Why do I need to do safeguarding children training?

Our courses are designed to give professionals robust knowledge of what they need to know and do to recognise issues around safeguarding children.

  • Being aware of different types of abuse, and why some children and young
    people are more vulnerable to abuse
  • Understanding the nature of different types of child abuse and neglect, and
    where it can occur
  • Being confident in being able to identify warning signs and knowing how and
    when to talk to other practitioners, other services, children and parents about
    concerns
  • Understanding the importance of good information sharing and professional
    recording
  • Knowing what action they and their service should take when there are
    safeguarding concerns
  • Understanding the roles and responsibilities of other services including social
    care, the police and the LADO
  • Understanding how to develop an effective relationship with social care,
    including a knowledge of safeguarding thresholds and how to make effective
    referrals
  • Knowing what response to expect when they have raised concerns, and what
    action to take when they think that they have encountered poor practice
  • Acting so that they make a difference for the child or family concerned
  • Acting so that they are satisfied that they have done everything that they
    could and should have done in response to their safeguarding concern

Did you know?

It is now a statutory requirement for anyone working with children and their families to have training around safeguarding and child protection issues.

National policy such as Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013, Keeping Children Safe in Education, and legislation such as the Children Act 2004, the Education Act 2002, and the Childcare Act 2006 have all set out the roles and responsibilities of individual and specific services in developing safeguarding children knowledge and practice.

“Adele Gladman has delivered Safeguarding Children training to staff at Wakefield Independent School on several occasions. She is always well-prepared; making sure that she knows exactly what we want the staff to gain from the experience.

Her delivery is well-paced , interesting and informative. She includes many examples from personal experience and research , which fully engages the staff ensuring enjoyment of the course as well as providing a great learning experience.

We look forward to working with Adele again in the future.”

Headteacher, Wakefield Independent School

Why our courses?

As with many providers we can offer a range of courses on safeguarding children issues. Where we are different is that we:

Specialists

Are a team of specialists from different practice backgrounds, with years of experience in safeguarding issues.

Passionate

Are passionate about improving standards of practice and outcomes for children - we have seen what happens to children when practice is not good enough and children are left vulnerable to further abuse or harm.

The best in our field

Will find out about your specific workplace and staff; and design something specifically for you, your staff and your issues and requirements. We will look at how we can work with you to help your staff achieve the very best in safeguarding and child protection practice. Many of our clients say that we are the best in our field and as a result come back to us on a regular basis.

Practical and fair

Will talk about practice, not just theory. Are fairly and competitively priced.

We help beyond our business

Donate a percentage of our profits to charitable causes working with children so that we give something back.

We raise aspirations

Raise children and young people's aspirations by looking for opportunities to involve them in our work - peer reviews of our material delivered to young people, using their stories or artwork in our training, involving them in the design of materials of events, and giving them opportunities to deliver training or speak at events with us.

We know that our courses make a difference and are value for money. We also know that we make a valuable contribution to help our clients improve their practice and skills to achieve best standards in safeguarding children practice.

Get in touch with us today to find out more about how we can help you.