| Level 1 Training – Single Agency / E-Learning / Multi-Agency |
| Those who have occasional contact with children, young people and/or parents/carers. |
- Understanding what is child abuse and being able to recognise potential signs and indicators of abuse and neglect;
- Recording and sharing of information regarding concerns;
- Awareness of the organisation's basic safeguarding children procedures;
- Awareness of who within the organisation should be contacted regarding any concern about a child's safety or welfare (including who to contact if that person is unavailable);
- Awareness of who within the organisation should be contacted regarding any concern about a colleague's behaviour towards a child or potential risk that they may present;
- Awareness of the expected standards of behaviour by staff towards children.
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| Level 2 Training – Single or Multi-Agency Training |
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Those in regular or in intensive but irregular contact with children, young people and/or parents/carers.
Those who work predominantly with children, young people and/or parents/ carers. |
- Recording and sharing of information regarding concerns;
- Using the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (: Own safeguarding roles and responsibilities;
- Working together to identify, assess and meet the needs of children where there are safeguarding concerns. To identify child focused interventions and measurable outcomes;
- Understanding the possible impact of parenting difficulties, such as domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse, learning difficulties on parenting capacity;
- Recognising the importance of family history and functioning;
- Working with children and family members, including addressing lack of co-operation and superficial compliance within the context of role.
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| Level 3 Training – Multi-Agency Specialist Training |
| Those who have particular specialist child protection responsibilities. |
- Conducting section 47 enquiries, attending Child Protection Conferences and managing Core Groups; roles, responsibilities and collaborative practice;
- Using professional judgements to make decisions as to whether a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm;
- Working with complexity;
- Taking emergency action;
- Communicating with children in line with interviewing vulnerable witness guidance;
- Promoting effective, professional practice;
- Supervising child protection cases and advising others.
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| Level 4 Training – Multi-Agency or Single Training Agency Specific to the Role |
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Operational managers of services for children, young people and/or parents / carers.
Professional advisers and designated leads for child protection.
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- Supervising child protection cases. Managing performance to promote effective inter-agency practice;
- Specialist training to undertake key management and/or supervisory roles in, for example, intake/duty teams;
- Safer Recruitment Training.
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| Level 5 Training - Multi-Agency or Single Agency Training Specific to the Role |
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Senior managers responsible for strategic management of services for children, young people and / or parents / carers.
Members of Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships.
Board Level for Chief Executive Officers, Trust and Health Board Executive and non-executive directors/members, commissioning body Directors.
Local Authority Elected Members, Lay Members or Non-Executive Directors. |
- Section 11 expectations, roles and responsibilities;
- Expectations on members in order to promote effective co-operation that improves effectiveness;
- Current policy, research and practice developments;
- Implementation of lessons from Serious Case / Learning and Improvement Reviews. Specialist training to undertake specific roles, for example Independent Chair; Business Manager;
- Safer Recruitment Training.
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