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Introduction to Child Protection

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The course aims to raise awareness of child protection issues and procedures and the signs and indicators of child abuse. To enable staff to identify and respond to child protection concerns and to become aware of East Sussex County Council Child Protection Procedures to encourage and develop effective inter-agency communication where child protection matters arise.

Course Aims and Description: The course aims to raise awareness of child protection issues and procedures and the signs and indicators of child abuse.

To enable staff to identify and respond to child protection concerns and to become aware of East Sussex County Council Child Protection Procedures to encourage and develop effective inter-agency communication where child protection matters arise.

Target Audience: Staff in voluntary, community and not for profit groups and organisations.

A maximum of 2 representatives from each organisation will have a confirmed place and further applications will be put on a waiting list.

Costs: This is a FREE course for any delegate within the target audience group

This course is being run in partnership with the LSCB, and the venue costs have been waived by HVA.

Please note that failure to attend a course will incur a charge of £30 per person. This charge applies to all agencies. If there is an exceptional operational situation that is communicated prior to the course, these charges would not be applicable.

Trainers: Giovanna Simpson - LSCB Training and Development Consultant, and a voluntary sector trainer from Education Futures Trust or the MY Trust.

 

 

When
Jul 09, 2019 from  5:30 PM to  8:30 PM
Location
Jackson Hall
Portland Place
Hastings, TN34 1QN
United Kingdom
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Register below or email Yasmine: [email protected] to book your place.

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