Learning Zone
Volunteer trainers wanted
Do you want to share your experience with others? Contribute to safeguarding children in your area? Like engaging with people? volunteer as a safeguarding children trainer. For more information please email sscb.training@staffordshire.gov.uk
Overview of safeguarding training
Level 1 Training – Level 1 mandatory training needs to be undertaken within three months of starting your employment and repeated every three years if your job role includes contact with children and/or their parents or carers.
Level 2 Multi-agency Training – Level 2 multi-agency training is mandatory for safeguarding leads and designed for any job role that includes or potentially includes contributing to assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating the needs of a child or contributing to assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns. Level 2 multi-agency training needs to be undertaken within 12 months of starting your employment and updated every two years with a Level 3 role specific training course. Pre-requisite Level 1.
Level 3 Multi-agency Training – These courses offer greater insight on specific topics and can provide the refresher or update required every two years.