Contextual Safeguarding - Training courses

Course Title	Contextual Safeguarding
Course length	1 day
Target group	Any frontline practitioner including - Social workers Youth workers Residential staff Youth Justice Officers Early Help Housing Officers Neighbourhoods staff Culture and Leisure staff Transport staff
Learning pathway	Before attending this course participants must have attended Safeguarding Children – A Shared Responsibility.
Course details	Contextual safeguarding is an approach to understanding, and responding to children and young people's experiences of significant harm beyond their families. It recognises that the different relationships young people form in their neighbourhoods, schools, and online can feature violence and abuse. Parents and carers have little influence over these contexts, and young people's experiences of extra-familiar abuse can undermine parent-child relationships. Contextual safeguarding, therefore, expands the objectives of child protection systems in recognition that young people are vulnerable to abuse in a range of social contexts. (Firmin 2017). This course provides an opportunity to learn about Contextual Safeguarding and the localised approach. We cover the history of Contextual Safeguarding, what it is and how it works in practice, with an emphasis on multi-agency and partnership working.
Course objectives	To understand what Contextual Safeguarding is and how it works in practice Identify and understand the key areas of risk Explore the 4 domains of Contextual Safeguarding Discuss Contextual safeguarding as an approach – not a model Understand how Contextual Safeguarding and Relational Safeguarding can work in unison to create a holistic, robust safeguarding plan for children at risk of exploitation Discuss the value base and theoretical application around contextual safeguarding Learn about the dynamics of abuse and disruption Look at the importance of a multi-agency and working with a community approach Identify and discuss practical issues for schools, including SEND consideration Learn about the history of Contextual Safeguarding and its principles Learn how to work with the Contextual Safeguarding approach beyond referrals and how to use assessment frameworks Understand safety mapping, case weighting and partnership working Learn the importance of language
Dates	To be arranged on demand
Times	9.30am - 4.30pm Delegates will not be admitted after 9.30am
Facilitator	Members of Hull Safeguarding Children Partnership Trainer’s Forum.
Charge	Hull Safeguarding Children Partnership reserve the right to charge for Non Attendance or Private Purchase up to £50.00
How to apply	Hull City Council Staff Log on to OLM (Oracle Learning Management System) to enrol. External to Hull City Council Complete the online application form. Or download the application form and email to learninganddevelopment@hullcc.gov.uk or return to Learning and Development Brunswick House Strand Close Beverley Road Hull HU2 9DB

Hull City Council Staff

External to Hull City Council