Advanced Safeguarding

An informative and crucial day for those working directly with children and families. We aim to develop the best practice in the protection of children by ensuring you have sufficient knowledge and the most up to date practice to effectively work with and raise concerns of child welfare.

The day will include case materials and scenario examples and an interactive training approach to get the most out of this sensitive and complex area.

Have a clear understanding of:

• What to do in response to concerns
• What contributes child abuse and neglect
• The  legal, policy and practice framework for safeguarding children

Using research and learning from serious case reviews to understand the:

• Importance of maintaining a child focus
• Impact of parenting issues such as domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health on parenting capacity
• Importance of family history and functioning
• Issues of family non engagement, superficial compliance within the context of the role

Increase confidence in:

• Professional judgement in the context of multi-agency working