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| Course Outline |
| TARGET AUDIENCE |
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| All practitioners and volunteers who work regularly with children, young people and adults who may be parents/carers. |
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| COURSE AIMS |
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| To provide practitioners and volunteers with the knowledge and skills to identify and act upon concerns about children, including those who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm, in line with "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (2006), and other key legislation and guidance. |
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES |
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| · State their own key learning goals in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children |
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| · Identify a range of factors which influence our assumptions and perceptions about individuals, and about child abuse, and how this may impact negatively on practice. |
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| · Demonstrate an awareness of the key policy, guidance and tools that influence how we safeguard and promote the welfare of children and explain their own role, and that of their organisation, in delivering one or more of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children 5 outcomes particularly "Stay Safe". |
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| · Recognise the signs and behaviours associated with different forms of abuse and outline a range of factors which may increase risk or promote resilience in children. |
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| · Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between children who are vulnerable, children in need and children who have suffered, or are at risk of suffering, significant harm; and outline the response route, in a York context, to these concerns including issues of confidentiality and information sharing. |
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| · List the key barriers to disclosure of abuse for children, young people and adults, and the barriers to acting on concerns for practitioners. |
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| · Define their own and their organisations roles and responsibilities, and those of other organisations and individuals, in relation to responding to concerns about a child, demonstrating a clear understanding of the referral process when there are concerns about a child. |
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| PRE-REQUISITES |
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| All applicants to this course will need to show that they have completed the CYSCB web-based Child Protection Basic Awareness course (or equivalent). |
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| All participants will be expected to have read the Government guidance "What to do if You Are Worried a Child is Being Abused". This is available on the City of York Safeguarding Children website at: www.saferchildrenyork.org.uk |
| Click on LINKS on the left hand side, then NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND LEGISLATION |
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| COST |
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| Free of charge. |
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| LUNCH |
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| Drinks and light refreshments will be provided. Lunch will not be provided. Please ensure that you bring your own lunch along, or be prepared to purchase locally. Details of local food outlets will be available on the day. |
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| TO BOOK |
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| To book a course, visit www.saferchildrenyork.org.uk and follow the links to the course application form - print the form & return to the address on the form (NB. This is our preferred route for registration). |
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| www.saferchildrenyork.org.uk |
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| Or, phone 01904 555650 if you do not have access to the Internet |
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