Discover our Safeguarding Training Courses

Browse our range of online and classroom-style Safeguarding training courses.

Our range of safeguarding courses, from online to face to face are suitable for anyone having contact with or working with children or adults at risk at any level.

At SAFE, courses adhere to the Intercollegiate Document framework in order to identify the competencies required for individuals, professionals and organisations.

Work Based Investigations

Adults, Education, Healthcare, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Management, Social Work

This two-day course is aimed at staff who have a role in human resources, management, designated safeguarding leads, or other supervisory roles.

Whole School Training

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training

This course is designed to equip all members of school staff, including volunteers, with understanding their role and responsibility towards contributing to a whole school safeguarding culture as per ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ statutory guidance.

Trauma Informed Working in a Multi-Professional Context

Adults, Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Classroom / Workshop, CPD Events, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This interactive course supports practitioners to explore how past experiences, relationships, intersectionality, and context affect current ways of being, relationships and interactions. The course includes strategies that will support direct work with individuals. Importantly there is also a focus on practitioner wellbeing and strategies that can support practitioners and organisational resilience.

Supervision Skills training for Safeguarding (Child Protection and Adults at Risk)

Adults, Children, Healthcare, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Management, Social Work

This course is designed to provide the skills and tools necessary to provide staff with 1-1 supervision and group supervision. The focus is on safeguarding children and adults, staff wellbeing and organisational safeguarding responsibilities.

Sextortion Information Session

Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training

‘Sextortion’ is a concise name for ‘financially motivated sexual extortion’.
It is a type of online blackmail which often uses social media’s messaging services (for example, those found on Snapchat or Instagram) or dating apps (for example, Tinder, Bumble, Grindr)

Safer Recruiting (Multi-agency)

Adults, Awareness (Level 1/2), Live / Virtual Training, Management

This Recruitment Safeguarding course will equip staff to understand how to ensure the candidates they select and appoint have the same attitudes and values concerning safeguarding children and adults at risk of harm.

Safeguarding in Sport

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Live / Virtual Training, Sports

This three hour session will allow participants to build upon their existing child safeguarding understanding and will explore in further detail the Child Protection Process. It will provide both theoretical and practical practice to allow all those involved in sport to increase their knowledge and effectiveness.

Safeguarding Forum

Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training

Our virtual DSL Forums available for professional who are already undertaking the role of a DSL in their organisations. This open conversation will provide a chance for attendees to discuss guidance surrounding safeguarding, any challenges they face and highlight the achievements they have found within the role.

Safeguarding Children, Mental Health and Behaviour

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Education, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course is designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of changes in Children’s in behaviour and links to mental health needs and in some cases, can be an indicator that a child has suffered or is at risk of suffering abuse, neglect or exploitation.

Safeguarding Children with Disabilities

Advanced (Level 3), Children, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course will increase your knowledge, confidence & awareness in working with disabled children, specifically when there are safeguarding issues.

Safeguarding Children Manager’s (Level 5)

Children, Education, Healthcare, Management, Professionals / Management (Level 5), Social Work

This two-day Children Managers course is for Professional Advisors, Named Safeguarding Leads, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Designated Officers for Child Protection, Operational Managers who have a responsibility for Safeguarding in their organisation. This safeguarding training course includes Level 5 for Health.

Safeguarding Children Complex (Level 4)

Children, Complex (Level 4), Healthcare, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

To provide an awareness of child safeguarding and confidence to report matters through identified routes. It centres upon the safeguarding areas of recognising, responding, recording, reporting and reviewing. In addition, you will learn about the importance of protecting the rights of children and how critical partnership working is.

Safeguarding Children Awareness (Level 1 & 2)

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

The aim of this course is to provide an awareness of child safeguarding and confidence to report matters through identified routes. It centres upon the safeguarding areas of recognising, responding, recording, reporting and reviewing.

Safeguarding Children Advanced (Level 3)

Advanced (Level 3), Children, Education, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

Designed to equip staff working with children and young people with the knowledge to contribute to the assessing, planning, intervening and/ or evaluating the needs of a child or young person.

Safeguarding Children (Level 4) – Healthcare

Children, Complex (Level 4), Healthcare

Are you the Named health professional responsible for the safeguarding children’s arrangements in your organisation? This course is designed to develop and strengthen the core competencies required to fulfil the role requirements.

Safeguarding Advanced – Child & Adult (Level 3)

Adults, Advanced (Level 3), Children, Education, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This one day course is designed to provide a clear understanding of safeguarding for those in contact with children, young people, and adults at risk.

Safeguarding Adults Refresher (Level 4)

Adults, Complex (Level 4), Healthcare, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course is suitable for delegates who have recently attended the ‘Safeguarding Children Complex (Level 4)’ and wish to explore the competencies at Adult Safeguarding compliant with the Health Intercollegiate Document (Level 4) .

Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency (Level 4)

Adults, Complex (Level 4), Healthcare, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This Safeguarding Adults Level 4 course is aimed to increase the knowledge of lead professionals in the workforce. For those who have particular responsibilities to undertake investigations in relation to Section 42 of the Care act 2014 and the co-ordination and assessments of Adults with Care and Support Needs.

Safeguarding Adults Advanced (Level 3)

Adults, Advanced (Level 3), Healthcare, Social Work

The aim of the course is to increase the knowledge of staff that regularly investigate and/or contribute to supporting adults at risk of abuse and/or their families/carers. This includes multi-agency safeguarding procedures and assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the needs of an adult where there are safeguarding concerns.

Safeguarding Adult Manager’s (Level 5)

Adults, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Management, Professionals / Management (Level 5), Social Work

This is a strategic management course in which is delivered virtually via Zoom. The course includes case studies & group work in which is delivered by a professional(s) operating at this level.

Safeguarding (DSL) for Tutors

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training, Safeguarding

This course is for everyone who tutors, whether as a sole trader, for an agency, or as a limited company. It is designed to ensure you are compliant with current legislation and also enable you to signpost to new clients that you have obtained specialist certification.

Prevent

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Classroom / Workshop, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course is designed to provide an awareness for those professionals and volunteers who have contact with children /and or adults and are required to know their responsibilities under the Prevent Guidance and legislation.

Online Safety Workshop

Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, Classroom / Workshop, Education, Live / Virtual Training, Online

This workshop will allow all attendees the opportunity to understand the possible danger and subsequent harm that can occur as a result of inappropriate online behaviour.

Non-Accidental Injury in Children (NAI)

Advanced (Level 3), Children, Healthcare, Social Work

This course will provide those with Designated and Lead safeguarding responsibilities, the opportunity to refresh, practise and enhance knowledge and skills, commensurate with the professional requirements of their role.

Multi-Agency Board of Trustees for Charities

Adults, Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, CPD

The Designated Safeguarding Person has a responsibility at both strategic levels within the organisation and on a day-to-day basis. This course will equip delegates with the skills to undertake the role for non-education sectors.

Multi-Agency Advanced Missing, Exploited and Trafficked Children

Children, Healthcare, Intermediate, Social Work

This course is aimed at staff who have contact with children and young people in a variety of roles with children, young people, their parents, carers or an adult who could pose a risk to children.

Motivational Interviewing and Safeguarding

Awareness (Level 1/2), Live / Virtual Training, Management

The focus of the course is on using motivational interviewing in the field of safeguarding. You will develop knowledge, skills and confidence in using Motivational Interviewing to enable behaviour change in service users.

Gangs and Criminal Exploitation – understanding and supporting vulnerable young people and adults at risk

Children, Education, Intermediate, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course will enhance your knowledge and understanding of gangs and criminal exploitation. It will increase your confidence in using effective safeguarding risk assessment tools to better support and protect vulnerable persons.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) & Forced Marriage

Adults, Advanced (Level 3), Children, Classroom / Workshop, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work

This course will provide participants with a solid understanding of important safeguarding issues related to FGM, breast ironing, virginity testing, forced marriage, child marriage and so-called honour-based abuse.

E-Learning Courses

Adults, Awareness (Level 1/2), Children, CPD, Education, Safeguarding

The aim of this course is to provide professional tutors with the skill sets and confidence in order to undertake the role according to current legislation of Government guidance.

Domestic Abuse in the Workplace

Awareness (Level 1/2), Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control, Live / Virtual Training

Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening and violent behaviour, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer.

Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control – Awareness

Awareness (Level 1/2), Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control, Live / Virtual Training

Designated Safeguarding Lead- Higher Education REFRESHER

Adults, Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training

This course is designed to refresh the knowledge of those already performing the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead within higher education establishments.

Designated Safeguarding Lead REFRESHER (Multi-agency)

Children, Education, Live / Virtual Training, Social Work, Sports

This course is designed to refresh the knowledge of those already performing the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead within both education and non-education sectors.

This course is designed to refresh the knowledge of those already performing the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead within child & adult establishments.

Designated Protection Lead – Child & Adult (Scotland)

Advanced (Level 3), Children, Education, Healthcare, Social Work

This course will provide Designated Protection Leads in Scotland with the skill set and confidence in order to undertake the role for both children and adults.

Child Neglect 0-11 Years

Advanced (Level 3), Children, Healthcare, Social Work

The course will enable safeguarding professionals to develop their knowledge and skills in a multi-agency arena to better evaluate risks in the field of neglectful care of children aged 0-11yrs and, to use intervention strategies to safeguard and promote development in the children assisting them to recover and thrive.

Basic Awareness of Stalking

Adults, Awareness (Level 1/2), Education, Healthcare, Live / Virtual Training, Management, Social Work

This course will develop awareness and understanding of stalking and to assist delegates to understand how best to support those targeted by stalkers, especially in the workplace.

An Introduction to Sexual & Gender Based Violence

Adults, Live / Virtual Training

This course will provide participants with an introduction to gender-based violence (GBV) to gain a greater understanding and awareness of the different forms of abuse, how to identify the signs and what action to take to ensure that potential and actual victims are safeguarded.