Child Protection and Disability

Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
venue
Event Tutors
Learning and Development
tutors
Admin Contact
Target Audience
Adopters / Childminders / Pre-Schools & Nurseries / Schools / Short Break Carers / Voluntary Sector Workers
target audience
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adopters and Foster Carers / Children and Young People / Safeguarding
Adopters and Foster Carers subcategories
CS2 - Safeguarding and Child Protection
Children and Young People subcategories
Children's Social Care / Early Years / Safeguarding Children
Safeguarding subcategories
Safeguarding Children
Event description
Child Protection and Disability This course will aim to increase the participants’ knowledge of safeguarding issues relating to disabled children and to introduce some skills and strategies to assist them in recognising and responding to possible cases of child abuse.
Learning outcomes
Following this training participants will: • Be able to identify the factors which lead to an increased risk of abuse for disabled children; • Recognise the importance of communicating effectively with disabled children; • Feel more confident in considering the place of dignity and choice in intimate care; • Understand how attitudes may affect recognition and response to abuse; • Understand the links between children’s rights and child protection; and • Feel more confident in their ability to manage child protection concerns involving disabled children.
Start Date
Thursday 28 February 2019
End Date
Thursday 28 February 2019
Closing Date
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Times
09:30 - 16:30
Maximum Places
18 
Cost
£80.00 
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No