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The Foundations of Good Residential Care
A practical training day for new and experienced residential childcare staff to explore the principles of residential care, their home’s ethos and how…
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Leadership, inspection and safeguarding oversight
A practical training day for senior residential workers, team leaders, deputy managers, registered managers and responsible individuals. Through interactive exercises and reflection, participants…
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Supervision training
We explore the purpose and function of supervision, linking this to our regulatory duties as set out in the Children’s Homes Regulations and…
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From Closed to Open: Maintaining a safeguarding culture and ethos in children’s homes
We spend time looking at what open and closed cultures are, exploring how cultures can develop and what we can do to act…
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Quality Assurance and the Regulation 45 Quality of Care Review
A practical training day exploring quality assurance, its purpose within the Children’s Homes Regulations and statutory guidance, and how it supports improvements in…
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Safer Recruitment and Workforce and contingency planning
A practical training day exploring safer recruitment and the legal duties that support safe staffing in children’s homes. Participants will use professional curiosity…
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Sexualised Behaviour - understanding developmentally appropriate behaviours in children
A practical training day exploring sexualised behaviours, healthy sexual development and when concerns require a safeguarding response. Participants will consider regulatory expectations, professional…
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Safeguarding in practice: exploitation and children who go missing
A practical training day for managers, responsible individuals and staff working in residential children’s homes. The day explores child sexual exploitation (CSE), child…
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Education, Aspiration and Opportunity in Residential Child Care
Educational progress is not solely the responsibility of a school. A children's home is part of the child's learning environment, protective network and…
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Children’s rights in practice: law, care and advocacy
A practical course exploring children’s rights and the legal framework underpinning care in residential children’s homes. Participants will consider the Children Acts, Children’s…
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Integrity in Residential Childcare
Explore what integrity means in the everyday leadership and practice of residential childcare. This course considers regulatory expectations, ethical tensions and how pressure,…
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Time and venue
All 2027 training days start at 10am at The Francis Thompson Room, Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, DH7 7DW.
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