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The training is organised by South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board Training Group and is targeted at all staff from all agencies who are working directly with children, or adults who are parents. Effective child protection depends not only on reliable and accepted procedures for all staff involved with children, but also on their skills, knowledge and judgement and the ability to work together co-operatively. Staff with lead roles in child protection require specialised training in order to carry out their work with abused children and families. Please note it is recommended to leave a minimum of 3 months between attending Introduction to Child Protection and Advanced Child Protection.

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Meeting ID: 869 5002 0790
Passcode: 712154


Requirements for training via Zoom:

• Participants must be provided with protected time, in an environment free from all work-related duties and distractions to successfuly complete the training
• Participants require access to a camera and microphone to be able to fully engage in the session
• On the day of training, should the above requirements not be possible, participants should rebook for a different date when they are able to meet the requirements, failure to full engage in the session may result in non-issue of certificate and a request to repeat the training session.

Requirements for face-to-face training:

• Participants must arrive on time and allow time for parking.
• Participants should attend the full training day, participants should be rebook for a different date if they are unable to attend the full day.
• Please print any handouts attached to this event and bring them along with you to the session.

This course is specifically for Foster Carers and will cover information on the law, guidance and procedures that protect and safeguard children nationally and within your local area. It will also provide evidence towards meeting Induction Standard Six; Safeguard Children and Young People.

If you`d like to attend this course please email fosteringbusinesssupport@southglos.gov.uk as we will manually add you to this course.

This network meeting is for pre-school committee members.

Pre-school managers are welcome to come along to these sessions with their committee members.

This support network is an informal opportunity for committee officers to get together and network with others in a similar role, to learn from each other’s experiences, to discuss common issues, and to start to plan for future succession.

This is the third in a series of network meetings. This session will help committee members to gain an understanding of:
• The various government funded childcare grants that are available, such as NEG and Tax Free Childcare
• The South Gloucestershire Provider Portal
• Support available if you are experiencing sustainability problems

For all SGC staff dealing with the public

These sessions are for South Glos Council staff who deal with conflict situations within their job roles. There is a choice of sessions dealing with face to face conflict or over the phone.

For staff who deal with conflict situations in both scenarios it is recommended they attend the face to face conflict webinar as this will cover skills transferable to both situations.

Your department will be recharged £47.50

For all SGC staff dealing with the public

These sessions are for South Glos Council staff who deal with conflict situations within their job roles. There is a choice of sessions dealing with face to face conflict or over the phone.

For staff who deal with conflict situations in both scenarios it is recommended they attend the face to face conflict webinar as this will cover skills transferable to both situations.

Your department will be recharged £47.50

The Purpose for the support groups



We realise that fostering can be really difficult at times. Perhaps the only people who really understand it are other foster carers and so therefore we want to give you a place to meet up.

There will be biscuits and/or cake, coffee, tea, and an opportunity for an informal chat at all of the meetings.

Although these will be informal meetings, each session will have a brief agenda, attendance list, and agreed group rules. This is to help those who don’t know anyone and feel awkward about coming along to a new meeting, to feel that they won’t be left alone on the side-lines.

Sometimes there will be speakers and topics as requested by the group, this will hopefully make it as relevant to your fostering as you like.

These sessions should be recorded on your Personal Development Plan (PDP).


Contact Details: jane.brommage@southglos.gov.uk and Janice.long@southglos.gov.uk, fosteringbusinesssupport@southglos.gov.uk

By booking onto this course, you are consenting to your contact details being passed onto the trainer. This is so they can send the invitation, and any further resources, to you.

This workshop is for South Gloucestershire Council Adult Care practitioners ONLY.

The session will explore the importance of legally literacy and defensible decision-making in effective practice. Included will be a focus on:

• defining and developing an understanding of what is meant by both terms, from both a theoretical perspective and from your experience/practice
• ways to continue to develop your knowledge of the legal framework and how to ensure that it underpins your practice
• professional accountability and the importance of accurate analysis, free from bias, to inform your professional opinions and defensible decisions

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Test your knowledge before you attend the training! (SGC employees only) https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/supported-learning-tools/

This is a one day course that raises practitioners awareness to what child sexual exploitation is, what child criminal exploitation is and county lines. It will give practitioners an understanding of what signs to look out for, what contextual safeguarding is and how we are trying to tackle exploitation.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89699230853?pwd=YzQ2UjlZK0V5N0g4d0NDbFVucWx6UT09
Meeting ID: 896 9923 0853
Passcode: 233355

Requirements for training via Zoom:

• Participants must be provided with protected time, in an environment free from all work-related duties and distractions to successfuly complete the training
• Participants require access to a camera and microphone to be able to fully engage in the session
• On the day of training, should the above requirements not be possible, participants should rebook for a different date when they are able to meet the requirements, failure to full engage in the session may result in non-issue of certificate and a request to repeat the training session.

Requirements for face-to-face training:

• Participants must arrive on time and allow time for parking.
• Participants should attend the full training day, participants should be rebook for a different date if they are unable to attend the full day.
• Please print any handouts attached to this event and bring them along with you to the session.

Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s an opportunity for friends, families and communities to come together to talk, listen and change lives. We would like to invite you to join us for tea, coffee and cake. 

We have arranged a guest speaker, Paul Field, to come and talk to us about The Art of Brilliance, who specialise in training and development to help people be more positive, motivated, and brilliant! In short, they remind people how to be their best self. This is going to be the start of a package of support from The Art of Brilliance for foster carers, social care staff, and young people.

You can find out more in the meantime at artofbrilliance.co.uk. We want our foster carers to feel able to talk to us any day though, and not just one day a year so the support will continue.

The Virtual School value the time they spend with carers, and to enable this to be an even more successful partnership between school and home, have arranged four sessions to take place over the school year.

This third session will look at EHCP's (Education Health Care Plans) as well as Transitions. The session will conclude with any other business and Steve will be able to answer any questions you may have.