Training Bulletin September 2024

To book your place on the courses/workshops below, please click on the links below, next to the course information. If you don’t have a DeL account, email safeguardingelearning-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.

Conversations in Practice: Purpose, Style and Authenticity (Free to attend webinar via Careknowledge)

This webinar is about the art of conversation and its place in our practice. We’ll explore whether philosophy and styles like motivational interviewing can help us to develop critical conversation skills, and how that can impact on our practice, our wellbeing and the wellbeing of those we are in conversation with. Expect to question whether conversation skills are appropriately valued in our practice and feel motivated to be more proactive and intentional about developing your listening, thinking and speaking skills.

This invitation is open to all those who work with adults, children and young people, so please do share the details with your colleagues – we know how much is at stake personally and professionally, and we want to make sure this webinar reaches everyone who feels they will benefit from it.

👉Book a place on Conversations in Practice: Purpose, Style and Authenticity

Child Protection Training – Group 2 (VOYC)

Cost: £25 for VOYC members

Venue: Delivered Virtually via Zoom (link will be circulated)

Delivered by: Tom Coulthard, CEO of VOYC Devon

‘Awareness in Safeguarding’ is to increase awareness and confidence building in respect of identification, responding, recording and reporting processes involved in child protection. This Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership recognised training will also raise awareness of legislation, attitudes & values and blocks & challenges in safeguarding.

👉 Book a place on Child Protection Training – Group 2

SafeCall County Lines and Child Criminal Exploitation Webinar

This 1.5 hour session is designed to inform professionals through the following agenda:

• Introducing the SafeCall service, who the service is for and the different types of support offered
• Discussion around themes and trends identified by SafeCall in relation to county lines and child criminal exploitation
• Scenario based discussions around themes and trends related to county lines exploitation
• Understanding what families who have been impacted by CCE need in terms of emotional and practical support
• Discussion around how SafeCall can support young people and families in your area, this will also involve the use of case studies and feedback from those who have accessed the service
• Explaining SafeCall for professionals, how we can support you and your organisation, and how to make a referral into the service
• How to access SafeCall promotional resources and signposting materials
• Offer of 121 follow up discussions with professionals

👉 Book on to the SafeCall County Lines and Child Criminal Exploitation Webinar

Thresholds, Duties and Family Rights Workshop (replaces Level of Needs sessions)

These sessions replace the Levels of Need sessions, it is held via Teams

Learning Event Aim: 

• To provide a greater multi-agency understanding of thresholds, duties and family rights for family safeguarding

Session Outline: 

• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and increased expectations for greater collaboration to strengthen multi-agency working
• Explore what help, support and protection is in Devon
• Reminder of the law and legislative guidance in respect to how families should be helped and supported
• Consider whether help and support is effective in Devon – is it preventing the need for more significant intervention in family life?
• Reflect on our culture, values and how we demonstrate this to families

👉 Book on to the Thresholds, Duties and Family Rights Workshop

Multi Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection (Group 3 Core)

This course is suitable for staff and volunteers who work with children, young people, families and parents or carers where they are in a position to identify signs of child abuse or neglect and who may then be asked to contribute to assessing, planning or intervening and reviewing the needs of the child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns. This course is also suitable for Designated Safeguarding Officers and Deputies.

This multi-agency safeguarding training incorporates the competencies described in Working Together 2023 and the Intercollegiate Document: Safeguarding Children & Young People.

We have adapted our face-to-face training so that the Group 3 Safeguarding and Child Protection Course is now delivered virtually.  It is a blend of digital, on-line, e-learning and home study. All tasks must be completed for you to qualify for your certificate.

There is a cost of £130 to attend the Group 3 Core training for non-funded organisations.

👉 Book on to a Multi Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection (Group 3 Core) Course.

Child Protection Group 3 Refresher

This refresher course falls in line with the requirements of Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and the NHS Collegiate document. You can complete this safeguarding course when your training requires updating and you have previously completed our Multi Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection Group 3 Core training. An interactive course that has a focus on levels of need, and child protection definitions. The course develops participants understanding of risk within child safeguarding practice, by breaking down risk in a way that enables delegates to assess and analyse risk, and monitor the risk trajectory. It moves on to cover creating outcome focussed plans to manage and reduce risk effectively.

There is a cost of £130 to attend the Refresher training for non-funded organisations.

👉Book on to a Child Protection Group 3 course.

Dealing with Difficult and Resistant Behaviour

This training may also be referred to as ‘Courageous Conversations’.  This course can help you to broach difficult subjects with parents/carers (both early help and needing to make a referral to children’s social care); can help you to feel safe and confident in having courageous conversations with families; will help you consider the responses we may receive from parents/ carers and how lived experience impacts on the response. this is funded by us to attend. These will be once a month.

👉 Book on to a Dealing with difficult and resistant behaviour course.

A multi-agency approach to Restorative Practice workshop

This invites you to build on the skills and knowledge outlined in our Restorative Practice e-learning module. This is a one-day workshop facilitated by Devon Restorative Practice Advisers and Learning & Development colleagues.

This is a one-day workshop facilitated by Devon Restorative Practice Advisors and Learning & Development colleagues.

Workshops will be delivered “face to face” in each Devon locality.  By using a range of practitioners based and working in Devon, we are also able to offer follow-up and on-going restorative support and assistance to you and your teams helping to embed learning in day-to-day practice.

👉 Book on to a Restorative Practice workshop.

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) training

We now offer live Teams training every 3 months facilitated by a LADO. This is the preferred way for you to develop your knowledge and understanding about the LADO service. This will give you an opportunity to meet some of the team and to ask any questions.  The LADO training is aimed at all staff and volunteers who are in regular contact with children and young people.

This is funded to attend.

If you cannot attend the Teams training there is a PowerPoint presentation you can access which will cover the same information

👉 Book on to a LADO training course.

Other Workforce Development Opportunities

Please see our main training events page for more fully funded e-learning modules and video learning opportunities.