Regional/Partner Agency Training

This page contains details about training events hosted by partner organisations. These events are suitable for professionals working in Bristol.

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Keep Safe: intervention for children and young people with learning disabilities who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour(s) and their parents/carers

Date(s): Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th January 2025 (2-day training)

Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm

Platform: Online via MS Teams

Cost: £350.00 per delegate

Participants are required to attend both training days to complete the course.

Target Group:  This course is useful for education, social care, health, and criminal justice staff working with young people aged 12 to 25 with Learning Disabilities who have displayed problematic and harmful sexual behaviours, and their parents/carers. It will also be of benefit for those working with young people without learning disabilities who have harmed sexually.

Aims for the course:

• To gain an understanding of how best to intervene where there are concerns with regards to young people with learning disabilities engaging in problematic and harmful sexual behaviour.
• To develop an understanding of the Keep Safe intervention programme as well as the skills required to deliver the intervention within different contexts.

Learning Outcomes:

 By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the theory and evidence-informed practice underpinning the Keep Safe intervention with young people aged 12 to 25 with learning disabilities who have harmed sexually.

• Use the Keep Safe intervention for young people with learning disabilities who display harmful sexual behaviour(s) and their parents/carers within different contexts

• Experience some of how Keep Safe is delivered

• Develop the skills to deliver Keep Safe in both its original group-delivery format or as an individually focused family intervention within a range of contexts.

There will be both “didactic” and interactive elements. An electronic Keep Safe Manual with background, session plans and resources, and copies of the Keep Safe training power points will be made available to participants after the event.

+ access to 3 x 90 minute virtual community of practice/consultation sessions:

Included in the training fee are 3 x 90 minute community of practice group sessions via Teams across the following year, for participants to consolidate learning and access an opportunity to reflect and ask questions about delivery of the Keep Safe materials. The dates for these sessions are: TBC.

Keep Safe Flyer and Application Form

Closing date for applications: Monday 20^th December 2024 - late applications accepted provided spaces are still available up to the training start date.

Please email your completed application form as soon as possible to: Andrea.clay2@nhs.net