Have not used the tool and need to refresh or used the tool but need reflect Planning to conduct the home visit and utilise the tool   Skills to implement the GCP2 and beyond – exploration of the GCP2 tool and how…

Course Overview/ Aim The aim of the course is to introduce professionals to the practice of FGM in girls and women, exploring why it is practiced, the different types of FGM, its prevalence and its acceptance, along with how to recognise the signs and indicators. The World Health Organisation estimates that 3 million girls undergo…

Background: This course aims to enhance practitioner’s knowledge of the complexities of safeguarding children and families when faith and belief are possible factors. Explore the risks but also highlight strengthens within this arena for some children and families. Training Level:  2 Learning Outcomes: By the end of the 1 day course participants will : Understand…

When allegations are made against staff or volunteers who work with children, organisations need to be aware of their statutory duties. This course aims to inform participants of what these duties are, how the LADO Process works and how to complete internal investigations both inside and outside of this process. Training Level: 3 Learning Outcomes:…

Background This course aims to enhance practitioners’ knowledge, skills and understanding of how race, culture and/or faith and belief systems can impact on our safeguarding children practice. The course will also focus on the roles and responsibilities of practitioners, the legal framework and how to identify risk factors. Training Level: 3 Learning Outcomes: By the…

Training Level: 3 Learning Outcomes: By the end of the 1-day training, participants will have: This one-day, CPD-certified introductory course provides an overview of the key issues, to help professionals who work in collaboration with other agencies in identifying and responding to cases of intra-familial child sexual abuse.