This workshop is suitable for: Nurses & GPs.

Overview:

As professionals, you frequently work with people in their moments of greatest need and witness health and social inequalities that have a direct effect on the lives of the people you care for. Your sensitivity to personalisation is particularly relevant to safeguarding children.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

Outcomes / Content:

The aim of this training is to develop an understanding of safeguarding children, making sure you have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance, and how you can reduce the risk of abuse.

• To know how to communicate effectively with children, & to know how to ensure that they have the opportunity to participate in decisions affecting them as appropriate to their age & ability
• To know how to contribute to/formulate & communicate effective management plans for children who have been maltreated within a multidisciplinary approach
• To know how to ensure the processes & legal requirements are appropriately undertaken, where relevant to role
• To know how to assess training requirements & contribute to departmental updates
• To know how to deliver & receive supervision within effective models of supervision &/or peer review
• To know how to appropriately contribute to Practice Reviews.
• Draws on professional knowledge of what constitutes abuse, harm or neglect to support others in fulfilling their safeguarding duties.
• Undertakes capacity assessments within the framework of the relevant legislation
• Undertakes capacity assessments within the framework of the relevant legislation
• Discusses the situation with the person, documents & reports concerns, recording the wishes & views of the child at risk.
• Understands purpose & process of case reviews & lessons learnt.
• Attends relevant multidisciplinary meetings to present supporting evidence within relevant information sharing protocols.
• Works with other professionals & agencies, with children & their families where there are safeguarding concerns in risk management & protection.
• Undertakes clinical supervision & provides support for other staff

 Content:

•  Safeguarding children – the legislative framework
• Making safeguarding personal
• Categories of Child Abuse
• What to do if there are concerns about child abuse, harm and neglect, including local policies and procedures
• The importance of co-operation, sharing information (including the
• consequences of failing to do so).
• The developmental impact of abuse, harm and neglect
• The legal, professional, and ethical responsibilities
• Best practice in documentation, record keeping, and data protection issues in relation to information sharing for safeguarding purposes.
• The guidance related to participation in safeguarding enquiries and reviews.
• The professional duty to report crime in line with organisational and professional guidance.
• Barriers to reporting abuse
• Referral Processes

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