Newham Safeguarding Children’s BoardMulti-Agency Training Programme

2014 - 2015

Contents Page Course Information 3 & 4

Young People and Self Harm 22

Introduction To Safeguarding 5

CFAB- Trafficked Children 23

Protecting Children From Harm 6

Witchcraft & Spirit Possession 24

Working Together To Protect Children 7

Race, Culture & Faith 25

Domestic Violence – A CP Issue 8

Identifying & Preventing CSE 26

The Impact Of Domestic Violence On CYP 9

Children Missing From Education 27

Protecting Disabled Children From Harm 10

Female Genital Mutilation 28

Working With Aggressive And Violent Families 11

Domestic Violence & Young People 29

Emotional Abuse and Neglect 12

E-Safety – Raising Awareness 30

Understanding Diversity 13

Triage – How it all works 31

Impact Of Parental Mental Health on CYP 15 Lunchtime Seminars

Impact Of Parental Substance Misuse 16Understanding Gangs 17

MAPPA – Multi Agency Public Protection 33

Learning From Serious Case Reviews 18

Induced Fabricated Illness 34

CYP Who Display Sexual Harmful Behaviour 19

CFAB Private Fostering 35

Working With Non Engaging Families 20

MARAC – Newham DV Process 36

Children’s Rights And Participation 21

Course information

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Any professional working with children and families can apply to attend an LSCB course. We use professionals from all LSCB agencies to deliver the courses along with some independent trainers.

There are 20 places available per event open to Health, School, Children’s Social Care, Police, Probation, NSPCC, YOT, CAFCASS, Youth Service, Fire Service, Adult Services, 3rd Sector, Children’s Centres. If your agency is not listed this does not mean you can not apply, please contact the LSCB administrator for clarification of priority over places allocated. Courses are held throughout London Borough Of Newham.

Important information:-Most training courses are subject to change or cancellation, this is very unlikely and you will be informed by the LSCB administrator in such cases.

Confirmation:-Applicants will be emailed directly which will include course details and a map to the venue.

If you do not receive confirmation:-The course may be full but please check that we have received your application. Any queries, please speak to the nominator from your agency listed on our website or telephone the LSCB Training Administrator – Ann Capes 0203 373 3392

There are no costs incurred to attend, however, please note that there will be a charge of £100.00 for non attendance.If the place is cancelled 2 working days before the event or the delegate is replaced on the day, then no charge will be incurred.

Start Times:-All times are varied so you will be informed via participants confirmation email. Participants should arrive at the venue 15 minutes before the course start time for registration.

Signing in:-Participants are required to sign the sheet provided at the start of a course. Failure to do so may result in a participant not being given a certificate and being charged for non-attendance. If a participant’s name does not appear on the sheet the trainer has the right to request that the person does not stay for the course, or that the participant shows proof of their place (confirmation letter).

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Course information Late arrivals/Early departure:-We understand that unavoidable circumstances may mean that a participant is late for a course or needs to leave early. If you know in advance that this may be an issue for you please contact a member of the LSCB team. The LSCB trainers have the right to refuse a place to a participant if they miss a significant section of the session.

Certificates:-

All participants on LSCB courses will receive a certificate of attendance, however the trainer reserves the right not to give certificates to people who do not attend for a full day or are deemed not to have fully participated in the sessions.

Evaluations:-

Participants will be given an opportunity to evaluate a course at the end of the sessions. This information will be used to inform future training, including updating materials, changing course content and venue choice.

Non-Attendance:-Due to high numbers of people not attending the courses that LSCB provide, we have a Non-Attendance policy. If a participant fails to attend without a valid reason then their Line Manager will be contacted and a charge of £100.00 levied. All charges recuperated will be directed back into the training budget.

Refreshments:-In order to allow the LSCB to provide free places on courses we do not provide free lunch for participants. The LSCB will provide tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day on all courses. However we would recommend attendees to purchase their own lunch

Additional Learning Requirements:-Should you have any requirements which would make your learning and participation on a course better please use the section on the application form to inform us of this. We will make every effort to meet these needs and if this is not possible we will contact you to discuss.

Introduction To Safeguarding Children

Background:All staff employed within a multi-agency arena have an important role to play in safeguarding children and are often in key positions to identify and respond to concerns about abuse and neglect. This course is to enable all those who come into frequent contact with children and young people to develop awareness of, and the ability to act on, concerns about their welfare and safety.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to learn:

• What to do if they are concerned about the safety and welfare of a child• Disclosure• Their role and responsibility in relation to child protection• Categories of abuse, signs, symptoms and referral processes• Introduction to the legal framework

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 6th May 2014• Wednesday 4th June 2014• Monday 8th September 2014 • Wednesday 5th November 2014 • Friday 9th January 2015 • Thursday 5th March 2015

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Protecting Children From Harm Background:This course aims to extend participants’ child protection knowledge base and extend that to practice. This course will develop participants’ knowledge, skills and abilities to work together on the processes for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Contribute to Child Protection plans and Child Protection Conferences• Understand ‘step up and step down’ processes when protecting children from harm • Gather, present and share information appropriately

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 7th May 2014• Monday 9th June 2014• Tuesday 15th July 2014• Thursday 18th September 2014• Monday 6th October 2014• Friday 14th November 2014• Tuesday 2nd December 2014• Tuesday 13th January 2015• Tuesday 3rd February 2015• Wednesday 11th March 2015

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Working Together To Protect Children From Harm Background:This course will develop practitioners’ knowledge, skills and the ability to work together on the processes for Child Protection and promoting the welfare of children including those who are suffering, or at risk of suffering significant harm. This course will also outline the learning from recent Serious Case Reviews.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training participants will:

• Have the skills and knowledge to apply the principles that underpin effective child protection practice• Understand the roles and responsibilities of a core group member• Understand how they will contribute to Child Protection Plans and Core Group meetings• Have developed confidence in identifying and responding to

children and young people at risk

Course Dates:

• Thursday 15th May 2014• Wednesday 18th June 2014• Tuesday 23rd September 2014• Monday 13th October 2014• Tuesday 25th November 2014• Friday 12th December 2014• Wednesday 25th January 2015• Friday 27th February 2015• Thursday 19th March 2015

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Domestic Violence – A Child Protection Issue

Background:

During the session participants will explore the definition of domestic violence, its impact on survivors and identify models of good practice in working with children and families where domestic violence is or has been an issue.

Learning Outcomes:

Describe the government definition of domestic violence and explain the link between domestic violence and child abuse;Describe the different behaviours that constitute domestic violence;Identify regional and local procedures and guidance in relation to domestic violence and child protection;Plan how to use tools to help determine threshold of concernDescribe strategies for protecting children where there is domestic violence.

Target Audience:

For all staff who have regular contact or have a period of intense but irregular contact with children, young people and/or parents/carers and those with no previous training on domestic violence. This is an introduction course and will give participants’ a good foundation of the topic on which to build on.

Course Dates:

• Thursday 22nd May 2014• Monday 21st July 2014• Monday 15th December 2014• Tuesday 10th February 2015

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The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children and Young People

Background:This course will look at the impact domestic violence has on women and children and to discuss the different forms of abusive behaviour and how this affects a child’s health and well being.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the course participants will learn:

• A good understanding of the nature of relationships which are characterised by violence• The impact of witnessing violence on children and their

development• The safeguarding role of parents and families• To explore why women stay in or return to an abusive relationship.• Introduction to effective interventions and services• To understand basic domestic violence risk assessment and the importance of safety planning.• To consider what services are available in Newham, i.e. Specialist

DV Court, Multi-Agency Risk Assessment (MARAC),• Perpetrator Programmes, Specialist DV Voluntary Sector Services and know how to refer to these services.

Course Dates:

• Thursday 12th June 2014• Monday 22nd September 2014• Monday 26th January 2015• Monday 26th March 2015

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Protecting Disabled Children From Harm

Background:This course will develop knowledge and skills in the care and protection needs of disabled children, and to promote effective child protection practice with children who are disabled. We will be exploring the DCSF document on ‘Safeguarding Disabled Children’ and discussing the impact this has on working practices.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the training participants will be able to:

• To explore our attitudes, fears and prejudice towards children with disabilities e.g. that sometimes might enable us to explain away their altered behaviours• Vulnerability to harm• Recognise the importance of observation and communicating with Disabled Children• Stage related/age related development• To reflect on models of disability and the implications for Child Protection • To identify blocks and develop skills in protecting disabled children• To raise awareness about how abuse might present in children with disabilities and be able to put it into context.• To look at the inter-agency assessment framework and children with disabilities.

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 9th July 2014• Thursday 5th February 2015

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Working With Aggressive & Violent Families

Background:This course will improve the understanding of the learner of the serious impact that violent and aggressive behaviour can have on children and professionals. The courses will also develop skills in managing and reporting the aggressive and violent behaviour of a service user when encountered, and provide the opportunity for colleagues from different agencies to learn together and explore dilemmas.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the course the learners should be able to:

• Identify and demonstrate appropriate actions to protect their personal

safety.• Recognise how the violent behaviour of a parent/carer can cause

the professional network to leave a child at risk.• Identify how a child is affected when s/he lives with a

violent/aggressive adult.• Use some practical techniques explored on the course when dealing with and aggressive/violent service user

Course Dates:

• Friday 4th July 2014• Wednesday 10th December 2014 11

Emotional Abuse and Neglect

Background:Participants will get an opportunity to consider some of the dilemmas involved in working with families where there are concerns about emotional abuse and neglect. Lessons from research and serious case reviews will be used, to enable participants to explore assessment processes as well as appropriate ways of intervening.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training participants will be able to:

• Recognise and respond to the indicators for emotional abuse and neglect. • Recognise attachment and attachment patterns.• Recognise the symptoms of emotional abuse and neglect • Refer to research and enquiry findings, including the impact of trauma and stress on parenting capacity; to assist in understanding the powerful energies at play when working with emotional abuse and neglect.• Work creatively with children and their families to build on strengths whilst ensuring that the child’s needs are safeguarded. • To place this work into the context of Every Child Matters, where the well-being of the child is promoted and professionals work together to achieve positive outcomes for children and their families.

Course Dates:

• Thursday 26th June 2014 • Tuesday 24th February 2015

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Understanding Diversity When Protecting Children From Harm

Background:This course will develop your knowledge and skills in integrating diversity and cultural needs in child protection work and risk assessment.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training participants will be able to:

• Define diversity and understand why it is important to promote it in the context of work involving children and young people.• Demonstrate how values and beliefs impact on concepts of cultural differences and professional judgments. • State the implications and importance of the legal framework• Recognise the barriers and explore solutions in working with differences while ensuring children are protected• Demonstrate an holistic approach in the assessment process through

the use of case studies from a range of vulnerable groups at risk

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 10th June 2014• Thursday 22nd January 2015

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Creating A Safer Organisation – Minimising the Risk of Allegations

Background:The course will inform and ensure that practitioners, volunteers and managers understand safer recruitment procedures, identify warning signs that may indicate harmful behaviour and manage allegations against practitioners in accordance with local and national procedures.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course the learners should be able:

• To gain an understanding of the risk posed to children from practitioners; • To be aware of recent legislation; • To be aware of Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) responsibility; • To know what to do if you have a concern about another practitioner• What to do when an allegation is made  • To gain an awareness of the support and interventions available for the practitioner who has the allegation made against them; • Know how to keep good records and understand the importance of doing so;• To gain awareness of child protection cases that have influenced current policy and procedures around staff recruitment;• To be able to consider policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting/safer recruitment procedures;• To have the ability to review their own and their organisations’ policies and practices in recruitment with a view to making them safer.• To understand the role of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 29th April 2014• Monday 20th October 2014

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The Impact of Parental Mental Health on Children & Young People

Background:The aim of this course is to raise participants’ awareness of the impact upon dependent children of parental mental illness and to develop their knowledge of good practice in this area of work.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course participants should be able to:

• Have an increased awareness of the range of parental mental health problems.• Have an increased awareness of local mental health services• Understand specific risks to children resulting from parental mental illness• Identify key aspects of mental illness and understand how these may impact on parenting capacity.• Engage effectively in multi-agency assessments and interventions where there are concerns relating to the impact upon a child of parental mental illness.

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 2nd July 2014• Wednesday 25th February 2015

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The Impact of Parental Substance Misuse on Children and Families

Background:We hope to broaden participants’ understanding of issues relating to substance use and parenting, allowing them to feel able to make more informed assessments in this area.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course the learners should be able:• To develop an understanding of drug and alcohol use and awareness of the effects and risks associated with the most commonly misused substances. • To explore personal attitudes and values in relation to drug use in general and to drug using parents in particular.• To explore the possible impacts on children of parental substance-misuse• Develop skills in basic risk assessment of drug and alcohol use in regards

to parenting and Child Protection.• Begin to identify practical ways of working effectively with the children

around drug and alcohol using parents.• Develop intervention skills with families to reduce risk of harm• Identify the circumstances in which concerns trigger referrals for a Children Social Care intervention.• Develop knowledge of local resources for supporting families with

substance• using parents.

Course Dates:

• Friday 6th June 2014• Tuesday 18th November 2014

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Understanding Gangs, Gangs Activity and Serious Youth Violence

Background:The aim of this course is to raise awareness of the issues involving young people and serious youth violence and gangs in Newham. This course will help attendees to identify and develop the key skills and techniques required to work with those involved in the aforementioned activity. The course also aims to demystify media stereotypes as well as core beliefs surrounding gangs and serious youth violence.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course the learners should be able to:

• Historical background to Serious Youth Violence• Media myth busting – why are young people involved?• Local context – Gang Warfare• Grooming and Initiation – Female exploitation• Intervention programmes.• Understand what processes and interventions are in place to support practitioners• Early Intervention - Identify at the earliest stages possible whether a young person is involved in gangs and serious violence• Understand the reality of youth violence locally, whilst debunking

media hype.

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 25th June 2014• Tuesday 30th September 2014 • Thursday 4th December 2014• Wednesday 4th March 2015 17

Learning from Serious Case Reviews (National & Local)

Background:To enable participants to gain an understanding of the importance of serious case reviews (SCR) and how the findings from them impact on practice.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the difference between serious case reviews and the child death overview process;• Have an improved understanding of risks and the possible pitfalls in multi- agency working to protecting children and young people • Explore the lessons learned from SCR’s and reflect upon what they mean for their agency and their own practice

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 30th April 2014• Tuesday 1st July 2014 • Thursday 4th September 2014• Wednesday 27th November 2014 • Thursday 15th January 2015 • Monday 23rd March 2015

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Working With Children and Young People Who Display Sexually Harmful Behaviour

Background:This course will raise awareness of the continuum of sexual behaviours’ displayed by children and young people and explore appropriate responses. It will give participants an opportunity to develop their understanding and knowledge to identify when children and young people’s behaviours move beyond what could be considered ‘normal’ and become potentially sexually harmful or pose a risk to others.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course the learners should be able to:

• Identify the continuum of sexual behaviours’ displayed by children and young people in line with their development• Describe what is problematic sexualised behaviour• Describe what is harmful sexualised behaviour

Course Dates:

• Thursday 8th May 2014 • Wednesday 26th November 2014

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Working With Non Engaging Families

Background:This course aims to help practitioners explore strategies for working with families that present particular challenges and to improve skills in maintaining effective working relationships.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the course the learners should be able to:

• Describe what is meant by engagement and therefore what is mean by “difficult to engage”• Describe how and why families may exhibit difficulties in engaging or be evasive• Recognise the barriers that working with difficult to engage and evasive families causes in keeping the child at the centre of the work• Plan how to complete risk assessments which assess parental capacity to change, and risk to workers and children, whilst working to facilitate change

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 22nd July 2014• Thursday 20th November 2014

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Children’s Rights and Participation

Background:This course will develop your knowledge and skills in helping children and young people to have active and meaningful participation within the safeguarding and care planning process.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance of active listening skills and how the use of language

can assist to engage with children and young people.• Recognise barriers to children / young people’s participation in the plans

made for them and assist in locating solutions. • Carry out creative exercises used to gather children and young people’s perspectives and how these can be best shared in complex meetings. • Have an awareness of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the

Child 1989 and their responsibilities as professionals to promote the adherence to it.• Learn how the role of advocacy is a unique function separate to Social

Worker’s requirement to ‘ascertain wishes and feelings’ to enable candidates to identify appropriate referrals.

Applicants for this course should already have received basic safeguarding training.

Course Dates:

• Thursday 1st May 2014• Monday 10th November 2014

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Young People and Self Harm

Background:In 1997 NAWP conducted research on the mental health needs of South Asian women and published a report called, ‘Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain: Conflict and Culture’. NAWP’s ground breaking research led to the development of the Zindaagi (meaning ‘life’) service in 1998 – a service focusing on service delivery to young women and working under an early intervention and prevention framework. Since then NAWP has continued to document cases and support young women into education, employment and other opportunities that were denied them. NAWP has been delivering self harm training for 15 years focusing on young people and self harm.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand why young people self harm and raise awareness of self harm?• Understand the triggers of self harming behaviour.• Identify response frameworks to support young people who self harm.• Understand specific issues relating to young South Asian women and self harm and how services should be organised to support young South Asian women.

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 13th May 2014• Wednesday 18th March 2015

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CFAB – Children and Families Across Borders and Trafficked Children

Background:The practitioner will develop an in depth understanding of how to identify and safeguard trafficked children.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Know how to identify children who may have been trafficked• Understand types of child trafficking into and around the UK• Gather information about family overseas• Understand the process involved in working with country of origin• Understand legal and immigration issues in relation to children who may have been trafficked• Use the London Safeguarding Children Board Trafficking Tool Kit• Understand their duties and responsibilities towards children who may have been trafficked• Understand the role and function of the National Referral Mechanism • Understand how to return and reintegrate trafficked children to their

family and/or country of origin• Assess risk of re-trafficking both in UK and overseas• Throughout we will use interactive case studies and ask participants to bring live cases that the group can care plan for.

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 16th December 2014• Monday 9th March 2015 23

Witchcraft and Spirit Possession when Safeguarding Children

Background:This course will enable front-line practitioners develop their working knowledge of the role that faith and religious beliefs can play in parenting and child protection within different BME communities. The training combines recognition with what action should be taken to ensure that children and young people are provided with the safety and protection that is their right.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Examine the notion of religion/beliefs and the role it plays in parenting among many BME communities• Have a better understanding of key policy and legislation, including Government guidance • Explore the implications of beliefs in witchcraft and spirit possession on child protection and assessment• Identify signs of child abuse or neglect linked to a belief in spirit possession and/or witchcraft• Know the key considerations in addressing abuse or neglect linked to a belief in spirit possession and/or witchcraft• Gain an understanding of why children are abused or neglected in this way• Discuss how to work in partnership with faith organisations to enable effective intervention in families where there are child protection concerns based on beliefs and religion

Course Dates:

• Friday 18th July 2014 • Thursday 12th February 2015 24

Race, Culture and Faith/Belief Systems in Safeguarding Children

Background:This course aims to enhance workers’ knowledge, skills and understanding of how race, culture and / or faith and belief systems can impact on our safeguarding children practice.

Learning outcomes:By the end of the course the learners should be able to:

• To increase understanding of the influence of own and families’ race, culture, faith or beliefs on the parenting of children• An opportunity for workers to gain confidence in talking about their own and other people’s attitudes and beliefs – and how these might affect their judgment when providing services to children and families• To improve good practice skills in these areas when leading or joining in assessments or offering any other services to children and their families• To create opportunity during the day to talk about key local issues related

to the course topics• Work with families and communities to change behaviours • Develop a better understanding of key harmful traditional practices in BME communities and the roles that culture plays and its influence on child upbringing in many communities

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 22nd April 2014• Wednesday 8th October 2014• Thursday 29th January 2015 25

Identifying and Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Describe the nature of child sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation;• Identify the inhibitors to children disclosing Child Sexual Abuse and sexual exploitation• Explain the potential impact of child sexual abuse and Sexual exploitation;• Identify the different ways abuse can occur;• Plan how to respond to child sexual abuse using up to date. information on sex offences legislation and national and local policies and procedures

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 17th June 2014• Monday 15th September 2014• Monday December 2014• Tuesday 24th March 2015

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Children Missing From Education

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Background: All children deserve the opportunity to achieve their potential. If a child misses out on school, they're missing out on life. It's our legal duty to ensure every child in Newham receives an education. This does not refer to children who may be playing truant from school, but children who are missing an education altogether. Perhaps a child has failed to start in a new school or simply not registered at a new school when they move into the area.  We all need to make sure that these children are identified quickly and provided with a suitable education.

Children missing from education are at greater risk of: Physical harm and exploitation Substance abuse Anti-social behaviour Crime Illegal employment

Learning Outcomes:• By the end of the course participants will:• Have an insight into the Children Missing from Education (CME) guidance • Be aware of the processes of reporting a child missing from education• Have a greater understanding of the impact on children and young people, primarily safeguarding concerns

Course Dates:• Monday 2nd June 2014 • Friday 26th September 2014 • Monday 12th January 2015• Tuesday 17th March 2015

Female Genital Mutilation

Background:This half day course is suitable for any staff working in FGM practicing communities or with an interest in this area. It is recommended that at least 2 staff in each setting/team attend this training as mobility of practitioners and families means that all may encounter this at some stage. This course will enable practitioners to have an understanding of their roles and responsibilities regarding issues relating to FGM and safeguarding.

• To gain awareness of FGM guidelines and how to access them• To consider how FGM relates to the safeguarding agenda• To understand the background, signs, symptoms and health implications of FGM• To know how to make a referral

Course Dates:

• Thursday 10th July 2014 • Monday 2nd March 2015

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Domestic Violence and Young People

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Background:Young people can experience sexual violence, physical violence and stalking as well as emotional abuse in their relationships. Recently, the Government has changed the definition of domestic abuse to include 16 and 17 year olds, which will result in more disclosures of abuse.

Professionals who work with young people often feel ill equipped to broach this topic with them and unsure of the best response to a disclosure. We know that young people tend to turn to their peers for support, but attitudes towards abuse amongst young people can lead to abusive behaviour being condoned rather than challenged. This course aims to offer guidance on taking a lead and offering interventions to young people in abusive relationships

Learning Outcomes:The aim of this course is to: • Provide you with the confidence to ask young people about their relationships; • Improve your knowledge of how to respond to disclosures of abuse; • Develop your knowledge and understanding of the services available to help teenagers in abusive intimate relationships;• Enhance your understanding of what defines relationship or domestic abuse and more specifically, what is deemed ‘high risk' abuse;• Help you to understand how adolescents may be vulnerable as a result of their life stage; • Provide you with the opportunity to share experience and best practice with other professionals.

Course Dates:• Friday 2nd May 2014 • Wednesday 12th November 2014

E-Safety – Raising Awareness

Background:This is a basic introductory course which provides an overview into how children and young people access new information technologies, what the safety issues are and how we as professionals can help parents and young people to keep safe. Participants will gain an awareness of social media and new technological advances that children and young people are able to access

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Have an increased knowledge of what Social Networking is and how children and young people access social mediums• Be aware of the risks associated with Social Media and the potential child protection issues that surround them• Improve confidence when dealing with Social Media issues and to use their knowledge to support parents and children and young people to keep safe

Course Dates:

• Tuesday 24th June 2014 • Wednesday 3rd September 2014• Thursday 18th December 2014 • Tuesday 10th March 2015

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Triage – How it all works?

Background:There are 75,000 children and young people in Newham – more than a third of our residents are under 18 – and we want each of them to have the best possible start in life. We have a strong universal service in Newham – our schools, children’s centres and health services – but some of our children and young people need extra support and a few need a lot of help. When families cannot cope by themselves, we have a duty to help. The role of Triage is to make decisions about level of need based on all the available information.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the 2 hour workshops, participants will be:

• Familiar with Newham’s online portal, to make a request for support or protection for a Newham child, • Able to go through the Triage process – what happens to your request once it gets to Triage• Aware of how Triage makes decisions about Level of Need• Knowable of what happens next after Triage – the potential support available for vulnerable children?

Course Dates:All the following dates are half days:-

• Thursday 5th June 2014 • Tuesday 14th October 2014 • Thursday 8th January 2015 • Wednesday 11th February 2015

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LUNCHTIME SEMINARS

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MAPPA – Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement

Background:To familiarise staff with multi agency public protection arrangements for protecting the community from individuals who pose a high risk of harm to the public.

Learning outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able:

• To provide an overview about MAPPA • To increase awareness of how these arrangements operate in the Newham area • To explain how various agencies contribute to MAPPA • Raise awareness of how MAPPA helps to protect children and young people • To know how to respond if there are concerns about an individual

Professional advisers and designated lead professionals for child protectionOperational managers of services for children, young people and/or parents/carers.

Course Dates:

To be confirmed

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Induced Fabricated Illness

Background:To support practitioners in safeguarding children in whom illness is fabricated or induced.

Learning outcomes:By the end of session, participants should be able to;

• Define Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII) • Discuss the prevalence of FII • Identify behaviour of carers where FII is a concern • Identify their roles and responsibilities in responding to concerns of

FII • Discuss the management of individual cases

Course Dates:

• Wednesday 17th September 2014

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CFAB Private Fostering

Background: Did you know there are an estimated 8,000 children from overseas living in the UK with somebody else? The re cent figures show only 5% are known to local authorities for support. The rest remain invisible.

There are some simple things all professionals can do to identify, safeguard and plan for children from overseas living in private fostering arrangements in your area.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify a private fostering situation• Understand the Local Authority’s duties towards privately fostered children• Know how to notify about private fostering arrangements• Understand the legal framework in relation to Private Fostering

Course dates:

• Wednesday 11th June 2014• Thursday 25th September 2014

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MARAC – Newham’s Domestic Violence Process

Background:A briefing session to provide attendees with a clear understanding of the use of MARAC and how domestic violence support services work across the borough and how links are made to the MARAC.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of the training, participants will be able:

• To provide an understanding of MARAC (Multi-Agency Risk• Assessment Conference) aims and processes• To know how MARACs operate on a national and pan-London level• To understand the relationship between MARAC and relevant

agencies in Newham• How to confidently make a referral to the Newham MARAC.

Course Dates:

To be confirmed

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