There are a range of podcasts on safeguarding matters from Community Care Inform available on Soundcloud.
Real Safeguarding Stories
Stronger Families in County Durham
Stronger Families is a way of working with County Durham families who’d like support with any problems or difficulties they may be having.
The following training courses are available to Lead Professionals supporting families on the Stronger Families Programme or supporting Early Help.
- Reducing Parental Conflict Training (2 x 3 hr virtual sessions via Microsoft TEAMS). This training will provide practitioners with an increased ability to recognise parental conflict, to understand the causes of conflict and provide practical tools and resources to enable practitioners to support families they are working with.
- Bereavement Briefings (90-minute virtual session via Microsoft TEAMS). This training will provide practitioners with an increased knowledge of the different stages of grief and how they can affect a person.
- Understanding Teenagers (2 x 2 hr virtual sessions via Microsoft TEAMS). This training will provide practitioners with an increased knowledge of the stages of adolescence, an understanding of the key brain developmental changes and the impact of trauma on adolescent development.
- Introduction to the Durham Way (2 x 2.5hr Virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams). The Durham Way Event introduces the vision and principles of ‘Thinking Family’. The event aims to build positive relationships between services and promote integrated working practices.
- Working with Dads & Male Carers ( 1 x 3hr virtual session via Microsoft Teams). To provide front line staff and managers with the confidence, knowledge and skills to engage with and work effectively with Dads and Male Carers.
To book, go to Stronger Families in County Durham and select the link for training.
Waythrough (formerly Humankind)
Waythrough can provide accredited training, workshops and consultancy for professionals and young people regarding a range of LGBT+ related topics.
They are currently delivering CPD accredited training and consultancy workshops for professionals on the following topics:
- LGBT+ Awareness
- Gender Identity Awareness
- Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Environment
- Creating LGBT+ Inclusive Policies
The also offer the following workshops for young people:
- Being an LGBT+ Ally
- Inclusive Sexual Health
Visit their site to find out more LGBT+ Training – Humankind
County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service offer free of charge substance misuse related training sessions to those who live and work within the county:
- Alcohol Awareness and Brief Intervention
- Basic Drug Awareness
- Basic Harm Reduction
- Energy Drink Awareness
- Domestic Abuse and Substance Misuse
- Substance Misuse in a Homeless Setting
- Blood Borne Virus and Substance Misuse
- Nitrous Oxide Awareness
- Understanding Opiates
- Cannabis Awareness and Brief Intervention
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness
County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service Booking Form.
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Abuse is everybody’s business. Durham County Council deliver and host a wealth of training courses to support you to Recognise, Respond and Refer when you encounter domestic abuse.
Please note, the list below shows the courses we MAY offer, please check the booking form for our current offer.
- Domestic Abuse Awareness (formerly DAPS 1)
- Domestic Abuse Practitioner Standards Level 2 – Ask and Action (DAPS 2)
- Domestic Abuse Practitioner Standards Level 3 – Becoming a Trusted Professional
- The Importance of Language
- Lasagna
- HALO briefing
- Cyber stalking
- Homicide Timeline Training with Professor Jane Monckton-Smith
- Suicide Timeline Training with Professor Jane Monckton-Smith
- NCDV – Civil orders for those experiencing domestic abuse
- Harbour Support Services briefing
- CAPVA Awareness
- Operation Encompass briefing
- Coercive Control and Older Adults
- Coercive Control and Children
DCC staff: book via DLDS
Multi agency: Book here Domestic Abuse Booking Form
For further information on Domestic Abuse, please visit the Domestic Abuse section of the website Domestic abuse
LGBT+ Experiences of Domestic Abuse (Pride)
This virtual briefing is delivered by Mel Metcalfe from Durham PRIDE via Microsoft Teams. The aim of this session is focus on LGBT+ experiences of Domestic Abuse.
The session will cover
- The appropriate terminology for a range of sexual orientations and gender identities.
- Issues often faced by LGBT+ people.
- The Myths in relation to the LGBT+ community and Domestic Abuse.
- The additional barriers the LGBT+ community face in accessing support for Domestic Abuse.
- An overview of the work that PRIDE do to support.
Understanding LGBT+ Booking Form
Disclosure and Barring Service (Safer Recruitment)
As part of the DBS Regional offer, please find below a series of free DBS workshops and masterclasses I am hosting for North East Safeguarding Boards, Partnerships and wider networks.
DBS Harmful Behaviour Outside of Work Workshop – North East Safeguarding Networks
Tuesday 1 April
10.00am – 11.00am
Appropriate for those in North East Safeguarding Networks who deal with/ manage staff safeguarding concerns, welfare issues, disciplinary matters and would be responsible for making referrals to DBS (such as Team Managers, Safeguarding Leads, HR staff etc)
The workshop will cover –
- What we mean by ‘harmful behaviour’
- Safeguarding, Abuse and Neglect
- Relevant Conduct and Risk of Harm
- Harmful behaviour and the transferability of risk
- How to make a barring referral to DBS
DBS Harmful Behaviour Outside of Work Workshop booking form
DBS Update Service Masterclass – North East Safeguarding Networks
Wednesday 16 April
11.00am – 12noon
Appropriate for those in North East Safeguarding Networks who make decisions about DBS checks and have responsibility for the management/ maintenance of staff records (such as Team Managers, HR Teams, Compliance Managers).
The Masterclass will cover –
- What the Update Service is (and is not)
- Which DBS certificates can be registered with the service
- Benefits of the service to both applicants and recruiting organisations
- Status checking & interpreting the results
- Update Service and Home-Based positions
- Using the Update Service when recruitment and suitability decisions are made off site