Training Calendar
Due to COVID -19 our face to face training is currently on hold until further notice.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are delivering a virtual training offer to enable us to continue providing our Core Training sessions. This is to ensure we keep you as safe as possible. We are looking to introduce a hybrid training offer which will provide a choice of face to face and virtual training sessions for the same course. More news about this offer coming soon.
Please keep checking back on this page for more information on new courses!
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Working Together to Safeguard Children
This interactive webinar is delivered across 2 x 3 hour sessions and will provide you with an opportunity to explore and practice the fundamental safeguarding skills including studying the 4 categories or abuse, the voice of the child, reporting concerns and exploring local safeguarding processes.
18th & 19th May 2022 –
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8th & 9th June 2022 –
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13th & 14th July 2022 –
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15th & 16th September 2022 –
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12th & 13th October 2022 –
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22nd & 23rd November 2022 –
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7th & 8th December 2022 –
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9th & 10th January 2023 –
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14th & 15th February 2023 –
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22nd & 23rd March 2023 –
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Working Together to Safeguard Children Refresher
This 3 hour interactive webinar will provide you with an opportunity to update your safeguarding knowledge and understanding in order for you to carry out your safeguarding responsibilities effectively.
28th June 2022 –
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11th July 2022 –
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12th September 2022 –
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6th October 2022 –
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15th November 2022 –
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15th December 2022 –
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18th January 2023 –
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9th February 2023 –
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6th March 2023 –
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Reducing Parental Conflict
Introductory Session
This session is for those practitioners who have not previously attended training around parental conflict. Practitioners are invited to think about co-parents in conflict, finding out about the evidence around parental conflict. Parental conflict and domestic abuse/violence, distinguishing between the two, practice development, children’s views and how to have relationship quality conversations
24th May 2022 –
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26th May 2022 –
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Advanced Session
This session is suitable for those practitioners who have previously attended some training around parental conflict and includes skills and techniques for use in helping parents communicate better, tools to use and outcomes to achieve for children
6th June 2022 –
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9th June 2022 –
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OnePlusOne – Reducing Parental Conflict – Supporting your work with Parents & Families
These 2 part sessions are delivered by OneplusOne and will enhance your knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to work with parents. By the end of the training you will be able to raise parent’s awareness of the issue around parental conflict, use digital resources to help parents recognise conflict and enable parents to develop positive communication skills and helpful conflict behaviours. Digital resources to use with parents include –
- Me, You & Baby Too – for practitioners working with new parents
- Arguing Better – for practitioners working with parents experiencing stress and conflict
- Getting it right for Children – for practitioners working with parents who are separated or going through separation
19th & 20th May 2022 –
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Where Are All The Sexually Abused Boys? Implications for Mental Health, Policy & Practice
This 1.5 hour briefing will present findings from a research project around the prevalance of child sexual abuse of boys and policy responses, mental health consequences and themes emerging from the experiences of male victims around masculinity and professional responses. Barriers to boys disclosing will also be touched upon. This session is free to attend and open to all multi-agency partners.
12th May 2022 –
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18th May 2022 –
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Motivational Interviewing
This 3 hour webinar is for anyone working with children, young people and their families. It will provide you with a highliy interactive and practical introduction to motivational interviewing and it’s potential power to engage with people meaningfully.
5th July 2022 –
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27th September 2022 –
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3rd February 2023 –
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Suicide Awareness – Working with Young People
Suicide Awareness – Working with Children Under 16 years of Age
This 1.5 hour webinar aims to provide practitioners with a basic awareness of how to identify vulnerabilities in young people under 16 years of age who may be at risk of suicide. This is a joint session with Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.
6th July 2022 –
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Suicide Awareness – Working with Children Over 16 years of Age
This 1.5 hour webinar aims to provide practitioners with a basic awareness of how to identify vulnerabilities in young people over 16 years of age (up to 18 years) who may be at risk of suicide.
6th July 2022 –
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Neglect
This interactive webinar is delivered across 2 x 3 hour sessions and explores potential indicators and vulnerabilities, the tools and resources to use as well as the importance of chronologies, analysis and capturing the voice of the child
22nd & 23rd June 2022 –
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5th & 6th July 2022 –
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19th & 20th September 2022 –
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18th & 19th October 2022 –
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28th & 29th November 2022 –
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7th & 8th December 2022 –
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17th & 18th January 2023 –
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7th & 8th February 2023 –
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15th & 16th March 2023 –
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Professional Curiosity
This 2 hour interactive webinar will provide you with the opportunity to develop this important safeguarding skill and help you to apply it to your daily practice.
16th May 2022 –
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14th June 2022 –
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14th July 2022 –
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30th September 2022 –
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31st October 2022 –
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9th November 2022 –
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5th December 2022 –
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12th January 2023 –
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7th February 2023 –
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27th March 2023 –
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Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
This 3 hour interactive webinar supports you in understanding the profile of the MAPPA and how their implementation and coordination monitors and manages the potential risk presented by offenders who live in the community. This is a joint session with Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.
31st May 2022 –
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1st November 2022 –
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Substance Misuse / Addiction – Impact on Children & Families
This 3.5 hour interactive webinar highlights the issues facing children and young people who live within a household where substance misuse is an issue. You will learn about which services are available to support the whole family, which help to reduce or remove the potential risk/s of abuse. These sessions are delivered by Bal Howard, who draws on personal experience to deliver a high quality and effective training session, which has received excellent feedback from previous attendees across the partnership. This training session is shared with colleagues working in Brighton & Hove.
17th May 2022 –
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2nd November 2022 –
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Harmful Practices
These 3.5 hour interactive webinars will support you in raising your awareness of identification and support processes for the specified harmful practices, enabling you to safeguard those children at risk. These sessions are delivered by Bal Howard, who draws on personal experience to deliver a high quality and effective training session, which has received excellent feedback from previous attendees across the partnership. This training session is shared with colleagues working in Brighton & Hove.
Harmful Practices – Honour Based Abuse / Forced Marriage
6th July 2022 –
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Harmful Practices – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) / Breast Ironing
22nd June 2022 –
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Working Together to Recognise and Respond to Child Exploitation
This 2 hour online briefing is aimed at workers who have occasional contact with children and young people in their daily roles. It will support you in developing an awareness of what child exploitation is, how to identify it and how you need to respond.
9th June 2022 –
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21st September 2022 –
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23rd November 2022 –
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16th January 2023 –
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9th March 2023 –
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Recognising and Responding to Child Exploitation Using a Contextual Safeguarding Approach
This 1 day online webinar is for practitioners working across the partnership and seeks to support you in developing a greater awareness of how to respond to child exploitation through a contextual safeguarding lens
18th July 2022 –
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11th October 2022 –
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6th December 2022 –
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6th February 2022 –
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Safeguarding Hot Topics
These short interactive sessions will provide an overview on a range of topics including Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), Non Accidental Injuries (NAI) and Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) and Perplexing Presentations (PP). Each session will provide an opportunity to discuss practice based issues around the focus topic.
Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) and Perplexing Presentations (PP)
14th July 2022 –
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Non Accidental Injury / Abusive Head Trauma
13th October 2022 –
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Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
9th June 2022 –
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Improving Outcomes for Children Looked After (CLA)
This 2 hour interactive webinar is for those professionals working with or caring for children looked or care leavers. Legislations, guidance, procedures and practice will be discussed and attendees will have the opportunity to explore the increased vulnerabilities looked after children may face, ask questions and engage in multi-agency discussions. This is a joint session with Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.
16th June 2022 –
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15th September 2022 –
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9th February 2023 –
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Preventing Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
This 1.5 hour webinar explores the factors that lead to extremism by identifying the links between vulnerability and radicalisation. This session will equip you to be able to support those who may be susceptible to radicalisation, ensuring individuals are diverted before any crime is committed.
24th May 2022 –
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14th June 2022 –
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4th July 2022 –
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14th July 2022 –
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Preventing Redicalisation & Violent Extremism Refresher
This 1.5 hour webinar is for all professionals who have already attended the PREVENT Radicalistion & Extremism training and require an update to ensure that they have a current and relevant understanding of the PREVENT agenda and what it means to professionals in West Sussex.
16th May 2022 –
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6th June 2022 –
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24th June 2022 –
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12th July 2022 –
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The Role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
This 3 hour webinar will support you to explore the role of the LADO in relation to safeguarding when allegations are made against potentially unsuitable adults working or volunteering with children and young people.
17th May 2022 –
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22nd June 2022 –
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21st July 2022 –
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19th September 2022 –
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18th October 2022 –
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16th November 2022 –
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15th December 2022 –
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20th January 2023 –
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20th February 2023 –
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21st March 2023 –
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PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD (DSL) TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS CAN NOW BE FOUND ON THE WEST SUSSEX SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS WEBSITE.
FOR SPECIFIC EARLY YEARS TRAINING PLEASE VISIT THE EARLY YEARS TRAINING PROGRAMME. PLEASE BE AWARE THE IF YOUR SETTING IS PART OF THE EARLY YEARS SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMME, THE WSSCP TRAINING PROGRAMME IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AND YOU WILL BE CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.
If you have any queries regarding course availability or booking onto a course please contact the West Sussex Learning and Development Gateway via learninganddevelopment@westsussex.gov.uk or 01243 756 834.