Child Protection Lead training

Who is this course for?

This course is for people who have a lead role and responsibility within their organisation for Child Protection practice. This would include responsibilities for management oversight and the development of policies and learning. Prior to attending this course, it is expected that you will have grounding in child protection practice, and have previously completed child protection training course/s.

Key Learning

• Recognise the important link between management oversight and staff working to promote best outcomes in safeguarding children & young people.
• Outline the relevant legislation and guidance central to the Child Protection Lead role
• Understand how to manage concerns and the referral process in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and young people.

This interactive training course will provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to carry out the role and responsibilities of the Child Protection Lead. The themes of the day include a focus on legislation and guidance, referral procedures and supporting and responding to staff & volunteers thereby developing confidence in the role and promoting best practice in safeguarding children and young people.

Please note: This course has some prior reading and exercises designed to enhance your learning and the group discussion. To strengthen the learning experience for yourself and other participants, it is expected that this is completed prior to the training. This pretraining reading and exercise will take approximately 1 hour.

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