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Various courses and offers you can undertake to develop your skills and knowledge as a safeguarding practitioner. 

The Safeguarding in Education Team aims to increase participants’ knowledge and skills of safeguarding so that the workforce can provide high-quality services and improve outcomes for children and young people. We aim to curate relevant courses in a centralised space (this means not all courses are provided by the Safeguarding in Education Team). Due to this, some of the opportunities may have different registration processes and costs.

  • For bespoke training requests (training delivered to your team at your setting) please visit our Commissioned Services page and complete an application form. 
  • For further CPD and informal learning opportunities please consider joining one of our Professional Networks.  

Costs and administration.

All proceeds of courses administered and delivered by the Safeguarding in Education Team go towards the High Needs Block for vulnerable learners. Please click on the various links for course costs and sign up forms. 

 

Training for Designated Safeguarding Leads and deputies

These are single-agency courses, bespoke to those working within education settings.

Suitable for: new DSLs, Deputies or members of the setting’s safeguarding team, or those who are completely new to the DSL role.

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Please note, prior to undertaking this single agency training course, we recommend that you complete the multi-agency Advanced Child Protection Course from the local Safeguarding Partnership (KBSP).

 

Suitable for: experienced practitioners who need to complete their formal training every 2 years in compliance with statutory guidance. 

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Local Safeguarding Partnership requirements

Any professional working with Bristol children are required to follow local safeguarding partnership policy and procedures to be compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education part 2 and Working Together to Safeguarding Children. The following courses are mandatory.

Suitable for: those trained to Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) level.

Please note, this training is required to join Bristol's Police Safeguarding Notification scheme. Every setting should have at least 2 colleagues trained to receive and process notifications. 

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Suitable for: Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), Deputy DSLs and other members of the setting’s safeguarding team.

It is expected that at least one member of the setting’s safeguarding team has completed this training. This training forms part of the Local Safeguarding Partnership’s Neglect strategy and enables practitioners to use the NSPCC's evidence based, licenced tool - the GCP2. 

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Specialist courses

These courses have been requested as part of consultations with the workforce and have come out of identifying need from the s.175 Audit.  

These courses are bespoke and relevant to colleagues working in the education sector. They are designed for those undertaking a ‘champion role’ in their settings, therefore attendees are expected to act as a point of expertise as well as cascade information to other staff members.

*previously called Tackling Peer on Peer Harm in Education.

Suitable for: members of the Senior Leadership Team and/or Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).

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Suitable for: members of the Senior Leadership Team and/or Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).

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Suitable for: members of the Senior Leadership Team, members of the governing bodies and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).

This training is facilitated by another team in Bristol City Council.

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Suitable for: members of governing bodies, named Governors for Safeguarding and Chairs of Governors. It's also appropriate for members of the Senior Leadership Team and/or Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) seeking an introduction to the governing board’s role and responsibilities.

This training is facilitated by the Governor Development Service.

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Suitable for: members of the Senior Leadership Team and/or Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).

This training is facilitated by Barnardo's.

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Suitable for: Designated Safeguarding Leads(DSLs).

eLearning from the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.

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Suitable for: members of the Senior Leadership Team and/or Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).

Whilst this course is no longer offered by the Safeguarding in Education Team, the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership training programme includes Trauma and Adversity Training (delivered by KCA) which can be taken instead.

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We offer two levels of CPD offers - one for new members of staff and one for Prevent leads/Designated Safeguarding Leads. 

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Multiagency Training

For multiagency training please visit the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership Training webpage

Offers include: