Essential Safeguarding for Community Groups and Volunteers

This engaging half-day course, led by a skilled trainer, is designed to be fully interactive. Its goal is to empower participants with the confidence and crucial knowledge needed to collaborate effectively in protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults in their surroundings.

Aims:

• Learn about the key legislation, guidance, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk
• Understand the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and adults
• Understand working practices essential to keeping children, young people and practitioners safe in a work setting including E-safety
• Identify the characteristics of different types of abuse and neglect and the indicators that these may be taking place
• Know how to respond effectively to evidence or concerns that someone has been abused, or neglected
• Good practice in record keeping
• Be able to describe the principles and boundaries of confidentiality and when to share information