This course is for staff and volunteers in regular contact or who have a period of intense but irregular contact with children and young people and/or parents/carers including all health clinical staff, who may be in a position to identify concerns about maltreatment.

• To provide an overview of local and national statistics, emerging themes and trends in safeguarding an child protection

• To promote effective multi agency communication and information sharing

• To consider the referral and assessment process when safeguarding concerns are identified

This course will enable participants to:

• • Understand what children and young people want and need to feel safe
  • Identify some of the main signs and effects of abuse at different ages
  • Have an understanding of the importance of good interagency collaboration to safeguard children
  • Have a clear understanding of own and colleague’s roles, responsibilities and the referral process

Participants must have completed Safeguarding Children Basic Awareness (Level 1) training prior to undertaking this course.