Safeguarding Disabled Children
Who is this for?
All individuals who work with children and young people. Safeguarding and Child Protection is of critical importance and anyone who works with children and young people. Staff need be able to recognise the actions and indicators of abuse, how people can be vulnerable and what they need to do to raise concerns about a child or young person’s safety.
Further Information:
This course will identify the meaning of safeguarding and child protection, types and indicators of abuse and the different possible reasons why the vulnerability of children and young people can be increased. The course provides information about the legislation which is designed to protect children and young people, explains the role of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), discusses best practice and preventative method to safeguard children and young people. The training supports the procedures to follow for any suspicions, allegations or disclosures of abuse in line with the local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) processes in your area.
Learning Outcomes:
- Definition of safeguarding
- Types of vulnerable people
- Actions and indicators of abuse
- Effects of abuse on children and young people
- What is a safeguarding disclosure
- How to recording and report allegations
- Preventative working
- Best practice examples
- Legal requirements
- Sharing information safely
- Professional blind spots
- Interagency working and collaboration
Duration: 1 day
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“We completed our L3 Safeguarding Children’s training with First Step Training and it was very insightful and interactive. The trainer was very knowledgeable and skilled at getting staff to think how they could safeguarding children and how to implement best practice in our service. The First Step team made sure they talked to us and understood our service and what we did so they could make sure the training fitted our business, and used our policies to educate staff on understanding how important these were.”
Residential Children’s Service Manager
