KBSP Training

Participant Training Journey 

Choosing the right course - Read the working groups to identify the group that is most relevant to the safeguarding and child protection duties within your role.

Before applying - Select any course that is suitable for your working group, that you have not attended previously. *NHS staff only, check the course description to confirm that the course is the required inter-collegiate level for your role. All KBSP courses are Level 3 or higher.

On Applying - Download, complete and submit an application form following the instructions at the end of the form. The application form is downloadable from this page below the course descriptions and must be submitted in a word.doc format. Make sure to apply a good 2 months in advance of your training.

After Applying - Your place on the course is not guaranteed until you receive a course confirmation email. Once you have received this email, you officially have a place on the course. If we are unable to book you on to your chosen course, we will give you a place on the next available date.

Before Training - You will receive a 'Course Joining Instructions' email approximately 2 weeks before training is due to take place. This includes the date/time of your training, your access details and documents for on the day and will need to be saved somewhere safe. A pre-course questionnaire is provided within the email - Please complete this survey before attending the course. This is part of our training needs analysis and helps us to review the effectiveness of the training so that we can improve this each year. Please also make sure you have read the 'Guide to Online Training' PDF attached within the email so that you are ready to attend on the day.

Day of Training - Access the training via the Zoom link in your Course Joining Instructions email and wait in the waiting room. Once you have been admitted into the training, make sure to add your full name to the chat so that the trainer can confirm your attendance. If you do not do this, you may risk receiving a non-attendance fee.

After Training - In the week after your training you will receive a post course email. This email includes a survey, along with information regarding invoicing and when to expect your certificate. Please read through this email and complete the post course survey so that we can effectively assess your training experience. This also offers a chance for you to make any suggestions about the training received. Once you have completed this survey, we will begin processing your certificate.

Follow Up - Three to six months after your training we will send the last of our Training Needs Analysis surveys. You will receive a follow up email with a questionnaire regarding how the training has impacted your practice as a practitioner. Please make sure to complete this questionnaire so that we can successfully assess your training experience.

Please use the working groups, course description (aims and objectives) and frequently asked questions to help you to select a course that is suitable for you.

Working Groups

Group A: 

• You have some, infrequent contact with children and/or families but do not work directly with children as part of your job, however you do have a responsibility to contribute to the safeguarding of children.
• Examples of Group A jobs include drivers, caretakers, HR staff, trustees, domestic staff, security staff.
• Group A training is not inter agency, it should be provided by your own agency and will be referred to as Induction/Foundation/Awareness/In-house training.
• Group A staff do not need to complete any inter agency Child Protection training.
• All staff should receive Group A training from their employer.

Group B:

• You have contact with children and/or families on a regular basis, the majority of them do not have social care involvement.
• You need to recognise safeguarding and Child Protection concerns and act on them appropriately. You might attend family meetings in relation to concerns, contribute to assessments and plans and work with other agencies and organisations to help keep children safe. You will do this with the support of your lead safeguarding professional.
• Group B staff should complete inter agency training.
• Examples of Group B jobs include, teaching and pastoral support staff in schools, early years practitioners, Police, Probation practitioners, healthcare practitioners working with children or families, practitioners in VCSE organisations, youth workers.

Group C: 

• You have contact with children and/or families on a regular basis. You work intensively with children/families where there are safeguarding concerns and/or you have specific responsibility in relation to safeguarding within your setting.
• Your job might include completing work with children/families directly related to reducing the risk of harm to the children, making decisions about when to request a service from children and families services, completing referrals for specialist services, completing assessments and reports for Child Protection conferences and Child in Need meetings and ensuring that actions allocated to your organisation are completed.
• You might be responsible for offering advice and support to other staff in your organisation, delivering foundation
  level/induction child protection training for staff and ensuring that policies and practice within your setting is in line with current legislation and statutory guidance.
• Examples of Group C jobs include: social care practitioners, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Named Safeguarding GP’s, specialist Health Visitors, School Nurses, Safeguarding champions, Investigation officers, Safeguarding Coordination Unit staff

Group D:

• You are an operational or strategic manager in an organisation that employs staff to work with children and families (or you have responsibility for commissioning services for children and families).
• You are responsible for ensuring that the safeguarding work undertaken within your setting is effective and efficient.
• You have oversight for the development of systems, policies and practices within your organisation to keep children safe and work effectively in partnership with others.

KBSP courses are consistently in high demand throughout the training year and our training email inbox is frequently at a very high capacity. If you have an enquiry, please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) before contacting the training team with enquiries.

Any enquiries received into the KBSP training email inbox that can be answered on the Frequently Asked Questions page will be deleted without a reply.

If the answer to your enquiry is not given on the FAQ's page, please email the kbsp.training@bristol.gov.uk inbox with the subject heading ''NEW ENQUIRY'' and we will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible.

If your agency does not currently contribute to the KBSP budget there will be a fee for attending KBSP Inter-agency Training.

• £80 per person for a full-day course (full day courses are currently split into two half day sessions one week apart).
• £40 per person for a half-day course

We need full, accurate details for who to invoice for ALL course applications, regardless of whether your place is funded in case we need to charge under our cancellation policy. Please ensure that the details you provide for this on your application form are correct and provide a purchase order and/or budget code if required by your organisation - Please check this with your line manager or finance team before completing your form. Mark 'N/A' in the PO/Budget code field, if this is not applicable to your organisation or agency.

Voluntary organisations: If your income is less than £100,000 per annum then places can be booked for 50% of the full charge. We can only accept requests for half price places at the time of application so please be sure to mention this on your form.

Bristol City Council staff (excluding Local Authority school staff): We need a cost code for all bookings. This can be obtained from your manager.

If you need to cancel, please email the training administrator at KBSP.training@bristol.gov.uk. Please copy your manager into any cancellation emails.

• Places cancelled more than ten working days (Monday – Friday) prior to the course date = no charge
• Places cancelled less than ten working days (Monday – Friday) prior to the course date = full course charge. If you need to cancel your place less than ten working days prior to the course date please include your reason for cancellation (workload, staff absence, illness etc.).
• Non-attendance at a course without cancellation = full course fee

If you can’t attend a course on the day, please email the training administrator ASAP.

Cancellation Policy

If you fail to inform the training administrator of your absence by 09:00 ten working days (Monday to Friday) prior to the course in writing, your agency will be charged the full price of the course. Non-attendance on the day will also result in your agency being charged the full cost of the course (this is regardless of whether your agency has received a funded place or not). Please copy in your manager when sending cancellation emails. If you are unable to attend please notify us asap by email.

Suitable for working groups: B & C

NHS level: This is a level 3 course suitable for those without specific safeguarding responsibility, or those who are new to their safeguarding role who will go on to complete additional safeguarding training.

Course length: two half-day sessions, one week apart. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims: To develop knowledge and skills gained from Group A single agency training and increase understanding of the roles of other agencies in child protection, and the importance of working together to keep children safe.

Objectives: After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Describe the impact that individual values and experiences can have on how we view the thresholds for intervention with family life.
• Identify the current processes used for safeguarding and child protection concerns in Bristol
• Demonstrate an increased understanding of other agencies roles in child protection, and the need to work together to keep children safe.
• Demonstrate an understanding of individual responsibility when we have concerns about a child, a colleague, or practices within an organisation.
• Explain how to make sure that children are listened to and heard in child protection practice.

Course Dates

Courses are delivered online via Zoom and split in to two half day sessions, one week apart to mitigate technology fatigue and for effective learning. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Part One: Tuesday 7th February 2023 - 13:15 -16:30 and Part Two: Tuesday 14th February 2023 - 13:15 -16:30

Part One: Wednesday 15th February 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15 and Part Two: Wednesday 22nd February 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15

Part One: Thursday 9th March 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15 and Part Two: Thursday 16th March 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15

Part One: Tuesday 14th March 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30 and Part Two: Tuesday 21st March 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working groups: C & D

NHS Level: Level 3 specialist practitioner

Course length: two half-day sessions, one week apart. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims: Develop understanding of the advanced practitioners roles and responsibilities in relation to child protection and improve confidence in safeguarding and child protection practice, including the use of challenge and escalation appropriately.

Objectives: After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the signs and symptoms of child abuse, including the different ways that children disclose
• Explain the difference between safeguarding and child protection
• Provide specific examples of how to overcome barriers to effective inter agency working in partnership
• Describe the elements required for making a quality assessment of children’s needs and requesting a service from children & family services (making a good referral)
• Explain the basic technique used to speak with children about abuse, and gain practical experience of use of the technique
• Identify the role of the police in child abuse investigations
• Demonstrate an understanding of what to consider when assessing whether a child is in need or in need of protection (CIN or CP) and the relevant actions to take
• Take part in assessments using the signs of safety approach

Course Dates

Courses are delivered online via Zoom and split in to two half day sessions, one week apart to mitigate technology fatigue and for effective learning. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Part One: Thursday 2nd February 2023 - 09:00 -12:15 and Part Two: Thursday 9th February 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15 FULL

Part One: Tuesday 21st February 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30 and Part Two: Tuesday 28th February 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30 FULL

Part One: Wednesday 8th March 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15pm and Part Two: Wednesday 15th March 2023 - 09:00 - 12:15 FULL

Part One: Wednesday 15th March 2023 13:15pm- 16:30pm and Part Two: Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working group: D

NHS Level: Level 4

Course length: two half-day sessions, one week apart. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims: To enhance good practice in leadership through inter-agency discussion and reflection on the expectations placed on all agencies around the protection of children from harm.

Objectives: After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Reflect on learning from Serious Case Reviews in relation to the role managers play in the findings.
• Reflect on the impact different leadership styles have on keeping children safe.
• Identify the role of the LADO and actions that managers must take when there are concerns raised about a member of staff
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to ensure that children are kept safe during organisational change
• Provide specific examples of how to overcome barriers to working in partnership
• Explore the importance of supervision in keeping children safe

Course Dates 

Courses are delivered online via Zoom and split in to two half day sessions, one week apart to mitigate technology fatigue and for effective learning. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Part One: Monday 16th January 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30 and Part Two: Monday 23rd January 2023 - 13:15 - 16:30

If you would like to attend this training, please send in a completed application form and add 'TBC' to the date field to be added to a waiting list. We will review adding more course dates to the programme dependant on demand.

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working group: B, C & D

NHS Level: Level 3

Course length: Full whole day session (note: this course will take place in person due to the sensitive content.)

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims:

Introduction to domestic abuse to enhance learning and identification of domestic abuse on victims, survivors, children and other vulnerable people.

Objectives: After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Defining domestic abuse within the lens of intersection and intersectionality.
• Recognising the impact of domestic abuse on those experiencing harm and children.
• Breaking down barriers on who causes harm.
• How to respond in a trauma informed approach to domestic abuse.

Course Dates 

Monday 12th December 2022 - 09:00 - 17:00 - St Werburghs Community Centre

Friday 13th January 2023 - 09:00 - 17:00 - St Werburghs Community Centre

Wednesday 29th March 2023- 09:00- 17:00 - St Werburghs Community Centre

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working groups: B-D

NHS Level: 3

Course length: Whole day in person training.

Cost: £80 per person

Course Description

Aims and Objectives of course:

Aim:

Ensuring we are working with families and other professionals in the safeguarding system to tackle FGM.

Objectives:-

• Refresh knowledge on FGM
• Develop understanding of the statutory and legal frameworks.
• Develop cultural competencies with anti-oppressive, anti-discriminatory practice to ensure we are compassionate, offer open and welcome spaces while knowing our families and communities.
• Develop strategies to prevent, identify and respond to concerns around FGM working with communities to achieve these.

Course Dates

Wednesday 29th March 2023 - 09:00- 16:00pm (venue to be confirmed)

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Please note - This training is delivered by partnering agency Be Safe, on behalf of the KBSP.

Suitable for working groups: B-D

NHS Level: 3

Course length: See below

Cost: £80

Course Description

Aims and Objectives of course: 

• Understand the nature of problematic/ harmful sexual behaviour by children and young people and the common characteristics.
• Understanding risk/ concerns and protective/ strength factors.
• Understanding your role in the collaborative safety planning and managing risks.
• Understanding the assessment and therapeutic intervention processes.

Course Dates

Wednesday 8th February 2023 - 10:00 - 16:00 (online)

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working group: C

NHS Level: Level 3

Course length: two half-day sessions, one week apart. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims and objectives of course:

• Understanding Principles of Mental Capacity Act and how to apply them.
• Inherent jurisdiction
• Transitional safeguarding
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) process
• Abusing position of trust (PIPOT)
• Lasting power of attorney guidance

Course Dates 

Courses are delivered online via Zoom and split in to two half day sessions, one week apart to mitigate technology fatigue and for effective learning. You must attend both part one and two to complete the course.

Part One: Wednesday 9^th December 2022 - 9:30- 12:30 and Part Two Wednesday 16^th December 2022 - 9:30- 12:30

Part One: Friday 3rd February 2023 - 09:30 - 12:30 and Part Two: Friday 10th February 2023 - 09:30 - 12:30

Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Suitable for working group: C

NHS Level: Level 3

Course length: A full day session. You must attend the full day to complete the course.

Cost: £80 per person (see course fees section for exemptions). 

Course Description

Aims and objectives of course:

Based on an understanding of offender behaviour to:

• Identify the key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
• Consider policies and practice that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
• Help participants begin to review their policies and practice in recruitment with a view to creating a safer culture

Course Dates 

These courses are specific to the area you work within. Please only apply for the course relevant to your work (e.g., working in education, working predominantly with adults, working predominantly with children).

Tuesday 7th March 2023 - 09:15 - 17:00 (adult workforce only)

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Applying for training: Download and complete in full the KBSP Application Form April 2022 - March 2023.

Please note - This training needs to be applied for via KCA, not the usual KBSP application form route - Details on how to apply are below the training dates.

Suitable for working groups: B-D

NHS Level: 3

Course length: See below

Cost: £80

Course Description

Aims and Objectives of course: 

• Develop an understanding of Brain Development and the impact of relationships on stress regulation.
• Develop an understanding of what trauma is and the impact of trauma
• Developing an understanding if what makes children and families more vulnerable to trauma and what protects them against this.
• Develop and awareness of models which can help with recovery from trauma.
• Develop an understanding of the impact of working with people who have experienced trauma.

• Reflect on ways to reduce this impact.
• Develop understanding of compassion fatigue, secondary and vicarious trauma and tools for prevention and recovery.

This training is part of the KBSP training programme and delivered by the KCA.

Course Dates

This online training course is the next step in advancing your skills in this area, following on from the Adversity and Trauma Awareness Sessions that have been rolled out across the city.

The current training dates until March 2023 are fully booked but the KBSP are seeking further dates with this organisation.

There is a current waiting list being operated for the existing dates so please register for waiting list via KCA connected (https://connected.kca.training/register.cfm?form=TandA.

Once new dates are established those on the waiting list will be offered first refusal on the newer dates implemented.

Applying for training: Book through KCA's learning management system - https://connected.kca.training/register.cfm?form=TandA

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An introduction/ awareness multi-agency Trauma and Adversity course is also available from the Trauma and Adversity Ambassador Network. Please find more details about this course on our regional/ partner agency training page (Welcome to the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership website. (bristolsafeguarding.org)