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NON TRADED SERVICES SCHOOLS - If you are a Non Traded Services School there will be a charge of £90 per person for this course and you will be invoiced accordingly.
Child Neglect Training
To achieve the required standard - All three parts of the training requirements must be completed. BY SIGNING UP TO THE VIRTUAL TRAINING SESSION YOU ARE AGREEING TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE TRAINING COURSE INCLUDING THE PRE-READING AND THE POST COURSE EVALUATION.
To achieve successful completion of this course, participants will have to complete the pre-reading of local polices and tools as suggested and be present for the entirety of the virtual training (3 ½ hours).
All learners must have previously undertaken their own organisation's single agency basic ‘Child Protection' training prior to attending this course.
Learners can refresh their basic knowledge of Child Protection by completing the 'Safeguarding Children - Level 2' e-learning course.
Participants are also advised to undertake the Neglect e-learning course as a foundation to this training.
This course contains the following modules:
| Module name | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Child Neglect Training | Event | 00:00:00 |
| Neglect webinar 2 (Feb 2021 version) | Video | 03:30:00 |
| Post Course reading material | Document | 00:00:00 |
Members of the workforce who work predominately with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of a child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns.
AND
Members of the workforce who are responsible for making safeguarding referrals to the Police and Children’s Social Care; and those who have particular responsibilities in relation to undertaking Section 47 enquiries; e.g. pediatricians, GP's, youth workers, early years workers, midwives, school nurses, health visitors, teachers, private and voluntary sector workers, police, social workers, health professionals. It also applies to all practitioners who work with children and families in any capacity but also practitioners who may not be working directly with them but still need an awareness and understanding of neglect .
The purpose of this course is for participants to:-
1. Recognise the impact of neglect on the developing child
2. Outline the range and types of neglect and how to respond to these
3. Compare different levels of neglect and how they relate to Gloucestershire’s Levels of Intervention
4. Use the Neglect Toolkit to inform a multi-agency response
5. Use the Escalation Policy if you are concerned about a professional's response to your concerns
To complete the GSCP Child Neglect training, both parts of the training requirements must be completed.
Part 1:
Complete the pre-reading of the documents included in the MeLearning course (as listed below) and bring a printed version or have electronic copies available for the duration of the on-line training:
1. Gloucestershire’s ‘Levels of Intervention’ document.
2. Child Neglect Toolkit
3. Neglect Checklist
4. Please watch the pre-recorded Neglect webinar
Part 2:
Attend the on-line course (3 1/2 hours) led by experienced practitioners from the Community Social Worker team (GCC) and the Specialist Nurse team from GHC NHS Trust.
This is an opportunity to learn together with other local practitioners, ask questions and be tested on safeguarding knowledge and skills.
Continue with your professional development (CPD) by attending further virtual training courses, viewing additional resources i.e. webinars, local reviews, policies and procedures.
CPD requirement - minimum 10 hours per year.
To access any of the courses you will need to login. If you do not have an account you will need to self-register or contact us for login details.
Please click the link to download the course flyer.
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