Child Protection Practice

Trainer: Susan Wallace

Please note: this is an in-person  event.

This live training session aims to provide participants with an awareness of child protection and safeguarding issues, what abuse is, and an understanding of how to handle and report concerns.

This workshop will:

• Improve understanding of good practice and good boundary management in relationships with children and young people.
• Increase awareness of forms of abuse (physical, emotional, neglect, sexual and exploitation).
• Help participants recognise risk factors, vulnerabilities, and child protection issues.
• Increase awareness of roles and responsibilities of self and others.
• Increase awareness of the legal and rights context for practice.
• Raise awareness of key safeguarding issues from case reviews and research.
• Help participants to relate roles and responsibilities to organisation policy and procedures
• Increase knowledge of, and competence in, reporting concerns.
• Improve understanding of the complex context of child abuse (grooming, on-line risks, Toxic Trio, consent, organised abuse, cultural and institutional issues)

Important Information:

**Your Invite to training will be sent a day or two prior to the course date**.

• Our funding restrictions are such that this training is only available to those who work/volunteer for a voluntary, charitable, faith or community-based organisation. Please ensure you meet this criteria before applying.
• CiNI is located in the 40 Montgomery Rd business park. Please enter the stairwell by Podium for Sport and go to the 1st floor. We have free parking. Metro 6 (Cregagh Rd – Bells Bridge stop after the large roundabout).
• Lunch will not be provided. You can bring your own lunch or order from Cafe EJ (below CiNI)
• Due to the high demand for this training we can only offer a maximum of 2 places per organisation. Please do not apply for more than 2 places.
• Registration is at 9.20am for a 9.30am course start.