FREE courses on child protection

Submitted by Lindsay Peniston on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 10:20

The City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board offers multi-agency training that is open and free of charge to all professionals from agencies who work with children and young people in Hackney and the City of London area. The training is categorised into three different training audiences:

  1. Group A (those who have contact with children)
  2. Group B (those who regularly work with children)
  3. Group C (those who manage others working with children). 

Download the full training brochure to look at a description of these categories. 

It is important that you have attended a Group A training course, or an equivalent introductory safeguarding children course in another borough or organisation, before undertaking Group B or C courses. This information will be requested on the online training application form.

Venue for courses:
The Tomlinson Centre, Queensbridge Road, Hackney E8 3ND

September 2011
Group B: Impact of parental substance misuse on children and young people, 14/09/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group B: Working together to safeguard children – sharing responsibility in using child protection systems and processes, 21/09/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group C: Safer Recruitment, 28/09/2011, 09:15 - 16:30

October 2011
Group A: Communicating with children within a safeguarding context - sharing responsibility for listening to children, 04/10/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group B: Applying Systemic Theory to child protection and multi-agency working (2days), 11/10/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group B: Impact of parental mental health on children and young people, 18/10/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group B: Safeguarding disabled children, 19/10/2011, 09:15 - 16:30
Group B: Working with cultural and economic diversity in safeguarding children (2days), 24/10/2011, 09:15 - 16:30

Download the training brochure (PDF) listing courses from April 2011 to March 2012

In addition to the training programme, the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board organises a series of lunchtime seminars in response to recent issues, developments and policies at a national and local level.  For example, topics have included: Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Learning Lessons from Serious Case Reviews.

Check the training calendar for all events including lunchtime seminars.