Aims

This course will cover all areas of Safeguarding including those at risk of sexual exploitation, trafficking and simply the risk of avoiding negative outcomes young people. Safeguarding management, effective planning and assessment are key to success for all organisations and any plans should seek to empower professionals to make decisions which fit with ‘defensible decision making’ and effective practice utilising a multi-agency approach.

Learning Outcomes

•An introduction to social pedagogy and person-centered assessment.
•An understanding of the domains of abuse and the principles of effective safeguarding management and defensible decision making.
•Gaining an appreciation of the possible signs of abuse and risk models and principles which can be embedded into current organisational processes and procedures.
•To recognise the key signs of Sexual Exploitation and trafficking in order to develop strategies for change.
•To look at the child’s perspective and how to deal with disclosure.