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Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of a child or young person

Safeguarding is everyone's business. As a practitioner, you have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people you work with.  Courses within this section will support your development of skills, knowledge and ability within this area.

Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse

Aims to increase participants’ understanding of the needs of young people who have been sexually abused children in order to assist them in providing safe care and assist the child’s recovery.

Emergency first aid for children and babies

Emergency first aid for children and babies

Aims to increase practitioners knowledge and confidence for delivering emergency first aid to babies, children and young people in the absence of an appointed first aider.

Foetal alcohol and neonatal abstinence syndrome

Foetal alcohol and neonatal abstinence syndrome

This event examines the medical and psychological aspects of foetal alcohol and neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Freedom programme

Freedom programme

This programme explores the effect of domestic violence on women, children and young people and how the freedom programme can be used to improve outcomes.

Internet safety

Internet safety

This course is a basic awareness training programme on the safeguarding implications of information and communication technology (ICT ) for practitioners working with children

Introduction to child protection

Introduction to child protection

This course is an introductory session for the protection of children and young people.

Managing ang assessment planning service (MAPS) for sexual harmful behaviour

Managing ang assessment planning service (MAPS) for sexual harmful behaviour

This event is an session to introduce the MAPS service and how to make a referral.

Teenage pregnancy prevention training

Teenage pregnancy prevention training

A series of training events covering elements of teenage pregnancy prevention and associated issues.