Terms & Conditions
Introduction to the LSCP Training Programme
Welcome to the Lewisham Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) training programme 2022 - 2023.
This training supplements the single agency training provided by your organisation and aims to provide all professionals who work with Lewisham’s children and young people a variety of skills and knowledge in safeguarding practice to keep those who are vulnerable safe.
LSCP courses provide an opportunity to network, share information and ideas, and learn about the range of services available in Lewisham. Multi-agency training also facilitates a shared understanding and common language within agencies to better safeguard children and young people in the borough. It is crucial that staff are supported to attend single and multi-agency training as well as have a system in place to monitor how the knowledge and skills gained from training are transferred in everyday practice.
Individual agencies and employers are responsible for ensuring that their staff are competent and confident in carrying out their responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and in order to fulfil their safeguarding duties as identified in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
The LSCP may provide additional training to what is listed in response to local or national developments. We recommend you review the training programme regularly and access the LSCP Safeguarding Briefings via our Events Management System.
Terms and Conditions
- LSCP multi-agency shared expertise training is provided free of charge to those working with children and young people in the Borough of Lewisham.
- Safeguarding Children Level 3 - Designated Safeguarding Leads course is charged at a non-refundable £60 per person fee to cover the costs of the trainer commissioned. This training should be repeated every 2 years.
- A £75 charge will be applied for the following reasons:-
a. Delegates must provide written cancellation notice of at least 5 working days’(7 calendar days) notice at safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk.
b. Non-attendance at a course for any reason.
c. Please arrive on time and be prepared to stay for the whole session otherwise a charge may be applied. If you are significantly late, it is at the Trainer’s discretion if you permitted onto the course.
d. A delegate may substitute their place to another colleague, the replacement delegate must complete an application form and notification made to the LSCP Event Management System within 48 hours prior to the course taking place.
- Applications after the booking closing date may be considered if places remain available. Applicants should telephone 020 8314 3396 to check if a place is available.
- Queries can be made by email on safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk or by telephone 020 8314 3396
- All delegates are required to commit to completing the 3 stages of Evaluation to inform future commissioning arrangements and to measure the impact training has had in your practice when working with children and their family.
Stage 1 - Pre-Evaluation (48 hours before the course) to inform the trainers of your level of knowledge on the subject to assist with the delivery of the training.
Stage 2 - Post Evaluation (immediate after the course) to evaluate the impact on learning for your knowledge to embed into practice
Stage 3 - Learning into Practice (3 months after the course) to evaluate the impact the learning has had on your practice when working with children and their family.
Venues
In the current programme, all learning will be provided via Webinars. We will reconsider classroom learning to commence April 2023 depending on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Event Management System User Guide
How to register for an account +
Go here: https://www.safeguardinglewisham.org.uk/events then click the Register button (top right on the page)
Before you register please go to your email and add: safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk to your Safe Senders List or your Email Contacts to ensure you receive the needed correspondence for your account and training.
You need to add your work email address, add a password (8 characters in length with at least one capital letter and a symbol), Add your First name and last name and choose your Agency from the dropdown choices (if your agency is not in the list contact safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk to advise you), then click the Register button.
You will receive a welcome email from safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk, you can now start booking onto training courses.
How to access your account and update your information +
Once you have Registered you can then Login to your account to see your training account, complete your evaluation form/s and download your training certificates once you have completed a training event.
How to book onto training +
Login to your account then click on Book now next to any training you wish to book onto.
How to cancel a training date +
- Login to the Events page
- Go to My Account (top right of page)
- Click Manage Booking link under the Event you want to cancel
- Then scroll to the bottom of the page give a reason for the cancellation then click the Cancel Booking button
How to substitute your place to a colleague +
Contact the Training admin safeguardingpartnership@lewisham.gov.uk with this request.
How to access a Pre-Event Evaluation, Post-Event Evaluation and obtain your Certificate +
Login to your account > Click My Account (top right on the page). Any events that require you to complete a pre or post event evaluation will have a link directing you to the evaluation form to complete.
Any courses you have completed will give you an option to download your certificate.
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*Please ensure you are familiar with our Terms & Conditions before booking onto training
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E-Learning
Children & young people need those who work with them to be skilled in safeguarding matters
Warning: Some of the content within these training packs contain images or accounts that viewers may find distressing.
All courses are free to complete.
Course information found in this Section
- Prevent Duty Training, Home Office
- Female Genital Mutilation Resource Pack, Home Office
- All About Bullying - Anti-Bullying Alliance
- Home Office’s First Responder training on child trafficking and modern slavery.
- Suicide Awareness Training
- Violence Against Women
- Rape and Sexual Violence
- Safeguarding Adults
- Safeguarding Child Victims of Trafficking
- Modern Slavery
- Forced Marriage
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Sexual Exploitation
- Complicated matters: domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health
- Understanding Domestic Violence and Abuse
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Understanding violence, abuse and mental health webinar
- Understanding domestic abuse & sexual violence: CPD accredited online courses
1. Prevent Duty Training
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Prevent sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs and physical and sexual exploitation.
Prevent is one part of the government's overall counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST. The aim of Prevent is to:
- tackle the ideological causes of terrorism
- intervene early to support people susceptible to radicalisation
- enable people who have already engaged in terrorism to disengage and rehabilitate
Who Prevent duty training is for
This training is for people working in sectors covered by the Prevent duty, such as:
- education
- health
- local authorities
- police
- criminal justice agencies (prisons, probation, youth justice)
Other sectors that are not covered by the Prevent duty may also complete this training.
Prevent duty courses
In these training courses, you will learn about:
- the Prevent duty
- different extremist ideologies that can lead to terrorism
- the risk around radicalisation and your supportive role
- making a Prevent referral that is both informed and made with good intention
- the interventions and support available
- Female Genital Mutilation Resource Pack – Home Office
Access the course HERE
Recognising and preventing FGM training is available for professionals with safeguarding responsibilities.
It gives an introduction to FGM and the action you must take to protect girls who may be at risk.
- All About Bullying - Anti-Bullying Alliance
Access the suite of courses HERE
As part of the Anti-Bullying Alliance All Together programme they have developed a suite of free online training for anyone that works with children and young people. The programme was particularly developed to reduce levels of bullying of disabled children and those with special educational needs (SEN) but applies to all children.
Training modules include:
- What is bullying?
- Bullying and the Law
- Preventing bullying
- Responding to bullying
- Cyberbullying (Online bullying)
- Bullying and Difference
- Bullying and SEN/disability
- Young Carers and Bullying
- Looked After Children and Bullying
- Bullying and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people
- Reducing Disablist Bullying: Disabilities, the Equality Act and Schools Duties
- Sexual and Sexist Bullying
- Mental Health and Bullying
- All Different, All Equal: Preventing and Responding to Appearance Targeted Bullying
- Banter or bullying? Navigating the line of acceptability
Each module takes between 30-45 minutes to complete. The training is free to complete online from any computer/tablet. You can complete it at your own pace. This ABA online course is CPD approved which means it is certified as counting towards your continuing professional development.
- Home Office’s First Responder training on child trafficking and modern slavery.
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Responding to child victims of modern slavery presents unique challenges for practitioners working on the frontline. This child-specific programme seeks to build on what you already know as a First Responder and/or safeguarding partner. The programme covers child-specific indicators of modern slavery, while also taking a closer look at forms of exploitation that are particularly prevalent. The programme guides the learner through the safeguarding and NRM referral processes, exploring best practice and the specific knowledge required to respond to child cases of modern slavery.
- Suicide Awareness Training
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Our Suicide Awareness Training is a short, free, online course that can be taken by anyone who wants to learn basic suicide awareness and prevention skills.
We believe suicide is preventable and we know that sometimes all it takes to save a life is a conversation.
Who it's for
The training is aimed at anyone aged 16 and over who wants to know what to do if they’re ever in a situation where someone they know or see may be struggling with thoughts of suicide.
What you'll learn
The training will take you through:
- suicide risk factors
- suicide warning signs
- coached scenarios sharing approaches for how you can talk to someone you’re worried about
- videos from people sharing real experiences
- where to find information about available support
At the end of the course, you’ll get a training certificate to download.
We hope through the training, more people will feel equipped and confident to talk to someone who may be struggling.
How long it takes to complete
This is a short online course that can be taken at your own pace. You can choose the parts of the course that you interact with. We recommend allowing yourself at least 30 minutes.
Version 2 of this training launched on 10 September 2024. This training replaces the Suicide Awareness Training launched in 2017.
- Violence Against Women
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On this course you will learn about the roots of violence against women, the principles of gender inequality at its centre and most importantly, how to challenge entrenched attitudes that impact women the world over.
- Rape and Sexual Violence
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This course deals predominantly deals with rape in adulthood. After completing the course you will have a knowledge of the prevalence of rape and sexual violence, gain an understanding of the myths and attitudes that affect how rape is dealt with, you will be able to recognise some of the effects of being a victim of rape, you will know what services are available to victims and you will have an awareness of best practice.
- Safeguarding Adults
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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) provides a free e-learning training course on safeguarding adults. The course considers what adult safeguarding is, what are the different types and indicators of abuse, what to do if you suspect someone is being harmed and how to improve safeguarding to prevent harm.
- Safeguarding Child Victims of Trafficking
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ECPAT UK provides training throughout the UK and internationally on child protection in tourism and on the protection of child victims of trafficking. In particular, ECPAT UK operates a national training programme on safeguarding children to increase awareness and highlight the specific support needs of trafficked children. It has made available a free e-learning course ‘In Your Hands – Safeguarding Child Victims of Trafficking’.
- Modern Slavery
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This free course, provided by The Open University, through OpenLearn, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection.
- Forced Marriage
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Virtual College provide an Awareness of Forced Marriage e-learning course on behalf of the Government. The course was developed with the Forced Marriage Unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office. It aims to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and inform professionals of the correct actions to take should you suspect someone is at risk. The key learning outcomes are: Recognition of the warning signs of forced marriage; Taking the right actions to prevent potential victim; and Co-operate effectively with other agencies. This e-learning course is aimed at all professionals who have a responsibility to
safeguard vulnerable children, young people and adults at risk.
- Female Genital Mutilation
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Virtual College, on behalf of the Home Office, provide a free e-learning course on
Recognising and Preventing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut. The course follows Hope’s journey exploring issues relating to FGM and how they can affect an individual throughout their whole life. The training aims to help a wide range of professionals to identify and assist girls who are at risk of FGM.
- Sexual Exploitation
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Pace (Parents against child sexual exploitation) and the Virtual College provide a free e-learning training course called Keep them Safe which is a useful introduction to child sexual exploitation (CSE). The course is aimed at parents but will also be valuable to professionals with safeguarding responsibilities. The course provides information on what CSE is, what are the signs and indicators that a child might be being exploited, an understanding of the impact of CSE on families, and what to do if you suspect a child might be at risk of this form of abuse.
- Complicated matters: domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health
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Domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health are three issues which often co-exist. And when they do, things can become complicated. This course is designed to ‘uncomplicate’ matters by raising your awareness about how the three issues interlink and reflecting on the most effective ways to engage with individuals and families who are affected by these issues. This course has been developed alongside a toolkit for professionals who work with victims or perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence who are also affected by problematic substance use and/or mental ill-health. You will find links to the
toolkit throughout the course.
- Understanding Domestic Violence and Abuse
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In February 2014, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance for health and social care practitioners on responding to domestic violence in their practice. The guidance outlined four levels of training for differing professionals’ groups. This e-learning programme will enable to meet level 1 & 2 of the NICE recommended training and is applicable to all health and social care professionals.
- Child Sexual Abuse
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Focused on raising awareness of child sexual abuse (CSA) and exploitation (CSE), this elearning course provides an authentic, child-centred perspective on abuse and exploitation. The message is clear – if abuse is to stop, children need to be both seen and heard. Told through the story of Tyler and his experiences of the services he comes into contact with during the course of his abuse, Seen and Heard is narrated by young people, supported by the latest research findings.
- Understanding violence, abuse and mental health webinar
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VAMHM, the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network, have hosted a webinar which features experts including Prof. Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London), Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Akiko Hart (National Survivor User Network) and Laura Fischer (artist, activist and researcher).
- Understanding domestic abuse & sexual violence: CPD accredited online courses
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IDAS is the largest specialist charity in Yorkshire supporting anyone experiencing or affected by domestic abuse or sexual violence. They offer a free online Domestic Abuse training course which is aimed at voluntary groups who work with adults and children or young people, to give a basic awareness of issues surrounding domestic abuse. They also run a free online sexual violence training course which give a basic awareness of issues surrounding rape and sexual violence.