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Face to Face: Introduction to Safeguarding: Protecting Children in the Community.
Introduction to Safeguarding: Protecting Children in the Community.
Tuesday 24th June: 10am – 12.30pm
Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, regardless of your job role, how frequently you work with children, or how often you interact with young people and their families.
If you work, support or volunteer for an organisations or group delivering services to children, young people or their families in Camden; you have a vital part to play in keeping them safe.
This face-to-face session provides learners with essential knowledge and skills needed to effectively safeguarding children and young people.
Designed for volunteers, new starters and those with no previous safeguarding training; this course introduces the four types of abuse, how to recognise the signs, and what to do if you see or hear something that isn’t right.
Who Should Take This Course?
Suitable for anyone requiring the equivalent of a Level 1 safeguarding introduction; including volunteers, play and support workers, coaches, mentors, and new starters supporting voluntary organisations.
Learners who complete the full training session will receive an attendance certificate valid for two years.
The workshop will cover the following aspects of safeguarding:
- What is Safeguarding and the different types of abuse.
- Awareness of current issues.
- Myth busting and social care.
- Safeguarding in practice: Recording and reporting.
- Signposting, early help and support.
Notes for learners
Places for this session are externally funded and open to VAC members, voluntary organisations / groups delivering services to under 18’s in Camden only.
All ticket registrations will be verified, and non-attendees may be restricted from attending future VAC training and events.
- If you are not a member of VAC and would like to find out more about our membership offer, please click here: https://vac.org.uk/get-involved/membership/
- For further information on safeguarding training visit Camden’s Safeguarding Children’s Partnership here: https://cscp.org.uk/training/calendar-of-events/
- All attendees will be asked to complete a short evaluation at the end of the session; where on completion all workshop slides will be provided.
- For more information please contact: Dianne Carlton-Ogunyemi, our Community Partnership Lead to find out more. Email: dogunyemi@vac.org.uk (Mon – Wed)
