Safeguarding and child protection

Audience

Designated Safeguarding Leads for all early years and childcare settings (private, voluntary, and independent, holiday activities and food programmes, and childminders).

Aims

Participants will develop an understanding of the Cambridgeshire requirements concerning referring to the local authority designated officer, further understanding of what constitutes an allegation and the possible outcomes using case studies. 

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Audience

This course is suitable for all practitioners working with children, particularly staff new to safeguarding training.

For experienced staff who need to update their child protection training, the 'Basic child protection refresher' training will be the most appropriate course to attend.

Aims

This safeguarding course will introduce practitioners to the categories of abuse and neglect and their signs and indicators. Data will be shared relating to the prevalence of child maltreatment. Practitioners will be familiarised with Cambridgeshire’s Safeguarding and Child Protection protocols. This training is in line with the local safeguarding partner requirements.

This course will enable compliance with section 3 of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage as set out in Annex C.

A certificate will be issued for attendance, which is valid for two years.

Additional information

If attending online, participants are required to interact with the trainers and, where possible, have their cameras on. The participant will be expected to complete follow-up activities in the setting with the Designated Safeguarding Lead for early years and childcare.

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Audience

This course is for practitioners refreshing and extending their basic child protection knowledge.

Aims

This course will present the latest safeguarding updates both nationally and locally. Practitioners will revisit a range of signs and indicators of possible abuse and neglect using case studies to reflect upon. This course helps practitioners build on their knowledge and skills. The training is in line with the policies and procedures of local safeguarding partners.

This course will enable compliance with section 3 of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. The training is in line with the criteria set out in Annex C.

A certificate will be issued on attendance, which is valid for two years.

Additional information

If attending online, participants are expected to interact with the trainers and, where possible, have their cameras on. Participants will have already attended a 'Basic child protection' training and therefore have prior knowledge.

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Audience

This session is suitable for all staff within early years and childcare settings, including childminders, and holiday activities and food programme providers. 

Aims

The objectives of this training are to understand the signs and indicators of criminal exploitation, including child sexual exploitation, radicalisation, and gang exploitation.

The course includes sources of support, templates, and documents for future work.

Additional information

This is a prepared session presented on Microsoft Sway. Learners follow through the content at their own pace. The learner will need to return the evaluation survey to receive their certificate upon completion.

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Audience

Designated Safeguarding Leads. 

Aims

This termly course will give Designated Safeguarding Leads up-to-date local and national information, guidance and resources when relevant. Opportunities to ask questions and network with other Designated Safeguarding Leads.

A useful free opportunity to develop a safeguarding ethos and refresh skills.

Additional information

A link to join the network online will be emailed a few days before each network.

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* Cambridgeshire Essentials

Audience

The DSL for early years and childcare in settings should be senior members of staff, ideally level three with at least two years post-qualifying experience, who have attended the 'Basic child protection' or 'Basic child protection refresher' course within the last two years.

Consideration must be given to part-time and shift hours to ensure a DSL is available in the setting during all opening times. There will therefore usually be a need for more than one trained DSL in a setting.

Schools, please note that this course is designed for practitioners working in early years and childcare settings and is only suitable if you have on-site childcare provision.

Aims

To gain an in-depth understanding of the role and the responsibilities of the DSL in an early years and childcare setting. To feel confident in fulfilling the role's requirements and have the skills to liaise with local statutory children's services agencies and local safeguarding partners.

This course will support compliance with section 3 of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.

A certificate will be issued on completion of the full two-day course.

Additional information

Participants must have attended the 'Basic child protection training' or 'Basic child protection refresher' course within the last two years.

This is a two-day course. All sessions must be completed to receive a certificate.

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* Cambridgeshire Essentials

Audience

This course is for the DSL working in early years and childcare settings who have attended the two-day training previously and require refresher training after two years.

Schools, please note that this course is designed for practitioners working in early years and childcare settings and is only suitable if you have on-site childcare provision.

Aims

To refresh the DSL's understanding of their safeguarding role and responsibilities when working in an early years or childcare setting, provide relevant updates and support confidence going forward.

This course will support compliance with section 3 of the statutory framework for the early year foundation stage.

A certificate will be issued on completion of the full session. Training must be renewed every two years.

Additional information

If attending online, participants are expected to interact with the trainers and, where possible, have their cameras on. Participants should read the information emailed before the course via the booking email.

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* Cambridgeshire Essentials

Audience

This training is suitable for Designated Safeguarding Leads for early years and childcare who will gain the knowledge and confidence to manage concerns of domestic abuse and provide support for children, families and staff. 

Aims

National research shows that the impact on children experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse can be wide-ranging, damaging, and in some cases, dangerous. It can impact a child’s achievement, emotional wellbeing, behaviour and learning; the lasting effects mean that early support and intervention are crucial.

Participants will gain the additional knowledge necessary to become the domestic abuse lead for their setting to enable them to deal confidently with disclosures and provide support for children and families. The session will include a reference to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which updates the definition of domestic abuse and recognises children experiencing domestic abuse as victims in their own right.

The session will include references to domestic abuse referral and assessment processes, including the multi-agency risk assessment conference, and the vital role that early years settings play in reducing the risk to children who live with domestic abuse and violence through the use of appropriate information sharing.

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Audience

Suitable for all staff in early years and childcare settings, holiday activities and food programme providers, and childminders.

Aims

To build awareness of the dangers to children online, how to ensure your setting is safe for children when using devices, consideration of policies and procedures concerning devices with image and sharing capabilities, and sources of support, including resources to share with parents.

Additional information

This is a prepared session presented on Microsoft Sway. Learners follow through the content at their own pace. The learner will need to return the evaluation survey to receive their certificate upon completion.

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Audience

Designated Safeguarding Leads within early years and childcare settings, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators, and Equalities Needs Co-ordinators.

Aims

This is an interactive presentation on Microsoft Sway, supported by the Cambridgeshire Safeguarding Partnership Board.

As a result of a thematic review undertaken by the Safeguarding Partnership Board, a need has been identified in all agencies to increase confidence in having conversations with families and other professionals to secure more understanding of the child’s lived experience.

This session is about finding opportunities to be curious and to demonstrate authoritative practice with confidence, leading to challenging disguised compliance and better outcomes for children.

Additional information

The Sway can be completed with prior booking in the person's own time. The learner is expected to complete the evaluation survey and return it to the training centre to receive their certificate. A follow-up supportive document will be sent out to support the lead in the role.

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Audience

Suitable for Designated Safeguarding Leads within early years and childcare settings and childminders.  

Aims

The aim of this training is to enable Designated Safeguarding Leads to consider the impact parental substance misuse has on children and to develop joint working with other agencies, when to make a referral and ensuring information sharing protocols are in place.

Local and national data is shared. Sources of support and how to address the concerns with parents directly when safe to do so.

Additional information

This is a prepared session presented on Microsoft Sway. Learner follows through the content at their own pace. The learner will need to return the evaluation survey to receive their certificate upon completion.

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Audience

Suitable for Designated Safeguarding Leads within early years and childcare settings and childminders.  

Aims

This is an interactive presentation on Microsoft Sway for the Designated Safeguarding Lead in early years settings, out-of-school clubs, holiday clubs, and those who work in the early years foundation stage.

A session to revisit and refresh all the information you need to ensure you are keeping good quality welfare records and how and when to share and transfer them.

Additional information

The Sway can be completed with prior booking in the person's time. The learner is expected to complete the evaluation survey and return it to the training centre to receive their certificate. 

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Audience

Open to all childcare practitioners, childminders and childcare management.

Aims

Recovery Through Relationships is an attachment-aware and trauma-informed approach. Designed to develop adults’ understanding of the effects of relational and developmental trauma and loss on children and young people. It encourages the development of professional curiosity, a ‘trauma lens’.

This course will consider the impact trauma and attachment difficulties can have on a young person’s life and education through the use of the Cornerstone virtual reality training headsets, enabling a greater understanding of a young person’s lived experience.

Additional information

Health and safety information must be read before the training.

Delivery can be offered at the nursery or after-school setting during evenings/daytimes and in two daytime sessions open to all at Papworth Everard. The duration of the session is two hours.

Onsite training is to be booked via the Early Years Safeguarding Team directly only.

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Audience

Senior management teams and managers who have attended 'Recovery through relationships - Introductory training' delivered by CambsEYC within their provision.

Aims

To use the knowledge gained within the virtual reality session to develop and provide activities and support whilst working with a trauma lens for children and families.

Additional information

An electronic pack of materials will be provided following the session.

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Audience

Designated Safeguarding Leads who have undertaken the 'Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for early years and childcare' training within the last two years and wish to deliver basic child protection within their provision using material supplied by CambsEYC.

Aims

To enable DSL's to have the confidence and the material to deliver basic child protection training to their staff which is compliant with the requirements of the safeguarding welfare requirements in section 3 of the early years foundation stage. 

Additional information

The pack will be supplied following the session including all materials needed. The cost for the session and pack is £30. 

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