Safeguarding Skill Study Day

You can choose from the following five courses provided for NHS levels 1-5. These study days are available in-house for bespoke group training, as well as our High Wycombe Campus.

Level I course

This is a short introduction to basic child abuse for healthcare staff.

• How to recognise potential indicators of child maltreatment - physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect including radicalisation, child trafficking and FGM.
• The impact a parent/carers physical and mental health can have on the well-being of a child or young person, including the impact of domestic violence
• The importance of children's rights in the safeguarding/child protection context.
• How to respond if there are concerns, including where to report concerns and where to seek advice

Level II course

This course includes a basic introduction to child abuse, as well as specific forms of abuse of note, and the process of referring cases to children's social care.

• How recognise, understand and respond to child abuse and neglect
• How to refer a case to children's social care
• Effects of domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health on parenting
• Awareness of specific types of abuse (and their implications) including: female genital mutilation (FGM); radicalisation; child sexual exploitation; and child trafficking.

Level III course

This course is for professionals that will frequently need to engage in safeguarding tasks including: referrals; child protection conferences; and serious case reviews.

• How to recognise, understand and respond to different types of child abuse
• Effects of domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health on parenting
• Effective inter-professional working in child protection and child in need cases
• Learning from serious case reviews of significant harm
• Using local knowledge to address practice gaps
• Information sharing in child protection cases
• The referral to child protection process
• How to engage with other clinicians about safeguarding issues.

Level IV course

This course is for named professionals and is designed to ensure their knowledge is up-to-date, and to assist them in supporting other clinicians to undertake robust safeguarding work.

• Basic safeguarding knowledge (as in Levels I, II, and III)
• Effective inter-professional working in child protection and child in need cases
• Learning from serious case reviews of significant harm
• How to identify safeguarding risks for the organisation
• How to conduct audits of child protection issues
• How to support other colleagues to challenge the views of other professionals (in child protection cases)

Level V course

This course is for designated clinicians, and aims to ensure attendees have up-to-date knowledge, and are able to use it in a variety of high-profile situations. These could include media discussions, giving evidence in chief for court, and taking organisational lead in safeguarding networks.

• Basic safeguarding knowledge (as in Levels I, II, and III)
• How to support colleagues in safeguarding cases
• Expert witness and giving evidence in chief
• Determining safeguarding risks for the organisation
• How to lead in safeguarding networks such as LSCBs