Child Protection for Housing Workers
Course available: in-house only (on a date and location of your choice)
Duration: 1 day
This course will give housing workers an overview of safeguarding children and protection from abuse. This course is particularly important for those working in or managing services currently funded by Supporting People where the revised Quality Assessment Framework (April 2009) requires all funded services to be aware of and train their staff in Child Protection.
Course contains
- Types and indicators of abuse
- Legal background for Child Protection
- Offenders
- Disclosure by victims and perpetrators
- Issues of confidentiality and data protection
- Reporting concerns
- Practical tips about working with professional boundaries and protecting children
- Developing a procedure that works (for those who do not have one in place)
- Local Authority approaches and the role of Safeguarding Adults Boards.
Suitable for
This course is suitable for any housing or advice workers visiting people in their own homes or their managers, as well as support or care workers primarily working with adults but also those working with under eighteen year olds. Also suitable for sheltered housing managers, forensic and other mental health workers and those managing support or care staff working with adults.
