Group C – Safeguarding Children

Description

Group C training is for employees who work directly with people and who have particular safeguarding responsibilities. These employees need to be able to respond to and take the lead with safeguarding concerns such as completing Duty To Report Forms, attending Child Protection meetings and writing reports for meetings.

There are separate pathways for this training according to whether the employee works with adults, children or both, and consists of an 8-hour training session followed by 18 hours (6 hours per year across 3 years) of training on specific safeguarding topics.

Example roles part of Group C include: Childcare Leaders, Childcare Deputy Leaders, Senior managers, Team Leaders, Childminders, Childcare Officers, Early Intervention Team.

Training refresher requirements for Group C training is 3 years, the 18 hours of additional training on specific safeguarding topics must be refreshed every 3 years.

Outcomes

At the end of a learning activity, participants will:

• be able to apply relevant legislation, policies and codes of conduct to their day-to-day practice and advise others about these
• be able to safeguard and protect people based on evidence available at the time and escalate concerns to the next level
• be able to reflect on factors, situations and actions that may contribute to abuse, harm or neglect and provide rationale for taking action and responding appropriately to concerns
• know how, when and to whom to report different types of abuse, neglect and harm
• follow the Wales Safeguarding Procedures and any regional decision-making process, and advise other colleagues about these when required
• follow the Regional Safeguarding Board’s protocol for ‘resolving professional differences’
• evidence that the voice of the child or adult is central to safeguarding decisions throughout the safeguarding process
• be able to explain the role of advocacy
• understand their role and responsibilities and contribute to relevant safeguarding forums and processes
• understand what’s meant by ‘professional curiosity’ and professional accountability
• understand the principles of effective supervision and peer support
• know how to advise and support others to safeguard people
• understand how to work in partnership in a multi-agency way, and be clear about other professionals’ roles and responsibilities
• be able to take personal responsibility for practice and development and continuing professional development.

Costs

FREE

Sessions

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Request a place

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If the place is available, it will be recorded on Dewis and you will be notified by email.

Enquiries

Call the Early Years Hub on 01443 863232.