Child Protection
Specific Contact Workforce
This is a 3-hour Child Protection learning opportunity for specific contact workforce and practitioners who have regular, direct involvement with children, young people and their families.
Inter-Agency Risk Assessment
This is a 2-day Child Protection learning opportunity for practitioners from the specific or intensive workforce who have regular, direct involvement with children, young people and their families.
Inter-Agency Risk Assessment
Refresh
This full day session is a refresher update for those who have previously completed the 2-day course. Aimed at experienced staff part of the Intensive Contact workforce, particularly practitioners working closely with children and families who regularly participate in the assessment of risk and contribute to the child planning process.
Do not book this course if you have not previously attended the 2-day Inter-Agency Risk Assessment training
Risk of Neglect Toolkit Workshop
This workshop aims to offer an introduction to Edinburgh’s Risk of Neglect Toolkit and how it can support practitioners in assessing and working with families, children, and young people where neglect is a concern.
Understanding Neglect
This is a 2 days Child Protection learning opportunity for practitioners from the specific or intensive workforce who have regular, direct involvement with children, young people and their families.
Vulnerability of Babies
This 3-hour workshop is for practitioners from the specific or intensive workforce who are working with children and their families, particularly those with infants or young children.
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
This 90-minutes learning opportunity is designed for practitioners from the specific or intensive workforce who work with adults, children and their families affected by substance use.
Exploitation of Children and Young People
This 3-hour learning opportunity is for practitioners from the specific or intensive workforce who are working with children, young people and their families.
Giving Evidence in Court
This 2-hour learning opportunity takes place at Edinburgh Sheriff Court and is intended for specific workforce practitioners who are likely to be cited to attend court in relation to child welfare or protection issues in their work with children, young people and their families.
Domestic Abuse
Level 1 and Level 2
Re-thinking domestic abuse (Level 1) and Working Together to Address Domestic Abuse (Level 2) events are for practitioners from the specialist or intensive workforce who have regular, direct involvement with children, young people and their families.
Fabricated and Induced Illness
Awareness raising and Implications for practice
A webinar for those working closely with children and families in community settings and health staff in acute paediatric areas, and children and families social work areas – particularly those who provide supervision or work in an advisory capacity such as reviewing officers.
The Spider in the Glass
To raise awareness of the different forms that domestic abuse can take and to support professionals to develop a trauma informed response to disclosures of domestic abuse.