Safeguarding training

Below is a list of e-learning and ongoing training for specific safeguarding areas. Please also visit the upcoming training section for further training opportunities, including specific dates and limited events.

Attendance

• SCC recording of training session from 27.11.2024 Overcoming health barriers which impact on schools attendance. 

Child criminal exploitation 

• Level 1 Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines Training | Virtual  College
• Child criminal exploitation: expert insight videos | NSPCC Learning

Domestic abuse

• Operation Encompass (OE) - Online Key Adult Training : Operation Encompass - This free training is available to all schools and education settings including early years’ settings and Health Visiting. This training must be completed by all staff that will receive the OE notifications.
• SSCP eLearning : FREE-Staffordshire-Schools-Colleges--Alternative-Provision-only---Operation-Encompass
• New era free training for professionals
• E-learning SSCP-  Person posing a risk to children and level of risk

Extremism

• Prevent duty government training courses.
• ACT for Education | ProtectUK - Actions Counters Terrorism (ACT) for Education e-learning is bespoke training aimed all staff working in education settings and will teach learners how to identify security vulnerabilities, suspicious activity and how to respond when there is an incident.
• Act for Education e-learning course (40 minute course)
• Counter-extremism, preventing radicalisation in schools, LGFL resource. CPD videos to exemplify effective practice, answer questions, provide top tips, discussion points and real-life case studies.
• Robbie's story created by HOPE not Hate, centres around the case study of former far-right extremist Robbie Mullen.
• Case studies - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Fabricated or induced illness (FII)

• The virtual college offer a fabricated illness course at a small cost.

Female genital mutilation (FGM)

• Recognising and preventing FGM A free online safeguarding training course developed for the Home Office by Virtual College.
• Schools & Higher Education | FORWARD (forwarduk.org.uk)
• Bloodlines Monologues – National FGM Centre
• National FGM centre training presentation

Forced marriage

• Forced Marriage Unit presentation (1.34 MB)
• The Forced marriage unit (FMU) free forced marriage e-learning for professionals. The modules aim to enable professionals to recognise the warning signs and ensure that appropriate action is taken to help protect and support all those at risk.

Harmful sexual behaviour

• Education safeguarding advice team Peer on Peer including Sexual Violence Sexual Harassment between children presentation slides (263 KB)
• Managing a Disclosure – Brook free online course
• Sharing nudes and semi nudes advice for education settings, government guidance. This guidance provides a scenarios and training activity for use to use with staff.
• DfE Sexting slides (1 MB)

Mental health

• Free papyrus 30 minute training an introduction to PAPYRUS and Suicide.
• Online bereavement training for schools | Winston's Wish (winstonswish.org) free online training.
• Anti-racism and mental health in schools e-learning by Anna Freud
• Zero suicide alliance free online training (shared by PSHE education support team).
• ESAS DSL briefing May 2023 attended by health.

Neglect

• Staffordshire safeguarding children partnership GCP2 training.
• LGfL neglect training sessions - introduction to neglect, affluent and adolescent, children with SEN and neglect.
• DfE Neglect training materials, includes presentations, case studies and trainer notes
• LGfL case studies- Neglect | LGFL

Online safety

• Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: advice for education settings working with children and young people- includes training scenarios to use with staff
• Staff Led Online Safety INSET Presentation | Childnet. This online safety INSET presentation is designed to be delivered by the online safety lead, or designated staff member, in your school, organisation or child care setting.
• LGfL free training

Parental conflict

• SSCP E-learning Reducing parental conflict Stage 1
• SSCP E-learning Reducing parental conflict Stage 2

Child sexual abuse

• SARAC (Sexual Abuse Rape Advice Centre) provide tailor-made sessions, locally and nationally, covering a wide range of subjects from safeguarding, and working with self-harm and child protection issues to understanding the emotional, psychological and physical effects of trauma.
• The centre of expertise on child sexual abuse have free webinars that professionals can access, including Identifying and responding to intra-familal child sexual abuse free, short, e-learning course.
• The centre of expertise on child sexual abuse Identifying and responding to intra-familial child sexual abuse e-learning
• The SSCP provide specific L3 courses.

Young carers

• Staffordshire together for carers school offer includes training, assemblies and interventions for young carers. They can help you to support young carers and to work with their families.
• Young Carers in Schools programme, is a free England-wide programme, designed to raise awareness of young carers in schools.
• The Children's society CAPE (children of alcoholic parents engagement) Free training (just need to sign up) Families affected by parental alcohol misuse